000 WTNT25 KNHC 170255 TCMAT5 TROPICAL STORM MARIA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152017 0300 UTC SUN SEP 17 2017 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS. THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CURACAO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST. MAARTEN. THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF ANTIGUA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR ANGUILLA. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...AND MONTSERRAT * GUADELOUPE * SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS * ST. MAARTEN * ANGUILLA A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * ST. LUCIA * MARTINIQUE * DOMINICA * BARBADOS * ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. A WATCH IS TYPICALLY ISSUED 48 HOURS BEFORE THE ANTICIPATED FIRST OCCURRENCE OF TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS... CONDITIONS THAT MAKE OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LESSER ANTILLES AND THE BRITISH AND U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED EARLY SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 12.5N 53.7W AT 17/0300Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 30 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. 34 KT....... 40NE 30SE 0SW 40NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 90NE 30SE 0SW 90NW. 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 12.5N 53.7W AT 17/0300Z AT 17/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.3N 53.1W FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 13.1N 55.7W MAX WIND 55 KT...GUSTS 65 KT. 50 KT... 30NE 0SE 0SW 20NW. 34 KT... 70NE 30SE 30SW 60NW. FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 13.9N 57.6W MAX WIND 65 KT...GUSTS 80 KT. 64 KT... 20NE 0SE 0SW 0NW. 50 KT... 40NE 20SE 20SW 30NW. 34 KT... 80NE 40SE 30SW 70NW. FORECAST VALID 18/1200Z 14.6N 59.2W MAX WIND 75 KT...GUSTS 90 KT. 64 KT... 20NE 15SE 10SW 15NW. 50 KT... 40NE 20SE 20SW 30NW. 34 KT... 80NE 60SE 40SW 70NW. FORECAST VALID 19/0000Z 15.3N 60.7W MAX WIND 90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT. 50 KT... 40NE 20SE 20SW 30NW. 34 KT... 90NE 70SE 50SW 70NW. FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 16.5N 63.5W MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT. 50 KT... 50NE 40SE 30SW 40NW. 34 KT...110NE 90SE 60SW 90NW. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 21/0000Z 18.0N 66.5W...NEAR COAST OF PUERTO RICO MAX WIND 110 KT...GUSTS 135 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 22/0000Z 19.5N 69.0W...OVER WATER MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 12.5N 53.7W NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/0900Z $$ FORECASTER BEVEN