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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   EP1000
2100Z TUE AUG 15 2000
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.2N 123.6W AT 15/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 12 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 40NE  40SE  50SW  65NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 80NE  80SE  90SW 110NW.
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 20.2N 123.6W AT 15/2100Z
AT 15/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 20.2N 123.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 20.2N 125.6W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 30NE  30SE  40SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z 20.1N 128.2W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 20.0N 131.0W...DISSIPATED
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 20.2N 123.6W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/0300Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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