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TROPICAL STORM ALEX FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0198
2100Z FRI JUL 31 1998
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 15.8N  51.1W AT 31/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  60 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  40 KT
34 KT.......125NE   0SE   0SW 125NW
12 FT SEAS..125NE   0SE   0SW 125NW
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 15.8N  51.1W AT 31/2100Z
AT 31/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 15.7N  50.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0600Z 16.0N  52.6W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1800Z 17.0N  55.0W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0600Z 19.5N  57.0W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 15.8N  51.1W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 02/1800Z 20.5N  59.0W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
OUTLOOK VALID 03/1800Z 24.0N  62.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/0300Z
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
 
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