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HURRICANE ISAAC FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092006
0900 UTC SUN OCT 01 2006
 
AT 340 AM AST...0740 UTC...THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AVALON PENINSULA OF
NEWFOUNDLAND...WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAPE RACE AND ST.
JOHNS.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.1N  60.1W AT 01/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 335 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  985 MB
EYE DIAMETER  15 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
50 KT....... 40NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE  60SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 125SE  75SW 125NW.
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 33.1N  60.1W AT 01/0900Z
AT 01/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.6N  60.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1800Z 35.5N  60.4W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  60SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0600Z 39.8N  58.9W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  50SW  45NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE  75SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1800Z 44.6N  55.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  50SW  45NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE  75SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0600Z 48.5N  50.9W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  50SE  50SW  60NW.
34 KT...180NE 180SE  75SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0600Z 52.5N  42.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...240NE 240SE 150SW 150NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.1N  60.1W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER LANDSEA/STEWART
 
 
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