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WTNT22 KNHC 010253
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HURRICANE GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL072016
0300 UTC THU SEP 01 2016
 
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* FLORES AND CORVO IN THE WESTERN AZORES
* FAIAL...PICO...GRACIOSA...SAO JORGE...AND TERCEIRA IN THE 
CENTRAL
AZORES
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 36.0N  45.4W AT 01/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  55 DEGREES AT  17 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  970 MB
EYE DIAMETER  25 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  90 KT WITH GUSTS TO 110 KT.
64 KT....... 40NE  40SE  40SW  30NW.
50 KT....... 70NE  90SE  60SW  50NW.
34 KT.......130NE 150SE 130SW  90NW.
12 FT SEAS..210NE 210SE 240SW 270NW.
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 36.0N  45.4W AT 01/0300Z
AT 01/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.6N  46.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 37.2N  42.1W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  40SE  40SW  25NW.
50 KT... 60NE  90SE  60SW  50NW.
34 KT...130NE 150SE 140SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 38.2N  37.5W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  35SE  30SW   0NW.
50 KT... 60NE  70SE  60SW  50NW.
34 KT...120NE 140SE 140SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 38.7N  33.3W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  60SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT...100NE 130SE 120SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 39.2N  30.3W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 90NE  90SE  80SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 42.1N  24.9W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
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 05/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 36.0N  45.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BERG