877 
 WTNT25 KNHC 040229
 TCMAT5
 TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   3
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052008
 0300 UTC MON AUG 04 2008
  
 AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
 WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN
 EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO CAMERON.
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
  
 AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM WEST OF
 INTRACOASTAL CITY TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS IS REPLACED BY A HURRICANE
 WATCH.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
 POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 28.1N  88.5W AT 04/0300Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT   4 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
 34 KT....... 20NE  30SE   0SW   0NW.
 12 FT SEAS.. 20NE  30SE   0SW   0NW.
 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 28.1N  88.5W AT 04/0300Z
 AT 04/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.1N  88.2W
  
 FORECAST VALID 04/1200Z 28.2N  89.7W
 MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 34 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 05/0000Z 28.6N  91.9W
 MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
 50 KT... 20NE   0SE   0SW  20NW.
 34 KT... 50NE  30SE  30SW  50NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 05/1200Z 29.3N  94.1W
 MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
 50 KT... 25NE   0SE   0SW  25NW.
 34 KT... 75NE  50SE  50SW  75NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 06/0000Z 30.0N  96.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 34 KT... 30NE   0SE   0SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 07/0000Z 31.0N 101.0W...REMNANT LOW
 MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  30 KT.
  
 EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
 ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 08/0000Z...DISSIPATED
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 28.1N  88.5W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 04/0900Z
  
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 FORECASTER FRANKLIN