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HURRICANE WILMA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL242005
1500Z MON OCT 24 2005
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS... INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA BAY... ALONG THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD... AND ALONG THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE SOUTHWARD... INCLUDING LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO STEINHATCHEE RIVER... AND ALONG THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO ST. AUGUSTINE.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALONG THE NORTHEAST
COAST OF FLORIDA FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO FERNANDINA BEACH
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...LA HABANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH.  A HURRICANE
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS. THESE WARNINGS
AND WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...
BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.9N  80.0W AT 24/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  45 DEGREES AT  22 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  956 MB
EYE DIAMETER  55 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  90 KT WITH GUSTS TO 110 KT.
64 KT....... 75NE  85SE  75SW  50NW.
50 KT.......125NE 125SE 100SW  90NW.
34 KT.......200NE 225SE 200SW 150NW.
12 FT SEAS..325NE 300SE 200SW 325NW.
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 26.9N  80.0W AT 24/1500Z
AT 24/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.2N  81.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 30.3N  75.8W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
64 KT... 70NE  85SE  60SW  30NW.
50 KT...125NE 150SE 125SW  75NW.
34 KT...200NE 225SE 200SW 175NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 36.1N  68.9W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 60NE  85SE  40SW  20NW.
50 KT...100NE 175SE  75SW  50NW.
34 KT...225NE 250SE 225SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 42.1N  61.6W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT...100NE 175SE  75SW  50NW.
34 KT...200NE 250SE 175SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 44.9N  55.7W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT...100NE 175SE  75SW  50NW.
34 KT...200NE 250SE 175SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 27/1200Z 46.5N  44.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...100NE 175SE  75SW  50NW.
34 KT...200NE 250SE 175SW 125NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 47.5N  36.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 29/1200Z 49.0N  25.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 26.9N  80.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 24/2100Z
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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