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WTNT23 KNHC 011452
TCMAT3
TROPICAL STORM HANNA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
1500 UTC MON SEP 01 2008
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...
THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR. A HURRICANE
WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.0N  72.9W AT 01/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST OR 240 DEGREES AT   4 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  994 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT....... 60NE  60SE  40SW  50NW.
34 KT.......120NE 120SE  75SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..360NE 240SE 240SW 360NW.
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 23.0N  72.9W AT 01/1500Z
AT 01/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.1N  72.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 22.8N  73.3W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  40SW  50NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE  75SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 22.7N  73.7W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  40SW  50NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE  75SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 22.9N  74.1W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  50SE  45SW  50NW.
34 KT...110NE 100SE  75SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 23.7N  74.9W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  50SE  45SW  50NW.
34 KT...110NE 100SE  75SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 26.5N  77.5W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
50 KT... 70NE  60SE  45SW  60NW.
34 KT...140NE 120SE  90SW 120NW.
 
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 05/1200Z 30.5N  80.5W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 06/1200Z 36.5N  82.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.0N  72.9W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/2100Z
 
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