000 WTNT63 KNHC 180055 TCUAT3 HURRICANE GONZALO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082014 900 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2014 ...900 PM POSITION UPDATE... ...LARGE EYE OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE GONZALO OVER BERMUDA... AT APPROXIMATELY 830 PM AST...0030 UTC...THE CENTER OF THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE GONZALO MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF BERMUDA...BASED ON DATA FROM THE BERMUDA RADAR...ISLAND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...AND REPORTS FROM AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR LOCATED IN DEVONSHIRE PARISH BERMUDA. DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE BERMUDA AIRPORT REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 74 MPH...119 KM/H AND A GUST TO 96 MPH...154 KM/H BEFORE THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE EYE MOVED OVER THE AIRPORT. SUMMARY OF 900 PM AST...0100 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...32.3N 64.8W ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM SSW OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 030 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.08 INCHES $$ FORECASTER STEWART