000 WTNT34 KNHC 162040 TCPAT4 BULLETIN POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE MARIA ADVISORY NUMBER 41 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142011 500 PM AST FRI SEP 16 2011 ...MARIA BECOMES A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE NORTHEAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...48.5N 51.5W ABOUT 145 MI...235 KM NNE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 35 DEGREES AT 58 MPH...93 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB...29.00 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... NONE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 48.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.5 WEST. MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 58 MPH...93 KM/H...AND THAT MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL IT IS ABSORBED WITHIN A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE CYCLONE SHOULD WEAKEN UNTIL IT MERGES WITH A FRONT TONIGHT. GALE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 310 MILES...500 KM...MOSTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM CANADIAN OBSERVATION STATIONS IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- STORM SURGE...COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE/BEVEN