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HURRICANE OTTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL172010
0300 UTC SAT OCT 09 2010
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.8N  60.8W AT 09/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  60 DEGREES AT  18 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  972 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 20NE  25SE  15SW   0NW.
50 KT....... 40NE  60SE  30SW   0NW.
34 KT.......100NE 170SE  70SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..300NE 240SE 240SW 120NW.
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 27.8N  60.8W AT 09/0300Z
AT 09/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 27.2N  61.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 09/1200Z 29.7N  57.4W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  30SE  15SW   0NW.
50 KT... 50NE  70SE  30SW  20NW.
34 KT...120NE 180SE  90SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/0000Z 32.6N  51.7W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  35SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT... 60NE  80SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT...150NE 200SE 120SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/1200Z 36.1N  44.4W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  35SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT... 60NE  80SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT...150NE 240SE 150SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/0000Z 40.0N  36.4W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  80SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT...150NE 220SE 180SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 12/0000Z 43.0N  28.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  40SE  40SW   0NW.
34 KT...130NE 160SE 160SW 130NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 200 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 250 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 13/0000Z 43.0N  23.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 14/0000Z 40.0N  20.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.8N  60.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 09/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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