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HURRICANE KATE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  46
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162003
0300Z TUE OCT 07 2003
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 39.5N  53.4W AT 07/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  25 DEGREES AT  19 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  987 MB
EYE DIAMETER  20 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  65 KT WITH GUSTS TO  80 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE  30SE  20SW  20NW.
50 KT....... 60NE  60SE  50SW  60NW.
34 KT.......175NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..475NE 400SE 200SW 250NW.
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 39.5N  53.4W AT 07/0300Z
AT 07/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 38.6N  54.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z 44.3N  50.1W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  40NW.
34 KT...200NE 175SE 150SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0000Z 50.9N  44.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  60SW  40NW.
34 KT...200NE 200SE 150SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/1200Z 56.1N  37.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/0000Z 58.7N  30.6W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/0000Z 61.0N  13.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
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 11/0000Z...EXTRATROPICAL EAST OF GREENWICH MERIDIAN
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 39.5N  53.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 07/0900Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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