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HURRICANE KATE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162003
0300Z FRI OCT 03 2003
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.5N  46.3W AT 03/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OR 255 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  976 MB
EYE DIAMETER  25 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
64 KT....... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT....... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT.......150NE 100SE 100SW 200NW.
12 FT SEAS..700NE 300SE 300SW 700NW.
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 29.5N  46.3W AT 03/0300Z
AT 03/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.6N  45.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 29.4N  47.9W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...150NE 100SE 100SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 29.8N  50.2W
MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...200NE 100SE 100SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 30.1N  52.5W
MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...200NE 100SE 100SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/0000Z 31.0N  54.7W
MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...200NE 100SE 100SW 200NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/0000Z 34.8N  57.2W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
34 KT...200NE 100SE 100SW 200NW.
 
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 07/0000Z 43.0N  56.0W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 08/0000Z 51.0N  49.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.5N  46.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 03/0900Z
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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