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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0502
2100Z TUE SEP 03 2002
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD
TO TITUSVILLE FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
TITUSVILLE TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.  WHILE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...THIS IS NOT
CONSIDERED LIKELY...AND THAT IS THE REASON A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS NOT BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.8N  79.2W AT 03/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OR 240 DEGREES AT   5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1004 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 60NE  60SE  20SW  45NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 60NE  60SE  60SW  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 29.8N  79.2W AT 03/2100Z
AT 03/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.0N  79.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0600Z 29.6N  80.1W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  50SE   0SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1800Z 29.3N  81.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/0600Z 28.8N  82.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.8N  79.2W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 05/1800Z 28.5N  83.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 06/1800Z 28.5N  85.0W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  50SE  50SW  50NW.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 04/0300Z
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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