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TROPICAL STORM MARCO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL132008
0900 UTC TUE OCT 07 2008
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF VERACRUZ.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM CABO ROJO
SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ.  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...
AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 20.1N  96.1W AT 07/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 295 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  998 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT.......  5NE   5SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 10NE  10SE  10SW  10NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 10NE  10SE   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 20.1N  96.1W AT 07/0900Z
AT 07/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 19.9N  95.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1800Z 20.5N  97.1W...INLAND
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 10NE  10SE  10SW  10NW.
34 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0600Z 20.9N  98.5W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/1800Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 20.1N  96.1W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 07/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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