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HURRICANE ERIN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  27A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST SUN SEP 09 2001

...ERIN CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AND EXPECTED TO PASS CLOSE
TO BERMUDA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.0 WEST OR ABOUT 250 
MILES...405 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...
AND A GENERAL NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF ERIN NEAR
BERMUDA LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  85 MPH...140
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS 
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ERIN COULD REACH 
CATEGORY 2 STATUS ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE AS IT 
APPROACHES BERMUDA LATER TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...
WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON BERMUDA LATER TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF 
ERIN.

REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...30.6 N...61.0 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 5 AM AST. 
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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