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WTPZ23 KNHC 122033
TCMEP3
 
TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP082012
2100 UTC SUN AUG 12 2012
 
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 110.3W AT 12/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT   6 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  996 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT.......100NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE 120SE  90SW  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 18.1N 110.3W AT 12/2100Z
AT 12/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 110.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 13/0600Z 18.1N 111.2W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 13/1800Z 18.1N 112.4W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/0600Z 18.2N 113.7W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE  90SE  80SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 18.4N 114.6W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 90NE  90SE  70SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 15/1800Z 18.9N 116.0W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 80NE  80SE  60SW  50NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 16/1800Z 19.5N 117.5W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 17/1800Z 20.3N 119.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.1N 110.3W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/0300Z
 
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FORECASTER BROWN