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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:10 AM ADT WEDNESDAY 7 
SEPTEMBER 2011
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      NEWFOUNDLAND
      NOVA SCOTIA.

      FOR HURRICANE KATIA.

      THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9:00 AM ADT.

      THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE IS MONITORING HURRICANE KATIA
      THIS WEEK.  ANOTHER STATEMENT IS PLANNED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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==DISCUSSION==
HURRICANE KATIA HAS BEEN TRACKING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST FOR SEVERAL 
DAYS. BASED ON A SUITE OF COMPUTER MODELS AND EXPECTED EVOLUTION OF 
WEATHER SYSTEMS OVER EASTERN CANADA, KATIA IS FORECAST TO MAKE A 
SHARP EASTWARD TURN ON FRIDAY. THAT WOULD RESULT IN IMPACTS LIMITED 
TO THE OFFSHORE DISTRICT BUT WITH AT LEAST LARGE WAVES REACHING THE 
SOUTHERN COASTLINES OF NOVA SCOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND.

THE CURRENT PLAN AT THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE IS TO ISSUE ANOTHER 
GENERAL STATEMENT LIKE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING, ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO 
RE-ASSESS DATA AND COMPUTER MODELS OVERNIGHT. WE COULD BEGIN ISSUING 
REGULAR (6-HOURLY) BULLETINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT 
LONG-RANGE FORECASTS FOR THE SOUTHERNMOST CANADIAN MARINE TERRITORY 
IS FOR GALE-FORCE WINDS ON FRIDAY AND/OR SATURDAY.

IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO STAY TUNED TO OUR UPDATES ON KATIA THIS WEEK 
AS THE TIMING OF THE EASTWARD TURN WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE FORECAST. 
PREDICTING THE TIMING OF SHARP TURNS LIKE THIS CAN BE PARTICULARLY 
CHALLENGING.


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PLEASE ALSO REFER TO THE PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS 
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR YOUR AREA.

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