Hurricane FABIAN

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HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  39
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 06 2003
 
...FABIAN HEADING FOR THE OPEN ATLANTIC... 
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  63.3 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...390 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH ...33 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.  AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT...USING A DROPSONDE...MEASURED A SURFACE WIND OF 32 KNOTS
NEAR BERMUDA.  THEY ALSO REPORTED SOME LIGHTS VISIBLE ON THE
ISLAND. 

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  956 MB...28.23 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...35.6 N... 63.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 956 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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