| HOME | ARCHIVES | FORECASTS | IMAGERY | ABOUT NHC | RECONNAISSANCE |

---

Tropical Storm GORDON (Text)

ZCZC MIATCMAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
 
TROPICAL STORM GORDON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL082012
1500 UTC MON AUG 20 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 38.3N  22.3W AT 20/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  60 DEGREES AT  14 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  990 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 40NE  50SE  30SW  40NW.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE  60SW  70NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 200SE 240SW  60NW.
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 38.3N  22.3W AT 20/1500Z
AT 20/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 37.9N  23.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 39.0N  20.3W...POST-TROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 80NE  80SE  40SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 39.2N  18.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 39.2N  17.6W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 39.0N  16.7W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 38.3N  22.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 20/2100Z
 
$$
FORECASTER BROWN
 
 
NNNN