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TROPICAL STORM KATE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  48
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162003
1500Z TUE OCT 07 2003
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 45.5N  48.0W AT 07/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  40 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  30 DEGREES AT  38 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  987 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
50 KT....... 75NE  75SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT.......250NE 175SE 100SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..400NE 450SE 450SW 200NW.
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 45.5N  48.0W AT 07/1500Z
AT 07/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 43.8N  49.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0000Z 51.5N  43.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT...250NE 200SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/1200Z 57.5N  37.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  60SW  40NW.
34 KT...250NE 250SE 150SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/0000Z 60.0N  31.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/1200Z 61.0N  21.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/1200Z 61.0N   4.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 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 11/1200Z...EXTRATROPICAL EAST OF GREENWICH MERIDIAN

REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 45.5N  48.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 07/2100Z
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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