WOCN31 CWHX 101445
INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:06 PM ADT 
SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2011.
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INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      NEWFOUNDLAND.

      FOR HURRICANE KATIA.

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

      KATIA OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN 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 12.00 PM ADT, POST-TROPICAL STORM KATIA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.7 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 47.0 WEST, ABOUT 295 NAUTICAL MILES 
OR 545 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 
ARE ESTIMATED AT 70 KNOTS ( 130 KM/H ) AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 955 
MB.  KATIA IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 46 KNOTS ( 85 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 LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF 
THE GRAND BANKS.  CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION ARE LIMITED TO THE GRAND
BANKS.

STORM TO POSSIBLY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING NEAR AND WEST 
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.

COASTAL WAVES OF UP TO 3 METRES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH COAST 
AND EAST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND 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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