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TROPICAL STORM GRACE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   3...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112003
0300Z SUN AUG 31 2003
...CORRECTED RADIUS OF 34 KT WINDS 31/0300Z THROUGH 01/0000Z 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFEFCT FOR THE TEXAS COAST FROM HIGH
ISLAND TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.5N  94.5W AT 31/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT   9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1009 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT.......180NE 100SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..180NE 100SE   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 25.5N  94.5W AT 31/0300Z
AT 31/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.2N  94.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 26.4N  95.5W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...180NE 100SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 27.8N  96.9W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE   0SW  15NW.
34 KT...180NE 100SE   0SW  25NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 28.6N  98.4W...INLAND...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 29.2N 100.0W...INLAND...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
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
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 25.5N  94.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 31/0900Z
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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