WTCN31 CWHX 080600 CANADIAN HURRICANE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.30 AM NDT MONDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2003. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.30 AM NDT ... FABIAN BECOMING A POST-TROPICAL STORM... 1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION AT 3.30 AM NDT... HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 46.6 N AND LONGITUDE 45.0 W... ABOUT 320 NAUTICAL MILES OR 595 KM EAST OF ST JOHNS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 65 KNOTS... 120 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 980 MB. FABIAN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 KNOTS... 63 KM/H. 2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH DATE TIME LAT LON MSLP MAX WIND NDT MB KTS KMH SEP 08 3.30 AM 46.6N 45.0W 980 65 120 SEP 08 3.30 PM 51.8N 38.5W 978 60 111 POST-TROPICAL SEP 09 3.30 AM 56.8N 35.1W 975 60 111 POST-TROPICAL SEP 09 3.30 PM 60.0N 37.3W 970 60 111 POST-TROPICAL SEP 10 3.30 AM 60.9N 40.0W 975 55 102 POST-TROPICAL 3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY NONE. 4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY STORM WARNING IS CONTINUED FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. GALE WARNINGS ARE CONTINUED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. 5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION A. ANALYSIS QUIKSCAT DATA WAS VERY USEFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE WIND FIELDS AROUND FABIAN. SATELLITE IS NOW ECLIPSED SO THE POSITION OF FABIAN AT 0600Z IS A SIMPLE EXTRAPOLATION OF THE PREVIOUS TRACK. B. PROGNOSTIC HURRICANE FABIAN WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME A POST-TROPICAL STORM THIS MORNING..IF IT HASN'T BECOME ONE ALREADY..AS IT MOVES OVER COLDER WATERS. HOWEVER IT WILL RE-INTENSIFY AS AN INTENSE POST-TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO LOWER HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE LABRADOR SEA. BY TUESDAY EVENING THE POST-TROPICAL STORM WILL BE CAPTURED BY AN UPPER LOW JUST EAST OFTHE SOUTHERN TIP OF GREENLAND AND WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER THAT. C. PUBLIC WEATHER D. MARINE WEATHER PREDICTED WIND RADII (NM) TIME GALES STORMS HURRICANE NE SE SW NW NE SE SW NW NE SE SW NW 08/06Z 210 300 180 120 90 150 120 60 50 80 30 20 08/18Z 240 300 240 180 120 150 120 50 0 0 0 0 09/06Z 300 300 300 300 200 200 100 0 0 0 0 0 09/18Z 400 400 400 400 240 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/06Z 500 500 500 500 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 END SZETO