000 WTPZ23 KNHC 141428 TCMEP3 TROPICAL STORM HECTOR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP082012 1500 UTC TUE AUG 14 2012 THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.1N 114.4W AT 14/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 25 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 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 18.1N 114.4W AT 14/1500Z AT 14/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 114.2W FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 18.3N 115.0W MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 50NE 50SE 70SW 50NW. FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 18.7N 115.7W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 40NE 30SE 50SW 40NW. FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 19.1N 116.4W MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. 34 KT... 40NE 30SE 50SW 40NW. FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 19.7N 117.2W MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 20.5N 118.7W...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 18/1200Z 21.0N 120.5W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 19/1200Z...DISSIPATED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.1N 114.4W NEXT ADVISORY AT 14/2100Z $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI