Hurricane ALEX

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HURRICANE ALEX FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL012004
0300Z FRI AUG 06 2004

RAPID VARIATIONS IN HARBOR WATER LEVELS BETWEEN 12 AM AND 3 AM LOCAL
TIME ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF THE AVALON PENINSULA
...BETWEEN CAPE RACE AND CAPE SAINT FRANCIS...AND ALONG THE EASTERN
SIDE OF THE BONAVISTA PENINSULA AND POSSIBLY CONCEPTION BAY.

HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 44.9N  47.4W AT 06/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  70 DEGREES AT  39 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  981 MB
EYE DIAMETER  25 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 25NE  50SE  25SW   0NW.
50 KT....... 50NE  75SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT....... 75NE 300SE 300SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..250NE 400SE 300SW  80NW.
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 44.9N  47.4W AT 06/0300Z
AT 06/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 44.3N  50.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 06/1200Z 46.4N  40.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 25NE  50SE  25SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/0000Z 47.1N  29.9W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  50SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z 47.0N  20.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 50NE 250SE 250SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0000Z...ABSORBED INTO EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 44.9N  47.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 06/0900Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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