Hurricane FLORENCE

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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062006
500 PM AST MON SEP 11 2006
 
...FLORENCE CONTINUES MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THERE...

AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS REPLACED
THE HURRICANE WARNING WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.8 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES...
235 KM...NORTH OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR
...AND SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLORENCE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  SLIGHT WEAKENING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FLORENCE REMAINS A LARGE HURRICANE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES...465 KM.  WINDS
AT BERMUDA WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGES AND WAVES ALONG THE COAST OF BERMUDA WILL CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

LARGE OCEAN SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS... INCLUDING STRONG
RIP CURRENTS... ARE AFFECTING THE BAHAMAS AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST
COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.  SEE
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR DETAILS ON
COASTAL CONDITIONS.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...34.4 N...64.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 800 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100
PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/PASCH
 
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