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Hurricane ALEX (Text)

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HURRICANE ALEX FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL012004
1500Z THU AUG 05 2004
 
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 41.7N  57.6W AT 05/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  65 DEGREES AT  30 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  957 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT WITH GUSTS TO 130 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE  50SE  30SW  20NW.
50 KT....... 50NE  80SE  60SW  50NW.
34 KT....... 80NE 300SE 300SW  70NW.
12 FT SEAS..250NE 300SE 300SW  80NW.
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 41.7N  57.6W AT 05/1500Z
AT 05/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 40.8N  59.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 06/0000Z 44.0N  51.5W
MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  50SE  30SW  20NW.
50 KT... 50NE  80SE  60SW  50NW.
34 KT... 80NE 300SE 300SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/1200Z 46.5N  42.0W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  25SW   0NW.
50 KT... 50NE  75SE  50SW  25NW.
34 KT... 70NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/0000Z 47.0N  32.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE  75SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z 47.0N  22.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE  75SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/1200Z...ABSORBED BY EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 41.7N  57.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 05/2100Z
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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