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Tropical Storm MELISSA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MELISSA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142013
1500 UTC THU NOV 21 2013
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
GALE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL AZORES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 40.0N  34.8W AT 21/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  70 DEGREES AT  28 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  984 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 50NE 210SE 150SW 120NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 360SE 540SW 360NW.
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 40.0N  34.8W AT 21/1500Z
AT 21/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 39.6N  36.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 41.1N  30.0W...POST-TROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 80NE 210SE 180SW 120NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 42.0N  24.3W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...180NE 180SE 180SW 120NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z 42.2N  20.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...300NE 180SE 150SW 120NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z 41.2N  17.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...240NE  60SE 120SW 180NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 25/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 40.0N  34.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 21/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
 
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