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Tropical Storm KATE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162003
0300Z SUN SEP 28 2003
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 22.4N  44.7W AT 28/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  40 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 340 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......120NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 120SE  50SW  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 22.4N  44.7W AT 28/0300Z
AT 28/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 22.0N  44.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 28/1200Z 24.0N  45.0W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
34 KT...120NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 25.8N  44.7W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
34 KT...120NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 27.4N  43.6W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...120NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z 29.0N  42.0W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...120NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 30.0N  40.0W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  50SW  75NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 275 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 375 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 02/0000Z 31.5N  40.0W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 03/0000Z 32.0N  42.0W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 22.4N  44.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 28/0900Z
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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