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TROPICAL STORM FAY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062008
0900 UTC THU AUG 21 2008
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FORT PIERCE FLORIDA
NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT THE BORDER BETWEEN GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.1N  80.7W AT 21/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT IS STATIONARY
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  994 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT....... 60NE  40SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT.......130NE 100SE  40SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..100NE 120SE   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 29.1N  80.7W AT 21/0900Z
AT 21/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.1N  80.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1800Z 29.4N  81.6W...INLAND
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 50NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT...130NE 100SE   0SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0600Z 29.6N  82.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1800Z 30.0N  83.9W...ALONG FL GULF COAST
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0600Z 30.3N  85.1W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0600Z 30.7N  87.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 25/0600Z 31.0N  89.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 26/0600Z 31.0N  89.0W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.1N  80.7W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 21/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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