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Hurricane GUSTAV


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TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
HURRICANE GUSTAV FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072008
1500 UTC MON SEP 01 2008
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
EAST OF THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
CONTINUES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER TO THE
FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.2N  90.8W AT 01/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT  13 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  955 MB
EYE DIAMETER  30 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  95 KT WITH GUSTS TO 115 KT.
64 KT....... 60NE  30SE  30SW  40NW.
50 KT.......100NE  90SE  60SW 100NW.
34 KT.......175NE 175SE 140SW 175NW.
12 FT SEAS..270NE 270SE 270SW 180NW.
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 29.2N  90.8W AT 01/1500Z
AT 01/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.8N  90.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 30.3N  92.4W...INLAND
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 40NE  30SE   0SW  30NW.
50 KT... 75NE  90SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT...125NE 175SE 140SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 31.3N  93.8W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 31.9N  94.6W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z 32.4N  95.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 33.0N  95.5W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 05/1200Z 33.5N  95.5W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 06/1200Z 34.0N  95.5W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.2N  90.8W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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