Hurricane JUAN

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HURRICANE JUAN ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 27 2003

...JUAN STRENGTHENING AS IT BEGINS TO ACCELERATE NORTHWARD...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JUAN WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 34.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.4 WEST OR ABOUT 220
MILES...355 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO
ABOUT 675 MILES...1085 KM...SOUTH OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
 
JUAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A GENERAL
NORTHWARD TO NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  981 MB...28.97 INCHES.
 
ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...JUAN COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT NOVA
SCOTIA BY LATE SUNDAY...AND COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE
REQUIRED LATER TODAY. THE CANADIAN WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALREADY
ISSUED HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS FOR THE NOVA SCOTIA MARINE
AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...34.9 N... 62.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 981 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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