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WTNT24 KNHC 170848
TCMAT4
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042009
0900 UTC MON AUG 17 2009
 
AT 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED EAST OF INDIAN PASS FLORIDA AND WEST OF DESTIN
FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN
EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS.  THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
LATER THIS MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 30.9N  87.0W AT 17/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1006 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT....... 30NE  80SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..  0NE  40SE   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 30.9N  87.0W AT 17/0900Z
AT 17/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.5N  86.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 32.1N  88.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 33.9N  88.9W...INLAND
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 35.8N  89.3W...DISSIPATING INLAND
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 30.9N  87.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN