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WTNT22 KNHC 010232
TCMAT2
TROPICAL STORM LAURA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122008
0300 UTC WED OCT 01 2008
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 43.6N  48.0W AT 01/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  15 DEGREES AT  14 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......200NE 200SE  75SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..360NE 360SE 270SW 300NW.
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 43.6N  48.0W AT 01/0300Z
AT 01/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 42.9N  48.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 45.5N  47.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...180NE 150SE  75SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 48.5N  45.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...150NE 120SE  75SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 52.5N  43.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...150NE 120SE  75SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 55.0N  40.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...300NE 240SE  90SW 180NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 56.5N  27.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...300NE 240SE  90SW 180NW.
 
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 05/0000Z 56.5N  13.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 06/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 43.6N  48.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER AVILA