169 WTNT25 KNHC 161451 TCMAT5 SUBTROPICAL STORM ERNESTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052018 1500 UTC THU AUG 16 2018 THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. SUBTROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 42.0N 43.2W AT 16/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR 35 DEGREES AT 14 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1007 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. 34 KT.......120NE 140SE 0SW 0NW. 12 FT SEAS..130NE 170SE 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 42.0N 43.2W AT 16/1500Z AT 16/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 41.6N 43.8W FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 43.9N 40.4W MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 90NE 140SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 46.7N 35.0W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 80NE 150SE 0SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 49.5N 28.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 60NE 150SE 120SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 18/1200Z 52.0N 19.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 0NE 150SE 120SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 19/1200Z...MERGED WITH FRONTAL ZONE REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 42.0N 43.2W NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/2100Z $$ FORECASTER BROWN