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WTNT23 KNHC 310231
TCMAT3
TROPICAL STORM HANNA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
0300 UTC SUN AUG 31 2008
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ACKLINS...CROOKED ISLAND...THE
INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS...AS WELL AS FOR
THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 22.9N  67.8W AT 31/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......125NE 100SE   0SW  50NW.
12 FT SEAS..360NE 180SE 210SW 210NW.
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 22.9N  67.8W AT 31/0300Z
AT 31/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 22.7N  67.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 23.3N  69.0W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...125NE 100SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 23.6N  70.4W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 23.6N  71.4W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  40SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE   0SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 23.6N  72.2W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE   0SW  25NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE  50SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 23.8N  73.1W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  50SE   0SW  25NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE  50SW  75NW.
 
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 04/0000Z 24.5N  74.5W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 05/0000Z 26.5N  76.5W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 22.9N  67.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 31/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN