Skip Navigation Links
NOAA NOAA United States Department of Commerce

Tropical Storm OMAR


ZCZC MIATCMAT5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
TROPICAL STORM OMAR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
0900 UTC FRI OCT 17 2008
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.0N  56.4W AT 17/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  40 DEGREES AT  22 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  992 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT.......  0NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE  50SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..100NE 100SE  90SW  90NW.
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 26.0N  56.4W AT 17/0900Z
AT 17/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.1N  57.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 28.7N  54.4W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  50SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 31.0N  52.5W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  50SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 33.0N  50.5W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z 35.0N  48.0W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0600Z 38.5N  42.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 45NE  60SE  45SW   0NW.
 
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 21/0600Z 40.0N  35.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 22/0600Z 40.0N  28.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 26.0N  56.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/1500Z
 
$$
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
NNNN