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Tropical Storm BILL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BILL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032003
1500Z SUN JUN 29 2003
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SAN
LUIS PASS TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.5N  91.5W AT 29/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  60 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT  12 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1006 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT.......150NE 150SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 150SE   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 23.5N  91.5W AT 29/1500Z
AT 29/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.0N  91.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z 24.9N  92.8W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...150NE 150SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 26.8N  93.8W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...150NE 150SE  75SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 28.7N  94.2W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
34 KT...100NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 30.2N  94.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 31.3N  93.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 275 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 375 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 03/1200Z 32.3N  90.8W...INLAND
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 04/1200Z...DISSIPATED INLAND
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.5N  91.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 29/2100Z
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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