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TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  53
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP102018
1500 UTC MON AUG 13 2018
 
THERE ARE COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.3N 179.8E AT 13/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT  15 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1001 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 80NE  45SE  40SW  75NW.
12 FT SEAS..220NE 120SE 130SW 190NW.
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 25.3N 179.8E AT 13/1500Z
AT 13/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.1N 179.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 14/0000Z 26.2N 177.4E
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 85NE  45SE  40SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1200Z 27.4N 174.2E
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 85NE  45SE  40SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 28.5N 171.1E
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 80NE  40SE  35SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 29.9N 168.1E
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 80NE  40SE  35SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 33.0N 164.0E
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 17/1200Z 37.5N 163.5E...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 18/1200Z 43.5N 166.5E...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 25.3N 179.8E
 
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ADVISORY FROM CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY RSMC
TOKYO JAPAN. FOR U.S. INTERESTS...SEE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER IN HONOLULU...
HAWAII.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON
 
 
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