WOCN31 CWHX 092045
INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:42 PM ADT FRIDAY 
9 SEPTEMBER 2011.
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INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      NEWFOUNDLAND
      NOVA SCOTIA.

      FOR HURRICANE KATIA.

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

      LARGE WAVES AND HEAVY SURF ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA
      SCOTIA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THEN 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 6.00 PM ADT , HURRICANE KATIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.5 NORTH 
AND LONGITUDE 62.9 WEST , ABOUT 250 NAUTICAL MILES OR 460 KILOMETRES 
SOUTH OF HALIFAX.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 75 KNOTS 
( 139 KM/H ) AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 965 MB.  KATIA IS MOVING EAST 
NORTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS ( 55 KM/H ).

HURRICANE KATIA WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA AND 
NEWFOUNDLAND.  THE CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH KATIA HAS SPREAD OVER 
NOVA SCOTIA AND THE CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS 
SLOWLY BECOMING LESS ORGANISED.  LEADING PRECIPITATION BAND EXTENDS 
TO THE SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS AND LIGHTNING CURRENTLY DETECTED AS 
FAR AS THE LAURENTIAN FAN.

GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS LAURENTIAN FAN THIS 
EVENING AND THEN THE GRAND BANKS OVERNIGHT.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 
ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERNMOST WATERS.

CURRENT WAVE ANALYSIS INDICATES 5 TO 8 METRE WAVES OVER SOUTHWESTERN 
MARINE DISTRICT.  MAXIMUM WAVES OF 10 METRES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE 
ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTRE OF KATIA.  2 TO 3 METRE WAVES 
ALONG THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT DURING THE 
EVENING.  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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