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WTNT23 KNHC 311446
TCMAT3
TROPICAL STORM HANNA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
1500 UTC SUN AUG 31 2008
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE
ACKLINS...CROOKED ISLAND...THE INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED
ISLANDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT
ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG  ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR.
 
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.3N  70.0W AT 31/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT   9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  999 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......180NE 160SE   0SW 130NW.
12 FT SEAS..300NE 210SE 210SW 360NW.
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 23.3N  70.0W AT 31/1500Z
AT 31/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.2N  69.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 23.4N  71.1W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...180NE 160SE   0SW 130NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 23.5N  72.1W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...150NE 120SE  45SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 23.3N  72.9W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 45NE   0SE   0SW  45NW.
34 KT...120NE  90SE  45SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 23.0N  73.4W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  30SE  30SW  45NW.
34 KT...110NE  75SE  60SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 23.5N  74.5W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  30SW  45NW.
34 KT...110NE  90SE  60SW  90NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 04/1200Z 26.0N  76.0W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 05/1200Z 29.5N  79.0W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.3N  70.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 31/2100Z
 
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