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Tropical Storm IGNACIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   4...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP122009
1500 UTC TUE AUG 25 2009

CORRECTED 12 FT SEA RADII 
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.6N 119.3W AT 25/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 60NE 100SE  30SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 60NE  75SE  45SW  30NW.
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 18.6N 119.3W AT 25/1500Z
AT 25/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.3N 118.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 19.4N 120.8W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
34 KT... 60NE 100SE  30SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 20.8N 122.8W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 25NE  30SE  15SW   0NW.
34 KT... 75NE 100SE  45SW  25NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 27/0000Z 22.3N 124.6W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  75SE  25SW  20NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 27/1200Z 24.0N 126.5W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 40NE  30SE   0SW  25NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 28/1200Z 26.5N 129.5W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
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 29/1200Z 27.0N 133.0W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 30/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.6N 119.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 25/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/WALTON
 
 
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