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TROPICAL STORM LAURA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122008
1500 UTC WED OCT 01 2008
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 46.5N  46.5W AT 01/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  20 DEGREES AT  16 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  995 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 75NE 200SE  75SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..360NE 360SE 180SW 180NW.
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 46.5N  46.5W AT 01/1500Z
AT 01/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 45.7N  46.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 48.9N  45.6W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 75NE 175SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 52.2N  43.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...300NE 175SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 55.0N  39.8W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...300NE 240SE   0SW 300NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 56.0N  33.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...300NE 300SE   0SW 300NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 56.5N  20.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...240NE   0SE   0SW 240NW.
 
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 05/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 46.5N  46.5W
 
THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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