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TROPICAL STORM BRET FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0399
1500Z MON AUG 23 1999
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST
FROM BROWNSVILLE TO PORT ARANSAS.  THESE WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LOWERED THIS AFTERNOON.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.4N  98.6W AT 23/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT  5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  985 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT
34 KT.......100NE 100SE  25SW  25NW
12 FT SEAS..100NE 100SE  0 SW  0 NW
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.4N  98.6W AT 23/1500Z
AT 23/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 27.3N  98.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 27.7N  99.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 27.7N 100.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 27.7N 100.8W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.4N  98.6W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 25/1200Z 27.7N 101.6W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z...INLAND
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/2100Z
 
LAWRENCE
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
 
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