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Hurricane OPHELIA (Text)

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HURRICANE OPHELIA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL162011
0300 UTC MON OCT 03 2011
 
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE AVALON PENINSULA OF NEWFOUNDLAND
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 43.9N  58.6W AT 03/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  25 DEGREES AT  29 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  974 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  70 KT WITH GUSTS TO  85 KT.
64 KT....... 40NE  40SE   0SW  20NW.
50 KT....... 80NE  80SE  20SW  30NW.
34 KT.......180NE 200SE  60SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 540SE 420SW 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 43.9N  58.6W AT 03/0300Z
AT 03/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 42.5N  59.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 46.6N  53.7W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  80SE   0SW  20NW.
34 KT...130NE 200SE 120SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 49.8N  43.7W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...  0NE 240SE 240SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 53.0N  32.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...  0NE 360SE 480SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/0000Z...ABSORBED BY FRONT
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 43.9N  58.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 03/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
 
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