WOCN31 CWHX 091445
INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:59 AM ADT 
FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2011.
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INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= NEWFOUNDLAND
=NEW= NOVA SCOTIA.

      FOR HURRICANE KATIA.

      THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3:00 PM ADT.

      LARGE WAVES AND HEAVY SURF ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA
      SCOTIA TODAY AND NEWFOUNDLAND SATURDAY - CENTRE TO TRACK WELL
      SOUTH OF LAND AREAS - STORM- TO POSSIBLY HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS
      OVER SOUTHERNMOST CANADIAN OFFSHORE WATERS.

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==DISCUSSION==
AT 12.00 PM ADT , HURRICANE KATIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 
NORTH AND LONGITUDE 65.8 WEST , ABOUT 340 NAUTICAL MILES OR 620 
KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 
ESTIMATED AT 75 KNOTS ( 139 KM/H ) AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 965 MB. 
KATIA IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS ( 46 KM/H ).

HURRICANE KATIA WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA AND 
NEWFOUNDLAND.  THE CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH KATIA HAS REACHED THE 
ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AND THE CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CENTER 
OF THE STORM IS BECOMING LESS ORGANISED.  LEADING PRECIPITATION BAND 
ALMOST REACHING SABLE ISLAND AND LIGHTNING CURRENTLY DETECTED OVER 
SLOPE WATERS SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA.

GALE- TO STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SLOPE WATERS AND 
LAURENTIAN FAN DURING THE DAY AND THEN THE GRAND BANKS TONIGHT. 
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERNMOST WATERS.

CURRENT WAVE ANALYSIS INDICATES HIGHER WAVES THAN PREDICTED BY THE 
MODELS.  5 TO 8 METRE WAVES OVER SOUTHWESTERN MARINE DISTRICT WILL 
INCREASE TO POSSIBLY 10 OR MORE.  2 METRE WAVES ALONG THE COAST OF 
NOVA SCOTIA WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HIGH WAVES ARE 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BUILD ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF 
NEWFOUNDLAND SATURDAY.

VISIT WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA/HURRICANE (ALL IN LOWER CASE) FOR THE 
LATEST:

- FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE TABLE.

- STRENGTH AND PREDICTED WIND RADII TABLE.

- HURRICANE TRACK INFORMATION MAP.

- TECHNICAL DISCUSSION.

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

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