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TROPICAL STORM GORDON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL1100
1500Z SAT SEP 16 2000
 
AT 10 AM CDT...15OOO UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD
AND WESTWARD ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER TO
APALACHICOLA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.9N  86.1W AT 16/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  35 DEGREES AT  8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  992 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 75NE  75SE   0SW  50NW.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE  25SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 100SE  25SW  75NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.9N  86.1W AT 16/1500Z
AT 16/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.6N  86.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 25.0N  85.4W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE   0SW  15NW.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  20SW  50NW.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  30SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 27.0N  84.6W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  15SW  15NW.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  75SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 28.8N  83.7W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  15SW  15NW.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  75SW  75NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.9N  86.1W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 18/1200Z 31.0N  82.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 19/1200Z 36.0N  79.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/2100Z
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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