000 WTNT33 KNHC 240232 TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 35 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009 1100 PM AST SUN AUG 23 2009 ...BILL APPROACHING SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND...EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL ON MONDAY... AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS DISCONTINUED ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR NOVA SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEWFOUNDLAND FROM BURGEO EASTWARD AROUND THE AVALON PENINSULA AND NORTHWARD TO FOGO ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PARSONS POND TO BURGEO ON THE WEST AND SOUTH COAST AND FROM FOGO ISLAND TO HARBOUR DEEP ON THE NORTHEAST COAST. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.5 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES... 190 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF BILL WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BILL IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND BILL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL ON MONDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES...445 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE TRACK OF BILL ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND. LARGE AND DANGEROUS SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE BILL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ATLANTIC MARITIMES OF CANADA OVERNIGHT. ...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...47.1N 55.5W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...EAST-NORTHEAST OR 60 DEGREES AT 40 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN