010 
WTNT21 KNHC 230848
TCMAT1
 
TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL162023
0900 UTC SAT SEP 23 2023
 
NOTICE... LAND-BASED TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO
LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST/ADVISORY...(TCM).
CURRENT LAND-BASED COASTAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
MOST RECENTLY ISSUED TROPICAL CYCLONE PUBLIC ADVISORY...(TCP).
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 34.3N  76.9W AT 23/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  981 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
50 KT....... 40NE  40SE  50SW  60NW.
34 KT.......270NE  80SE 120SW 120NW.
12 FT SEAS..330NE 180SE 210SW  30NW.
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 34.3N  76.9W AT 23/0900Z
AT 23/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 33.8N  77.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1800Z 35.5N  77.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...190NE  40SE  30SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0600Z 37.0N  77.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...120NE  30SE   0SW  20NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/1800Z 38.2N  76.3W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0600Z 39.0N  75.2W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/1800Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 34.3N  76.9W
 
INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY...WTNT31 KNHC/MIATCPAT1...AT 23/1200Z
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER KELLY/CANGIALOSI