ERIN PASSING EAST OF BERMUDA

September 9, 2001 — At 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 33.7 north, longitude 63.5 west or about 115 miles northeast of Bermuda. Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph with higher gusts, making Hurricane Erin a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours, according to NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Erin is the first hurricane to form in the Atlantic this season. (Click on NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Erin taken Sept. 9, 2001 at 10:45 a.m. EDT. Click here to see latest NOAA satellite image.)

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles. Estimated minimum central pressure is 969 mb, 28.61 inches.

Erin is moving toward the north-northwest near 10 mph. Conditions should begin to improve in Bermuda as the system moves away.

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