WTCN31 CWHX 080000
CANADIAN HURRICANE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9.30 PM NDT TUESDAY
07 OCTOBER 2003.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST MESSAGE ISSUED ON POST TROPICAL STORM KATE.

 ... THE IMPACTS OF POST TROPICAL STORM KATE WILL MOVE EAST OF
CANADIAN WATERS BY MIDNIGHT ....

1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION

AT 9.30 PM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 53.1 N AND LONGITUDE 42.9 W... ABOUT 495 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 920 KM EAST NORTHEAST OF ST ANTHONY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE ESTIMATED AT 60 KNOTS... 111 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT
990 MB. KATE IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 53 KNOTS... 98 KM/H.

2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH

DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          NDT                    MB  KTS  KMH
OCT 07  9.30 PM  53.1N  42.9W   990   60  111 POST-TROPICAL
OCT 08  3.30 AM  57.5N  37.8W   981   60  111 POST-TROPICAL

3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY
NONE.

4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY
GALE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOME EXTREME EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
WATERS IN THE WAKE OF KATE... BUT THE GALES SHOULD BE OVER BY
MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY VERY QUICKLY TO THE EAST.

5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION

A. ANALYSIS
THE STORM APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY EXTRATROPICAL NOW AS IT EXHIBITS
A CLASSIC BAROCLINIC STRUCTURE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. IT IS MOVING
BETWEEN 50 AND 60 KNOTS.

B. PROGNOSTIC
POST TROPICAL KATE WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN STRONG STORM FORCE WINDS
AS IT TRACKS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AS A STRONG BAROCLINIC SYSTEM.

C. PUBLIC WEATHER
NONE.

D. MARINE WEATHER

PREDICTED WIND RADII (NM)
TIME          GALES           STORMS            HURRICANE
         NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW
08/00Z  150 350 300 180    40 120 100   0     0   0   0   0
08/06Z  250 450 350 180    40 120 130   0     0   0   0   0

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