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HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2002

...AIR FORCE AND NOAA AIRCRAFT INDICATE GUSTAV HAS STRENGTHENED AND 
ACCELERATED...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 41.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  65.7 WEST OR ABOUT 275
MILES...445 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
 
GUSTAV IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 38 MPH...61 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.

ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL MOVE NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TONIGHT 
AS IT TRANSFORMS INTO A HUGE EXTRATROPICAL STORM.  THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT FOR ALL OF NOVA SCOTIA
AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND...NORTHWESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND...AND SOUTHERN 
NEW BRUNSWICK...ALONG WITH HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR MANY OF THESE
AREAS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS 
AS GUSTAV LOSES ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
TO SOUTH OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND 
OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE 
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 964 MB...28.47 INCHES.  NOAA BUOY 44011
RECENTLY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 972.4 MB...28.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...41.2 N... 65.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 38 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 964 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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