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HURRICANE KARL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122004
0300Z FRI SEP 24 2004
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 38.7N  41.5W AT 24/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  50 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  20 DEGREES AT  26 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  963 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
64 KT....... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
50 KT.......150NE 150SE  75SW  75NW.
34 KT.......300NE 375SE 175SW 200NW.
12 FT SEAS..700NE 600SE 300SW 350NW.
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 38.7N  41.5W AT 24/0300Z
AT 24/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 37.4N  41.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 42.6N  40.9W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
50 KT...150NE 150SE  75SW  75NW.
34 KT...300NE 350SE 200SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 47.5N  39.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 75NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
34 KT...300NE 350SE 200SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 52.2N  35.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...180NE 180SE 120SW 120NW.
34 KT...300NE 350SE 250SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 57.0N  27.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...120NE 180SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT...300NE 350SE 250SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 27/0000Z...MERGED WITH ANOTHER EXTRATROPICAL LOW

REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 38.7N  41.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 24/0900Z
 
FORECASTER BERG/AVILA
 
 
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