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WTNT21 KNHC 150257
TCMAT1
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162008
0300 UTC WED OCT 15 2008
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF HONDURAS
FROM THE HONDURAS/NICARAGUA BORDER WESTWARD TO LIMON.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  TROPICAL STORM
CONDITION ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITHIN 24 HOURS ALONG THE NORTHERN
COAST OF HONDURAS WEST OF THE WARNING AREA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF LIMON WESTWARD TO
THE GUATEMALA BORDER. A TROPICAL WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN BELIZE FROM BELIZE CITY TO THE BORDER WITH GUATEMALA.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.2N  83.8W AT 15/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  50 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT   5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  25 KT WITH GUSTS TO  35 KT.
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 16.2N  83.8W AT 15/0300Z
AT 15/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.1N  83.6W
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 16.3N  84.6W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 16.3N  85.8W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 45NE  30SE  30SW  45NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 16.2N  87.2W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  45SE  30SW  45NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 16.0N  88.5W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  45SE  30SW  45NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 15.5N  91.0W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 19/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 16.2N  83.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 15/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER RHOME