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Tropical Storm BILL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BILL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032003
0300Z MON JUN 30 2003
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A
HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.3N  91.3W AT 30/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 350 DEGREES AT  12 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1009 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......125NE 125SE  25SW  90NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 150SE  50SW 100NW.
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 26.3N  91.3W AT 30/0300Z
AT 30/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.7N  91.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 27.6N  91.6W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE  15SW  25NW.
34 KT...150NE 150SE  30SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 29.6N  91.9W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE  20SW  30NW.
34 KT...150NE 150SE  50SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 31.9N  91.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 33.3N  88.5W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 35.0N  83.0W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 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 04/0000Z 36.0N  75.5W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 26.3N  91.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/0900Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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