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WTNT23 KNHC 200240
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HURRICANE GORDON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL082012
0300 UTC MON AUG 20 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.  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 36.7N  25.8W AT 20/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  40 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  70 DEGREES AT  17 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  980 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  70 KT WITH GUSTS TO  85 KT.
64 KT....... 20NE  30SE  30SW  20NW.
50 KT....... 50NE  60SE  50SW  40NW.
34 KT....... 70NE 100SE  80SW  70NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 240SE 270SW 150NW.
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 36.7N  25.8W AT 20/0300Z
AT 20/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 36.4N  26.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 37.8N  23.3W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  60SE  50SW  40NW.
34 KT... 70NE 100SE  80SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 38.8N  20.8W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  80SE  80SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 39.2N  19.3W...POST-TROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  60SE  60SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 39.3N  18.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 36.7N  25.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 20/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER PASCH