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TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072004
0300Z WED SEP 01 2004
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 41.8N  66.0W AT 01/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  65 DEGREES AT  27 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  999 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT....... 60NE 120SE  90SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..  0NE 120SE  90SW   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 41.8N  66.0W AT 01/0300Z
AT 01/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 41.3N  67.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 43.7N  60.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE 180SE 120SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 46.5N  51.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE 300SE 240SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 49.0N  41.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE 300SE 240SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 51.5N  31.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...  0NE 300SE 240SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z...ABSORBED BY EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
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
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 41.8N  66.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/0900Z
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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