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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0600
1500Z FRI AUG 18 2000
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.7N  55.5W AT 18/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  60 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT 11 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT....... 60NE  45SE  45SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 60NE  45SE  45SW  60NW.
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 16.7N  55.5W AT 18/1500Z
AT 18/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.5N  55.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0000Z 17.5N  57.1W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  45SE  45SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1200Z 18.4N  59.2W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  55SE  55SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 19.4N  61.4W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
34 KT... 75NE  55SE  55SW  75NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 16.7N  55.5W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 20/1200Z 20.3N  63.6W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/1200Z 22.3N  67.9W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  30SE  30SW  40NW.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 18/2100Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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