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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0801
2100Z SUN SEP 16 2001
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING FOR BERMUDA 
AND ITS SURROUNDING MARINE AREA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.3N  72.6W AT 16/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  50 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  70 DEGREES AT  14 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  995 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT...
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
50 KT.......125NE 125SE  50SW 125NW.
34 KT.......175NE 175SE 150SW 175NW.
12 FT SEAS..200NE 250SE 300SW 250NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.

DANGEROUS SURF AND LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT 
BERMUDA LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY WHEN THE CENTER OF 
GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ISLAND.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.3N  72.6W AT 16/2100Z
AT 16/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.1N  73.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 33.0N  70.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...125NE 125SE  50SW 125NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 150SW 175NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 34.5N  66.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...125NE 125SE  50SW 125NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 150SW 175NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 36.0N  63.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...125NE 125SE  50SW 125NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 150SW 175NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 32.3N  72.6W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 18/1800Z 37.5N  60.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...100NE 100SE  50SW  75NW.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 125SW 100NW.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 19/1800Z 40.0N  56.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 125SW 100NW.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/0300Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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