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WTNT22 KNHC 230231
TCMAT2
 
TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL072016
0300 UTC TUE AUG 23 2016
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 12.6N  30.7W AT 23/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT  16 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT....... 50NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 60NE   0SE   0SW  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 12.6N  30.7W AT 23/0300Z
AT 23/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.4N  29.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z 13.0N  33.1W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  50SE  40SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 14.0N  36.0W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 30NE   0SE  20SW  30NW.
34 KT... 90NE  60SE  50SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 15.3N  38.6W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE   0SW  20NW.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE  30SW  40NW.
34 KT...110NE  90SE  60SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 17.1N  41.1W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  30SW  40NW.
34 KT...130NE 100SE  70SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 21.0N  46.0W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
50 KT... 70NE  50SE  40SW  40NW.
34 KT...150NE 130SE  80SW 130NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 27/0000Z 25.0N  50.5W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 28/0000Z 28.0N  53.5W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 12.6N  30.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN