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TROPICAL STORM OTTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL172010
0300 UTC FRI OCT 08 2010
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 24.1N  66.6W AT 08/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  70 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  992 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT....... 15NE  15SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 80NE  80SE  70SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..210NE 180SE  60SW 120NW.
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 24.1N  66.6W AT 08/0300Z
AT 08/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.8N  67.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 08/1200Z 24.9N  65.1W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 20NE  30SE  30SW  15NW.
34 KT... 90NE  95SE  85SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/0000Z 26.7N  62.0W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 25NE  35SE  35SW  15NW.
34 KT... 95NE 110SE  90SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/1200Z 29.0N  57.6W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  45SE  35SW  15NW.
34 KT...110NE 130SE 110SW  85NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/0000Z 31.4N  52.1W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  50SE  40SW  20NW.
34 KT...120NE 150SE 120SW  95NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/0000Z 36.5N  38.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  50SE  40SW  20NW.
34 KT...180NE 180SE 180SW 135NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 200 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 250 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 12/0000Z 39.0N  27.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 13/0000Z 36.5N  23.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 24.1N  66.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 08/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BERG
 
 
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