000 WTNT23 KNHC 191434 TCMAT3 HURRICANE GORDON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082012 1500 UTC SUN AUG 19 2012 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE EASTERN AZORES A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 35.5N 29.7W AT 19/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR 75 DEGREES AT 18 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 973 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT WITH GUSTS TO 105 KT. 64 KT....... 20NE 30SE 30SW 20NW. 50 KT....... 30NE 60SE 60SW 40NW. 34 KT....... 70NE 110SE 110SW 80NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 90NE 120SE 120SW 140NW. 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 35.5N 29.7W AT 19/1500Z AT 19/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.2N 30.6W FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 36.5N 26.8W MAX WIND 75 KT...GUSTS 90 KT. 64 KT... 20NE 30SE 30SW 20NW. 50 KT... 40NE 60SE 60SW 40NW. 34 KT... 80NE 120SE 120SW 90NW. FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 38.0N 23.6W MAX WIND 60 KT...GUSTS 75 KT. 50 KT... 40NE 50SE 50SW 40NW. 34 KT... 80NE 110SE 110SW 80NW. FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 39.2N 20.8W MAX WIND 50 KT...GUSTS 60 KT. 50 KT... 20NE 40SE 40SW 20NW. 34 KT... 80NE 100SE 100SW 100NW. FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 39.5N 19.0W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 90NE 120SE 120SW 140NW. FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 39.5N 17.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 23/1200Z...DISSIPATED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 35.5N 29.7W NEXT ADVISORY AT 19/2100Z $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN