Hurricane FABIAN

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HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 03 2003

...POWERFUL HURRICANE FABIAN MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD...

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FABIAN.

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 62.2 WEST OR ABOUT 240
MILES...390 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ST. MARTIN IN THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE COMMON IN MAJOR HURRICANES AND
THESE COULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 160 MILES...260 KM.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE MEASURED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF  945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

LARGE SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE AFFECTING THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO 
OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...21.6 N... 62.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 945 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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