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TROPICAL STORM HOWARD FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  31
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   EP0998
1500Z FRI AUG 28 1998
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 21.1N 128.5W AT 28/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT  9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT
34 KT.......150NE 125SE 125SW 150NW
12 FT SEAS..250NE 150SE 150SW 250NW
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 21.1N 128.5W AT 28/1500Z
AT 28/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.9N 128.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 21.5N 130.0W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT
34 KT...150NE 125SE 125SW 150NW
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 22.5N 131.5W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT
34 KT...150NE 125SE 125SW 150NW
 
FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z 23.5N 133.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 21.1N 128.5W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 30/1200Z 23.5N 135.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
OUTLOOK VALID 31/1200Z 24.0N 140.5W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 28/2100Z
 
AVILA
 
 
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