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TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162005
1500Z FRI SEP 16 2005
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM
WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING
MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA IN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NOVA
SCOTIA FROM YARMOUTH TO LUNENBERG.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED ALONG THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 35.7N  74.4W AT 16/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  25 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  996 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT....... 50NE  60SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 90NE  90SE  90SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..200NE 250SE 175SW  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 35.7N  74.4W AT 16/1500Z
AT 16/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.4N  74.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 37.1N  73.1W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  60SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 90NE  90SE  90SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 39.8N  70.6W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  50SW   0NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE 100SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 42.8N  66.7W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...120NE 120SE 100SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1200Z 46.0N  60.8W...INLAND EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1200Z 50.0N  47.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW  90NW.
 
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 20/1200Z 53.0N  32.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/1200Z 53.0N  19.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 35.7N  74.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/2100Z
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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