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Tropical Storm ERIKA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082003
2100Z SAT AUG 16 2003
  
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 24.6N  99.8W AT 16/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OR 255 DEGREES AT  15 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  30 KT WITH GUSTS TO  40 KT.
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 24.6N  99.8W AT 16/2100Z
AT 16/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 24.8N  99.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 24.0N 102.0W
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 24.0N 105.0W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 24.6N  99.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/0300Z
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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