000 WTPZ23 KNHC 140833 TCMEP3 TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP082012 0900 UTC TUE AUG 14 2012 THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.9N 114.0W AT 14/0900Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 25 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 265 DEGREES AT 5 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 997 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. 34 KT....... 50NE 50SE 70SW 50NW. 12 FT SEAS..120NE 150SE 150SW 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 17.9N 114.0W AT 14/0900Z AT 14/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.8N 113.8W FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 18.1N 114.5W MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 50NE 50SE 70SW 50NW. FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 18.4N 115.3W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 40NE 30SE 50SW 40NW. FORECAST VALID 15/1800Z 18.8N 116.0W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 40NE 30SE 40SW 40NW. FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 19.1N 116.6W MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 20.0N 118.0W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 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 18/0600Z 21.0N 119.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 19/0600Z 21.0N 121.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 15 KT...GUSTS 20 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 17.9N 114.0W NEXT ADVISORY AT 14/1500Z $$ FORECASTER BERG