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HURRICANE GUSTAV FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072008
2100 UTC MON SEP 01 2008
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA WESTWARD.  A
HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF CAMERON
LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING
THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CAMERON WESTWARD TO
JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS...AND FROM THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA
BORDER TO THE FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 30.4N  92.0W AT 01/2100Z...INLAND
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT  14 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  966 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  70 KT WITH GUSTS TO  85 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT....... 45NE  75SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT.......175NE 175SE 140SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..270NE 270SE 270SW 180NW.
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 30.4N  92.0W AT 01/2100Z...INLAND
AT 01/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.8N  91.4W...INLAND
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0600Z 31.2N  93.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 30NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 75NE  75SE  60SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1800Z 32.1N  94.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 35NE  35SE   0SW  35NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0600Z 32.6N  94.9W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1800Z 33.0N  95.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1800Z 34.0N  95.5W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 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 05/1800Z 35.0N  95.0W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 06/1800Z 36.0N  94.5W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 30.4N  92.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 02/0300Z
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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