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TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072004
1500Z SUN AUG 29 2004
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.  ALL OTHER WARNINGS ARE
DISCONTINUED.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.2N  79.5W AT 29/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  992 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT....... 25NE  25SE  20SW  20NW.
34 KT....... 50NE  50SE  30SW  30NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 75NE  75SE  50SW   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 33.2N  79.5W AT 29/1500Z
AT 29/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.8N  79.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 30/0000Z 34.3N  79.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 35.9N  78.8W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 31/0000Z 37.7N  77.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 39.8N  74.0W...OVER WATER
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 44.5N  64.0W...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 02/1200Z...ABSORBED INTO FRONTAL SYSTEM

REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.2N  79.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 29/2100Z
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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