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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0898
2100Z FRI SEP 18 1998
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
COAST FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  THE TROPICAL
STORM WATCH WEST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS MAY BE LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
SMALL CRAFT FROM MATAGORDA TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT.
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.0N  92.4W AT 18/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  60 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT NEARLY STATIONARY
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1001 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  30 KT WITH GUSTS TO  40 KT
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.0N  92.4W AT 18/2100Z
AT 18/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.0N  92.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z 26.0N  92.4W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1800Z 27.5N  92.0W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT
34 KT... 75NE  75SE  60SW  75NW
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0600Z 29.0N  91.5W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT
34 KT...100NE 100SE  60SW  75NW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 26.0N  92.4W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 20/1800Z 30.5N  90.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/1800Z 34.5N  84.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 19/0300Z
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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