000 WTPZ23 KNHC 131436 TCMEP3 TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP082012 1500 UTC MON AUG 13 2012 THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 112.2W AT 13/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 40 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 6 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 994 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. 34 KT....... 80NE 0SE 80SW 80NW. 12 FT SEAS..120NE 120SE 120SW 120NW. 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 112.2W AT 13/1500Z AT 13/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 111.9W FORECAST VALID 14/0000Z 18.1N 113.1W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 80NE 0SE 80SW 80NW. FORECAST VALID 14/1200Z 18.2N 114.3W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 0NE 0SE 80SW 80NW. FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 18.3N 115.3W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 0NE 0SE 80SW 80NW. FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 18.6N 116.0W MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 19.5N 117.4W MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. 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 17/1200Z 20.3N 119.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 18/1200Z 21.0N 120.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.1N 112.2W NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/2100Z $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI