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Tropical Storm BONNIE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BONNIE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022004
0300Z WED AUG 11 2004
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300 GMT...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER EASTWARD TO THE
MOUTH OF THE SUWANEE RIVER.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.0N  90.4W AT 11/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR  10 DEGREES AT   4 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1004 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 50NE   0SE   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 25.0N  90.4W AT 11/0300Z
AT 11/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 24.7N  90.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 11/1200Z 26.0N  90.1W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 25NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 40NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 12/0000Z 27.6N  89.0W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT... 60NE  60SE  60SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 12/1200Z 29.8N  86.7W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE  40SW  25NW.
34 KT... 75NE  75SE  75SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 13/0000Z 32.5N  83.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/0000Z 42.0N  75.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 15/0000Z...ABSORBED BY A FRONTAL SYSTEM
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 25.0N  90.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 11/0900Z
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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