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Hurricane IKE (Text)

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HURRICANE IKE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  49
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092008
0900 UTC SAT SEP 13 2008
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED SOUTH
OF PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.  A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
EAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.7N  95.0W AT 13/0900Z...INLAND
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT  11 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  954 MB
EYE DIAMETER  40 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  95 KT WITH GUSTS TO 115 KT.
64 KT.......110NE  90SE  55SW  55NW.
50 KT.......150NE 160SE  80SW  75NW.
34 KT.......225NE 200SE 125SW 125NW.
12 FT SEAS..480NE 390SE 150SW   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 29.7N  95.0W AT 13/0900Z...INLAND
AT 13/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.0N  94.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 13/1800Z 31.5N  95.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT... 90NE  90SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT...125NE 200SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/0600Z 34.6N  93.9W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  90SE  50SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 38.6N  89.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 42.5N  81.0W...INLAND EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z...ABSORBED BY FRONTAL ZONE INLAND
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.7N  95.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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