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WTNT23 KNHC 200832
TCMAT3
 
HURRICANE GORDON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL082012
0900 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 OCCURRING
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 37.4N  24.3W AT 20/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  60 DEGREES AT  13 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  987 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  65 KT WITH GUSTS TO  80 KT.
64 KT....... 20NE  30SE  20SW  20NW.
50 KT....... 40NE  50SE  40SW  40NW.
34 KT....... 70NE 100SE  80SW  70NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 200SE 240SW  60NW.
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 37.4N  24.3W AT 20/0900Z
AT 20/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 37.1N  25.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 20/1800Z 38.3N  22.1W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 30NE  40SE  30SW  20NW.
34 KT... 70NE 100SE  80SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0600Z 38.9N  20.1W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  80SE  80SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1800Z 39.2N  18.7W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE  60SE  60SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0600Z 39.2N  17.3W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 37.4N  24.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 20/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART