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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP082012
0900 UTC TUE AUG 14 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.9N 114.0W AT 14/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 265 DEGREES AT   5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  997 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 50NE  50SE  70SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 150SE 150SW  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 17.9N 114.0W AT 14/0900Z
AT 14/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.8N 113.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 18.1N 114.5W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  50SE  70SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 18.4N 115.3W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 40NE  30SE  50SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1800Z 18.8N 116.0W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 40NE  30SE  40SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 19.1N 116.6W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 20.0N 118.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
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 18/0600Z 21.0N 119.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 19/0600Z 21.0N 121.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  15 KT...GUSTS  20 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 17.9N 114.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 14/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER BERG
 
 
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