000 WTNT23 KNHC 230846 TCMAT3 TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032008 0900 UTC WED JUL 23 2008 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 44.7N 55.9W AT 23/0900Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR 65 DEGREES AT 27 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1003 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. 34 KT....... 45NE 75SE 75SW 0NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 60NE 150SE 90SW 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 44.7N 55.9W AT 23/0900Z AT 23/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 44.4N 57.5W FORECAST VALID 23/1800Z 45.3N 51.0W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 0NE 150SE 150SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 24/0600Z 44.4N 44.8W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 0NE 150SE 150SW 0NW. FORECAST VALID 24/1800Z 42.6N 38.7W...EXTRATROPICAL MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 25/0600Z...ABSORBED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 44.7N 55.9W THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON CRITOBAL. $$ FORECASTER RHOME