WOCN31 CWHX 100845
INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:52 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 9:00 AM ADT.

      KATIA ENTERING THE SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS - CURRENTLY GIVING
      STORM TO POSSIBLY HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS TO CANADIAN OFFSHORE
      WATERS.  CENTRE OF KATIA WILL REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM CANADIAN
      SHORES.

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==DISCUSSION==
AT 6.00 AM ADT, HURRICANE KATIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 43.0 NORTH 
AND LONGITUDE 53.4 WEST, ABOUT 220 NAUTICAL MILES OR 405 KILOMETRES 
SOUTH OF CAPE RACE.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 70 
KNOTS ( 130 KM/H ) AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 966 MB.  KATIA IS MOVING 
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 38 KNOTS ( 70 KM/H ).  THE STORM WILL LIKELY 
COMPLETE TRANSITION TO A POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE CENTRE OF HURRICANE KATIA IS CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN 
CORNER OF THE GRAND BANKS AND WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 
ITS ASSOCIATED CLOUD SHIELD CURRENTLY OVER SOUTEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND 
WILL CLEAR RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES 
QUICKLY AWAY TO THE EAST.

STORM TO POSSIBLY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER 
SOUTHEASTERN MARINE WATERS NEAR AND NORTH OF KATIA'S TRACK.
THESE WINDS WILL DISSIPATE FAIRLY RAPIDLY DURING THE DAY AS KATIA 
SPEEDS AWAY INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC.  WAVE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 8 METRES 
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE WINDS ALONG KATIA'S TRACK WITH HIGHER SEAS 
LIKELY OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF CANADIAN WATERS.

SWELLS UP TO 3 TO 4 METRES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND 
SOUTHEASTERN COASTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND TODAY.  SWELLS ALONG THE COAST OF 
NOVA SCOTIA WILL SLOWLY DECAY TODAY.

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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