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HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED SEP 11 2002

...GUSTAV BECOMES THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE 2002 SEASON...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 38.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.7 WEST OR ABOUT 540 
MILES...870 KM...SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
 
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...
AND A NORTHEASTWARD MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ON THIS TRACK...GUSTAV WILL MOVE NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES TONIGHT 
AS IT TRANSFORMS INTO A HUGE EXTRATROPICAL STORM.  THE CANADIAN 
GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING A HEAVY RAIN THREAT FOR ALL OF NOVA SCOTIA
AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND...NORTHWESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND...AND SOUTHERN 
NEW BRUNSWICK...ALONG WITH HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR MANY OF THESE
AREAS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.  NOAA
BUOY 44004 RECENTLY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 977.5 MB...28.87 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...38.6 N... 69.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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