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HURRICANE KIRK FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL112012
0300 UTC FRI AUG 31 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.0N  50.7W AT 31/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 335 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  980 MB
EYE DIAMETER  10 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  85 KT WITH GUSTS TO 105 KT.
64 KT....... 15NE  10SE  10SW  15NW.
50 KT....... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW.
34 KT....... 60NE  40SE  30SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE  90SE   0SW  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 29.0N  50.7W AT 31/0300Z
AT 31/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.5N  50.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 30.5N  50.8W
MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
64 KT... 15NE  15SE  10SW  15NW.
50 KT... 40NE  30SE  20SW  30NW.
34 KT... 80NE  70SE  50SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 33.0N  50.0W
MAX WIND  95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT.
64 KT... 15NE  15SE  10SW  10NW.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT... 90NE  80SE  60SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 35.8N  47.9W
MAX WIND  95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  10SW  10NW.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  80SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 38.7N  44.5W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT...100NE 110SE  90SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 46.2N  34.3W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT...110NE 130SE 100SW  80NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 175 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 04/0000Z 52.0N  20.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 05/0000Z...ABSORBED BY FRONTAL ZONE
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.0N  50.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 31/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN
 
 
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