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WTNT23 KNHC 220252
TCMAT3
 
TROPICAL STORM LAURA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL132020
0300 UTC SAT AUG 22 2020
 
CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS UPGRADED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH
TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND TURKS
AND CAICOS ISLANDS...AND ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS.
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...ANGUILLA...AND
MONTSERRAT.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA
* U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
* BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
* SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS
* ST. MAARTEN
* ST. MARTIN AND ST. BARTHELEMY
* THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO TO
THE BORDER WITH HAITI
* THE NORTHERN COAST OF HAITI FROM LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS TO THE
BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
* THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LAURA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.0N  63.5W AT 22/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  60 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT  16 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1008 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT.......180NE 180SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 90NE  30SE   0SW  30NW.
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 17.0N  63.5W AT 22/0300Z
AT 22/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.8N  62.7W
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 17.6N  65.9W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...150NE 150SE   0SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z 18.4N  69.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...150NE 100SE   0SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z 19.5N  72.8W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...120NE  60SE   0SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 20.8N  76.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...120NE  60SE   0SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 22.1N  80.1W...INLAND
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...120NE  60SE   0SW  80NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 23.8N  83.3W...OVER WATER
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 50NE  30SE   0SW  30NW.
34 KT...120NE  90SE  40SW  90NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 175 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 26/0000Z 26.5N  87.7W...OVER WATER
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 27/0000Z 29.2N  90.2W...OVER WATER
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 17.0N  63.5W
 
INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY...WTNT33 KNHC/MIATCPAT3...AT 22/0600Z
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 22/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI