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WTPZ22 KNHC 201456
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HURRICANE FAUSTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP072008
1500 UTC SUN JUL 20 2008
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 112.5W AT 20/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT  11 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  980 MB
EYE DIAMETER  45 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE  30SE   0SW  30NW.
50 KT....... 45NE  45SE  30SW  45NW.
34 KT....... 90NE 120SE  60SW  90NW.
12 FT SEAS..300NE 240SE 120SW 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 18.0N 112.5W AT 20/1500Z
AT 20/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.7N 112.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 19.2N 114.0W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE   0SW  30NW.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  30SW  45NW.
34 KT... 90NE 120SE  60SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 20.3N 116.1W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  30SW  45NW.
34 KT... 90NE  90SE  60SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 21.0N 118.4W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE   0SW  45NW.
34 KT... 75NE  75SE  45SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 21.5N 120.4W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 45NE   0SE   0SW  45NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z 22.0N 124.0W
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 200 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 24/1200Z 22.5N 127.5W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 25/1200Z 23.0N 131.0W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.0N 112.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 20/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER LANDSEA/KNABB