WOCN32 CWHX 011500
POST-TROPICAL STORM GASTON INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED
BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
12.00 NOON ADT WEDNESDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2004.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3.00 PM ADT

 AT NOON AM ADT... POST-TROPCIAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.3 N AND LONGITUDE 57.8 W... ABOUT 90 NAUTICAL MILES OR 
167 KM EAST OF SABLE ISLAND.

 GASTON IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS... 65
KM/H. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 45 KNOTS... 83
KM/H AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 998 MB.

 AT 9.00 AM ADT THE LAURENTIAN FAN BUOY... 44141... REPORTED A PEAK 
WIND OF 48 KNOTS OR 89 KM/H FROM THE SOUTH. THIS WAS WHEN THE STORM 
CENTRE WAS 100 NAUTICAL MILES OR 185 KM WEST NORTHWEST OF THE BUOY.

SABLE ISLAND REPORTED A TOTAL RAINFALL OF 72 MM WHICH FELL IN 4
HOURS OF WHICH 35 MM FELL IN 1 HOUR.

 PUBLIC AND MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THEIR REGION BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

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