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WTNT25 KNHC 050836
TCMAT5
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052008
0900 UTC TUE AUG 05 2008
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE
WATCH ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF SARGENT TEXAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
WESTWARD TO SARGENT TEXAS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA TO SARGENT TEXAS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.3N  93.4W AT 05/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  997 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 30NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 60NE  60SE  45SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 60NE  45SE  45SW  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 29.3N  93.4W AT 05/0900Z
AT 05/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.0N  92.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 05/1800Z 30.1N  95.1W...INLAND
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 30NE   0SE   0SW  30NW.
34 KT... 60NE  60SE  45SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/0600Z 31.0N  97.2W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/1800Z 31.9N  99.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/0600Z 32.8N 101.3W...INLAND...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.3N  93.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 05/1500Z
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/ROBERTS