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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED SEP 12 2001

...ERIN MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 38.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.6 WEST OR ABOUT 435 MILES...685
KM...SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR  6 MPH ... 9 KM/HR...AND A 
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 
12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...38.0 N...  61.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  85 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  979 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH ERIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS 
OF THE U.S. EAST COAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  CONSULT 
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR 
FURTHER DETAILS.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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