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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  50
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI SEP 14 2001
 
...ERIN STILL A HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES SOUTHEASTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND... 
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 45.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.3 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...145 
KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A FASTER FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
ERIN WILL LIKELY LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  984 MB...29.06 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT AND SATURDAY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH ERIN.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...45.6 N... 54.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 984 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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