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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0700
1500Z MON AUG 21 2000
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF FRANCE...ANTIGUA...AND
THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAVE ISSUED HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THEIR
RESPECTIVE ISLANDS EXTENDING FROM GUADELOUPE NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD
THROUGH THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.  ALSO AT 11 AM AST...1500
UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...AND THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR DOMINICA.  A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO...AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A
HURRICANE WARNING LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 15.7N  57.3W AT 21/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 19 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1008 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  80 KT.
50 KT....... 50NE  40SE  25SW  50NW.
34 KT.......125NE  75SE  40SW 125NW.
12 FT SEAS..250NE 100SE  75SW 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 15.7N  57.3W AT 21/1500Z
AT 21/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 15.6N  56.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 16.2N  60.2W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  10SE  10SW  10NW.
50 KT... 50NE  40SE  25SW  50NW.
34 KT...125NE  75SE  40SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 17.0N  63.8W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  10SE  10SW  20NW.
50 KT... 60NE  50SE  35SW  60NW.
34 KT...125NE  80SE  50SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z 18.0N  67.2W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  10SW  20NW.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...130NE  90SE  60SW 130NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 15.7N  57.3W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 23/1200Z 19.0N  70.0W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  45SE  45SW  60NW.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 24/1200Z 21.0N  75.0W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
50 KT... 70NE  70SE  50SW  50NW.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 21/2100Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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