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HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU SEP 12 2002

...GUSTAV BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL AS IT MOVES OVER NEWFOUNDLAND...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 48.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.8 WEST OR INLAND ABOUT 40 
MILES...60 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 47 MPH...76 KM/HR...AND
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED HEAVY
RAINFALL AND WIND WARNINGS FOR NOVIA SCOTIA...PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND...AND PORTIONS OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS 
GUSTAV LOSES ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECOMES A STRONG 
EXTRATROPICAL STORM. 
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...48.0 N... 58.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 47 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS
FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS
HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

FORECASTER RHOME/FRANKLIN
 
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