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WTNT21 KNHC 231438
TCMAT1
TROPICAL STORM FAY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062008
1500 UTC SAT AUG 23 2008
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TO THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST FROM SUWANEE RIVER FLORIDA WESTWARD
TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA...INCLUDING METROPOLITAN
NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 30.1N  85.6W AT 23/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT   6 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  998 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT.......  0NE  80SE  80SW   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 30.1N  85.6W AT 23/1500Z
AT 23/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.9N  85.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 30.1N  86.8W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  80SE  80SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 30.5N  88.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  80SE  80SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 30.6N  89.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  80SE  60SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 30.7N  90.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...  0NE  80SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 31.0N  91.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 27/1200Z 32.5N  90.5W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 33.5N  89.5W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 30.1N  85.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER AVILA