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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  31
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052006
0900 UTC FRI SEP 01 2006
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER
SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE FEAR
NORTH CAROLINA TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC
COAST AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
AREA DUE TO A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT NORTH OF ERNESTO.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 35.1N  77.8W AT 01/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR  10 DEGREES AT  13 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  990 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT....... 25NE  50SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE  40SW  20NW.
12 FT SEAS..180NE 240SE   0SW   0NW.
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 35.1N  77.8W AT 01/0900Z
AT 01/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 34.5N  78.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1800Z 36.7N  77.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0600Z 38.6N  77.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1800Z 40.5N  78.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0600Z 42.7N  79.2W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0600Z...ABSORBED BY EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 35.1N  77.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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