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HURRICANE KIRK FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL112012
1500 UTC THU AUG 30 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.2N  49.5W AT 30/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 325 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  989 MB
EYE DIAMETER  10 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  65 KT WITH GUSTS TO  80 KT.
64 KT....... 10NE  10SE  10SW  10NW.
50 KT....... 25NE  20SE  20SW  25NW.
34 KT....... 60NE  40SE  30SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE  90SE   0SW  60NW.
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 27.2N  49.5W AT 30/1500Z
AT 30/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 26.8N  49.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 31/0000Z 28.4N  50.3W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 10NE  10SE  10SW  10NW.
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW.
34 KT... 70NE  50SE  40SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 30.4N  50.6W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 15NE  15SE  10SW  15NW.
50 KT... 40NE  30SE  20SW  40NW.
34 KT... 80NE  70SE  50SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 32.9N  49.8W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  10SW  10NW.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT... 90NE  90SE  70SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 35.8N  47.5W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT...100NE 100SE  80SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 42.2N  40.2W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  60SE  40SW  30NW.
34 KT...120NE 150SE 120SW  80NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 175 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 03/1200Z 49.2N  29.9W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 04/1200Z...ABSORBED BY A FRONT
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.2N  49.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART