WOCN31 CWHX 122100
INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6.00 PM ADT TUESDAY
12 SEPTEMBER 2006.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 PM ADT

... RAINFALL IMMINENT IN SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND ...

 HURRICANE FLORENCE HAS EVOLVED SUFFICIENTLY AWAY FROM ITS TROPICAL 
PHASE THAT THE US NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS DECLARED IT TO BE 
EXTRATROPICAL. THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING 
FLORENCE AS A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THIS AND SUBSEQUENT MESSAGES.

 AT 6.00 PM ADT... POST-TROPICAL CYCLONEFLORENCE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 39.5 N AND LONGITUDE 59.4 W... ABOUT 270 NAUTICAL MILES OR 
498 KM SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND. FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS... 37 KM/H. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT
HURRICANE STRENGTH AND ARE ESTIMATED AT 65 KNOTS... 120 KM/H AND 
CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 980 MB.

 GALE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURING 400 NAUTICAL MILES OR 740 KM NORTHEAST 
OF THE CENTRE. PRESSURE IS DROPPING RAPIDLY AT THE LAURENTIAN FAN 
BUOY 44141 WHILE THE HIGHEST BUOY WINDS REPORTED ARE 46 KNOTS OR
85 KM/H FROM 44137 IN THE EAST SCOTIAN SLOPE MARINE AREA.

 HOLYROOD RADAR SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN 
TIPS OF THE BURIN AND AVALON PENINSULAS AND ADVANCING NORTHWARDS.

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

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