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TROPICAL STORM HANNA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
0300 UTC WED SEP 03 2008
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED
A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE
ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND
BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN COAST
OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM PUERTO PLATA WESTWARD TO BAHIA DE
MANZANILLO.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR HAITI
FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO
PORT-AU-PRINCE.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF HANNA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.5N  72.4W AT 03/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT IS STATIONARY
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  988 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 60NE  60SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT.......200NE 175SE  75SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..300NE  90SE  60SW 360NW.
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 20.5N  72.4W AT 03/0300Z
AT 03/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.5N  72.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 21.3N  72.3W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT...200NE 175SE  75SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 22.8N  73.6W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  45SW  45NW.
34 KT...175NE 150SE  75SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 24.4N  75.5W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...175NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/0000Z 26.4N  77.4W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...175NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/0000Z 32.5N  80.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...175NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 07/0000Z 41.0N  75.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 08/0000Z 50.0N  60.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 20.5N  72.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 03/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA
 
 
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