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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL1102
0900Z WED SEP 18 2002
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 35.2N  52.2W AT 18/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  20 DEGREES AT  12 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1009 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT.......  0NE  30SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 60NE  60SE   0SW   0NW.
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 35.2N  52.2W AT 18/0900Z
AT 18/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 34.7N  52.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 37.1N  50.7W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z 39.9N  46.5W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1800Z 43.2N  41.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 35.2N  52.2W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0600Z...ABSORBED BY LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 18/1500Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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