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Hurricane FLORENCE (Text)

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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  34
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062006
1100 PM AST MON SEP 11 2006

...FLORENCE OVER OPEN WATERS...
...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC
COAST OF THE BAHAMAS... UNITED STATES... AND CANADA...
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.9 WEST OR ABOUT 245
MILES...400 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 935 MILES...
1510 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED ON TUESDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLORENCE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FLORENCE IS 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 974 MB...28.76 INCHES.

LARGE OCEAN SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS... INCLUDING STRONG
RIP CURRENTS... ARE AFFECTING THE BAHAMAS... 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 1100 PM AST POSITION...35.8 N...63.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...974 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/AVILA
 
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