Hurricane FABIAN

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HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  43
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 07 2003

...FABIAN BEGINNING TO PICK UP FORWARD SPEED...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.7 WEST OR ABOUT 500
MILES...800 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH
...41 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
FABIAN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN ABOUT A DAY.
 
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  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...39.7 N... 54.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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