WTCN31 CWHX 290900
INTERMEDIATE CANADIAN HURRICANE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY
THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6.00 AM
ADT MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2003.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 AM ADT

 AT 6.00 AM ADT... TROPICAL STORM JUAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
48.0 N AND LONGITUDE 62.5 W... ABOUT 90 NAUTICAL MILES OR 165 KM
EAST SOUTHEAST OF GASPE.

 JUAN MOVED THROUGH THE HALIFAX AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AT LEAST
ONE FATALITY WAS REPORTED. SOME BUILDINGS SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
THERE WERE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND NUMEROUS FALLEN TREE LIMBS.
WIND GUSTS TO 143 KM/H WERE REPORTED AT HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. IT STILL PACKED WINDS GUSTING TO 139 KM/H AS IT PASSED WEST
OF CHARLOTTETOWN SHORTLY AFTER 3 AM ADT.

 JUAN IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 40 KNOTS... 74 KM/H. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 55 KNOTS... 102 KM/H AND CENTRAL
PRESSURE AT 997 MB.

DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          ADT                    MB  KTS  KMH
SEP 29  6.00 AM  48.0N  62.5W   997   55  102
SEP 29  9.00 AM  50.0N  62.0W  1000   50   93 BECOMING POST-TROPICAL
SEP 29  3.00 PM  54.0N  60.6W  1002   45   83 POST-TROPICAL
SEP 29  9.00 PM  58.4N  58.7W  1003   43   80 POST-TROPICAL
SEP 30  3.00 AM  62.6N  55.9W  1004   40   74 POST-TROPICAL

 PUBLIC AND MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THEIR REGION BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

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