158 
WTNT22 KNHC 272035
TCMAT2
 
TROPICAL STORM KIRK FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL122018
2100 UTC THU SEP 27 2018
 
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARBADOS
* ST. LUCIA
* DOMINICA
* MARTINIQUE
* GUADELOUPE
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KIRK.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 14.2N  60.2W AT 27/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT  12 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......120NE 110SE   0SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..180NE 150SE  60SW 150NW.
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 14.2N  60.2W AT 27/2100Z
AT 27/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 14.0N  59.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 28/0600Z 14.6N  62.2W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...110NE 100SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 28/1800Z 15.3N  64.5W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...100NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0600Z 15.8N  66.8W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1800Z 16.1N  69.0W
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1800Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 14.2N  60.2W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 28/0300Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN