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Hurricane ALEX (Text)

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HURRICANE ALEX FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL012004
0900Z FRI AUG 06 2004
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 46.5N  41.5W AT 06/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  65 DEGREES AT  45 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  984 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  65 KT WITH GUSTS TO  80 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  75NW.
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 46.5N  41.5W AT 06/0900Z
AT 06/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 46.1N  44.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 06/1800Z 47.0N  33.2W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 25NE  50SE  25SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/0600Z 47.0N  22.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  50SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE 300SE 300SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1800Z...ABSORBED INTO EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 46.5N  41.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 06/1500Z
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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