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TROPICAL STORM OTTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL172010
0300 UTC SUN OCT 10 2010
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.9N  48.7W AT 10/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  60 DEGREES AT  33 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  988 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
50 KT....... 50NE  70SE  30SW   0NW.
34 KT.......110NE 190SE  45SW  65NW.
12 FT SEAS..270NE 270SE 480SW 180NW.
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 33.9N  48.7W AT 10/0300Z
AT 10/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 33.1N  50.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 10/1200Z 36.3N  43.4W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  70SE  40SW  20NW.
34 KT...120NE 180SE  70SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/0000Z 39.7N  36.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...120NE 170SE  90SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/1200Z 42.0N  31.4W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...120NE 160SE 120SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 12/0000Z 43.5N  28.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...110NE 150SE 120SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 13/0000Z 42.0N  25.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...100NE 130SE  90SW 100NW.
 
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 14/0000Z 39.0N  23.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 15/0000Z 37.0N  21.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.9N  48.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 10/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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