000 WTNT32 KNHC 042032 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 42 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 500 PM EDT SAT SEP 04 2010 ...LARGE TROPICAL STORM EARL OVER THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE... SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...47.5N 62.2W ABOUT 20 MI...30 KM WNW OF THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS QUEBEC MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 40 MPH...65 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...966 MB...28.53 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BURGEO WESTWARD TO BOAT HARBOUR NEWFOUNDLAND. THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM PORTERS LAKE TO POINT TUPPER...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR NOVA SCOTIA FROM FORT LAWRENCE TO MARGARETSVILLE...MEDWAY HARBOUR TO POINT TUPPER...AND TIDNISH TO BRULE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * NOVA SCOTIA FROM POINT TUPPER AROUND CAPE BRETON TO BRULE * THE EASTERN PORTION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FROM VICTORIA TO LOWER DARNLEY * THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS * NEWFOUNDLAND FROM BURGEO WESTWARD TO BOAT HARBOUR FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.2 WEST. EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR. THIS MOTION WILL BRING EARL ACROSS THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE AND NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. EARL IS FORECAST TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WINDS...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE STILL OCCURRING OVER EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD OVER WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT. RAINFALL...RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH EARL SHOULD DECREASE TONIGHT OVER THE REGION. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 PM EDT. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER AVILA/BLAKE