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WTNT23 KNHC 161432
TCMAT3
 
TROPICAL STORM GORDON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL082012
1500 UTC THU AUG 16 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
INTERESTS IN THE AZORES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GORDON.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.3N  53.8W AT 16/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  45 DEGREES AT  14 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1005 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT....... 40NE  40SE  20SW  30NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 30NE  60SE   0SW   0NW.
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 33.3N  53.8W AT 16/1500Z
AT 16/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.9N  54.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0000Z 34.3N  51.8W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  20SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 40NE  50SE  20SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 34.9N  48.3W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  30SE  20SW   0NW.
34 KT... 50NE  70SE  50SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 34.9N  44.5W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 20NE  30SE  20SW   0NW.
34 KT... 60NE  90SE  90SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1200Z 34.8N  40.6W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
50 KT... 30NE  50SE  50SW  20NW.
34 KT... 80NE 100SE 100SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1200Z 35.6N  32.7W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 40NE  60SE  60SW  30NW.
34 KT... 90NE 120SE 120SW  70NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 175 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 20/1200Z 37.9N  25.5W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/1200Z 40.4N  19.0W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.3N  53.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART