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HURRICANE KATE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  44
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162003
1500Z MON OCT 06 2003
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 36.1N  55.2W AT 06/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  20 DEGREES AT  19 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  979 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT....... 60NE  60SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT.......150NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..475NE 400SE 200SW 300NW.
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 36.1N  55.2W AT 06/1500Z
AT 06/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.2N  55.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 07/0000Z 39.8N  53.7W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  60SW  40NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 125SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z 45.6N  49.6W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  60SW  40NW.
34 KT...200NE 200SE 150SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0000Z 52.2N  43.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  75SE  75SW  25NW.
34 KT...150NE 300SE 200SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/1200Z 57.1N  36.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/1200Z 61.5N  19.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  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 10/1200Z...EXTRATROPICAL EAST OF GREENWICH MERIDIAN
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 36.1N  55.2W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 06/2100Z
 
FORECASTER KNABB/FRANKLIN
 
 
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