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TROPICAL STORM KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN OCT 14 2001

...KAREN WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KAREN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 40.8 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 64.2 WEST OR ABOUT 285
MILES...460 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.

KAREN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES NOVA SCOTIA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH... 105 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN COASTAL REGIONS OF NOVA SCOTIA LATER TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...40.8 N... 64.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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