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TROPICAL STORM OLAF FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP182009
1500 UTC FRI OCT 02 2009
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.1N 117.5W AT 02/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT   9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 80NE 100SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 150SE  30SW  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 23.1N 117.5W AT 02/1500Z
AT 02/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 22.7N 117.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 24.0N 117.4W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 80NE 100SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 25.2N 116.8W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 70NE  70SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 26.2N 115.4W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 27.1N 113.4W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.1N 117.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 02/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BRENNAN
 
 
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