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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP092006
2100 UTC WED AUG 16 2006
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.8N 117.6W AT 16/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT   9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  992 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
34 KT....... 55NE  75SE  70SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 150SE 150SW 120NW.
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 13.8N 117.6W AT 16/2100Z
AT 16/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 13.6N 117.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 14.1N 119.0W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 15NE  15SE  15SW  15NW.
50 KT... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
34 KT... 75NE  75SE  75SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 14.6N 120.7W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
50 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT... 80NE  80SE  80SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 15.2N 122.6W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...100NE  80SE  80SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 16.2N 124.8W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...100NE  80SE  80SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1800Z 18.0N 128.5W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  30SE  30SW  40NW.
34 KT... 90NE  60SE  60SW  90NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 200 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 20/1800Z 20.0N 132.0W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/1800Z 21.5N 134.0W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 13.8N 117.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/0300Z
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/KNABB
 
 
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