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TROPICAL STORM OCTAVE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP152013
0300 UTC MON OCT 14 2013
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.6N 113.7W AT 14/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 335 DEGREES AT  13 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  995 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 20NE  20SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 40NE  40SE  30SW  40NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 90NE  45SE  30SW  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 20.6N 113.7W AT 14/0300Z
AT 14/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.0N 113.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1200Z 22.3N 114.1W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 20NE  20SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 40NE  40SE  30SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 23.9N 113.9W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 30NE  30SE   0SW  20NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 25.0N 113.4W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 25.8N 112.9W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 20.6N 113.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 14/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN
 
 
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