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Tropical Storm HECTOR (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP082012
0300 UTC TUE AUG 14 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 113.2W AT 14/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT   5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  993 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT.......  0NE  50SE  80SW  40NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 75NE 135SE 135SW  90NW.
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 18.0N 113.2W AT 14/0300Z
AT 14/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.9N 112.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1200Z 18.0N 113.9W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  50SE  80SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 18.2N 114.7W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  50SE  80SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 18.5N 115.3W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  50SE  80SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 18.9N 115.8W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  50SE  80SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 19.9N 116.6W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 18/0000Z 20.8N 118.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 19/0000Z 21.5N 119.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.0N 113.2W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 14/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
 
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