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Tropical Storm OMAR (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM OMAR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
0900 UTC SAT OCT 18 2008

TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.9N  51.5W AT 18/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  45 DEGREES AT  14 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  991 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT.......  0NE  25SE  25SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 75NE  90SE  75SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 240SE  75SW  45NW.
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 32.9N  51.5W AT 18/0900Z
AT 18/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.4N  52.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 34.3N  49.8W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  90SE  75SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z 36.1N  47.3W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  90SE  75SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1800Z 37.6N  44.6W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  75SE  60SW  45NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0600Z 38.7N  42.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0600Z 40.3N  38.2W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
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 22/0600Z 43.0N  35.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 23/0600Z...ABSORBED BY LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 32.9N  51.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 18/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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