ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER 29 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST WED SEP 03 2003 ...FABIAN CONTINUES AS A DANGEROUS HURRICANE... THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE WILL LIKELY ISSUE A HURRICANE WATCH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ALL INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FABIAN. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.9 WEST OR ABOUT 660 MILES... 1065 KM...SOUTH OF BERMUDA. FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FABIAN COULD STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260 KM. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 944 MB...27.88 INCHES. LARGE SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO. SWELLS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...22.9 N... 62.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 944 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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