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WTNT25 KNHC 142032
TCMAT5
TROPICAL STORM OMAR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
2100 UTC TUE OCT 14 2008
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...ANTIGUA
AND BARBUDA...AND FRANCE...HAVE ALSO ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH AND A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE
ISLANDS OF ANGUILLA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...
ST. MAARTEN...ST. MARTIN...AND ST. BARTHELEMY.
 
AT 5 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE ISLAND OF MONTSERRAT.
 
AT 5 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 14.0N  68.5W AT 14/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  60 DEGREES AT   6 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  982 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
50 KT....... 30NE  40SE  20SW   0NW.
34 KT....... 60NE  80SE  40SW  20NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 70NE  90SE  50SW  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 14.0N  68.5W AT 14/2100Z
AT 14/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 13.8N  68.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 14.6N  68.0W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 15NE  15SE  10SW   0NW.
50 KT... 35NE  45SE  25SW  15NW.
34 KT... 70NE  90SE  50SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1800Z 15.9N  66.4W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  15SW  10NW.
50 KT... 40NE  50SE  30SW  20NW.
34 KT... 80NE 100SE  60SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 18.0N  64.3W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
64 KT... 25NE  30SE  15SW  10NW.
50 KT... 50NE  60SE  35SW  30NW.
34 KT...100NE 120SE  70SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z 20.6N  62.1W
MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  40SW  30NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE  80SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 26.0N  58.4W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  40SW  30NW.
34 KT...120NE 120SE  80SW  60NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 18/1800Z 31.1N  55.5W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 19/1800Z 38.0N  49.0W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 14.0N  68.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 15/0300Z
 
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FORECASTER STEWART