WOCN31 CWHX 100245
INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:00 AM ADT 
SATURDAY 10 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 3:00 AM ADT.

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

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==DISCUSSION==
AT 12.00 AM ADT, HURRICANE KATIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.3 NORTH 
AND LONGITUDE 58.0 WEST, ABOUT 180 NAUTICAL MILES OR 335 KILOMETRES 
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SABLE ISLAND.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 
ESTIMATED AT 75 KNOTS ( 139 KM/H ) AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 965 MB. 
KATIA IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS ( 74 KM/H ).

HURRICANE KATIA IS CURRENTLY PASSING WELL SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND AND 
WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND.  THE CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED 
WITH KATIA HAS SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND.  LEADING 
PRECIPITATION BAND EXTENDS TO THE SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS AND 
LIGHTNING CURRENTLY DETECTED AS FAR AS THE LAURENTIAN FAN.

GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN SLOPE WATERS 
AND WILL SPREAD INTO LAURENTIAN FAN OVERNIGHT AND THEN THE GRAND
BANKS BEFORE DAWN SATURDAY.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER SOUTHERNMOST WATERS.

CURRENT WAVE ANALYSIS INDICATES 5 TO 8 METRE WAVES OVER THE SOUTHERN 
MARINE DISTRICT.  MAXIMUM WAVES OF 10 METRES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE 
ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTRE OF KATIA.  NEAR 3 METRE SWELLS 
ALONG THE COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND SLOWLY DECAY 
ON SATURDAY.  HIGH WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ALONG THE 
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COASTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT AND 
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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