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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   EP1000
1500Z TUE AUG 15 2000
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.5N 122.6W AT 15/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT  9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  994 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT....... 75NE  75SE  75SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..125NE 100SE 100SW 125NW.
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 20.5N 122.6W AT 15/1500Z
AT 15/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.4N 122.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 20.7N 124.0W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 65NE  65SE  65SW  65NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 20.8N 125.9W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  50SE  50SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 21.0N 128.0W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 20.5N 122.6W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 17/1200Z 21.1N 130.7W...DISSIPATED
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 15/2100Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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