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Hurricane FLORENCE (Text)

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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062006
1100 AM AST TUE SEP 12 2006

...FLORENCE BEGINNING EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION...MOVING TOWARD THE
   CANADIAN MARITIMES...
 
RESIDENTS IN EXTREME EASTERN CANADA SHOULD CONSULT PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR
AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.2 WEST OR ABOUT 715
MILES...1155 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND
SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTHEAST OF
NEWFOUNDLAND DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS FLORENCE TRANSITIONS INTO A LARGE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE.  
  
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 415
MILES...665 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 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 AM AST POSITION...38.2 N...61.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/PASCH
 
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