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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP082012
0300 UTC MON AUG 13 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 110.7W AT 13/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT   5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  993 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT.......130NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 120SE  90SW  90NW.
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 18.1N 110.7W AT 13/0300Z
AT 13/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 110.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 13/1200Z 18.1N 111.6W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...130NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/0000Z 18.2N 112.8W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...130NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1200Z 18.3N 113.9W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...120NE  80SE  70SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 18.4N 114.9W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...110NE  80SE  70SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 19.1N 116.7W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 90NE  60SE  40SW  50NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 17/0000Z 19.8N 118.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 18/0000Z 20.5N 120.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.1N 110.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
 
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