713 
WTNT22 KNHC 280831
TCMAT2
 
TROPICAL STORM KIRK FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL122018
0900 UTC FRI SEP 28 2018
 
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARBADOS
* ST. LUCIA
* DOMINICA
* MARTINIQUE
* GUADELOUPE
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KIRK.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.2N  62.5W AT 28/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE   0SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..180NE   0SE   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 13.2N  62.5W AT 28/0900Z
AT 28/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 13.2N  62.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 28/1800Z 13.2N  64.0W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE 100SE   0SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0600Z 14.0N  66.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1800Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 13.2N  62.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 28/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER AVILA