268 
WTNT22 KNHC 280245
TCMAT2
 
TROPICAL STORM KIRK FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL122018
0300 UTC FRI SEP 28 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 13.8N  61.4W AT 28/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 260 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......130NE 130SE   0SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..210NE 150SE   0SW   0NW.
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 13.8N  61.4W AT 28/0300Z
AT 28/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 13.9N  60.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 28/1200Z 14.3N  63.1W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE 100SE   0SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 14.9N  65.4W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 80NE  70SE   0SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 15.3N  68.0W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 13.8N  61.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 28/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BERG