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Hurricane FABIAN (Text)

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HURRICANE FABIAN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  37A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM AST FRI SEP 05 2003

...FABIAN MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS CENTERED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.7 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES...115
KM...NORTH OF BERMUDA.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR.
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  THIS MOTION IS TAKING FABIAN AWAY FROM BERMUDA INTO THE
OPEN ATLANTIC...AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 120 MPH...195 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.  
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 953 MB...28.14 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED ON BERMUDA.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES SHOULD DIMINISH ON BERMUDA LATER TONIGHT.  
 
LARGE SWELLS WILL LIKELY SPREAD ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...32.6 N... 65.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 953 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 BEVEN
 
 
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