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 865 
 WTNT23 KNHC 130850
 TCMAT3
 HURRICANE CHARLEY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  16
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032004
 0900Z FRI AUG 13 2004
  
 AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD
 ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST TO THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER.  A
 HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE
 DRY TORTUGAS TO THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST
 COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER. A
 HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
 WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS
 SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
 PROVINCES OF WESTERN CUBA...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA...CIUDAD DE
 LA HABANA...MATANZAS...AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
  
 AT 5 AM...0900Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE FLORIDA
 AND GEORGIA COASTS FROM COCOA BEACH FLORIDA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND
 GEORGIA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
 FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF...AND ALONG
 THE SOUTH FLORIDA MAINLAND FROM OCEAN REEF TO EAST CAPE
 SABLE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
  
 AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED
 NORTHWARD TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS
 NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN U. S. COAST FROM OCEAN REEF
 NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF COCOA BEACH AND FROM NORTH OF ALTAMAHA SOUND
 GEORGIA TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA.
  
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.9N  82.9W AT 13/0900Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT  16 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  970 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  20 NM
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  95 KT WITH GUSTS TO 115 KT.
 64 KT....... 25NE  20SE  10SW  20NW.
 50 KT....... 60NE  50SE  20SW  40NW.
 34 KT.......110NE 100SE  45SW  90NW.
 12 FT SEAS..200NE 140SE  60SW 200NW.
 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 23.9N  82.9W AT 13/0900Z
 AT 13/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.0N  82.6W
  
 FORECAST VALID 13/1800Z 26.3N  82.9W
 MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT.
 64 KT... 30NE  30SE  15SW  25NW.
 50 KT... 60NE  60SE  30SW  50NW.
 34 KT...120NE 110SE  50SW 100NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 14/0600Z 29.8N  82.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
 64 KT... 35NE  35SE  20SW  30NW.
 50 KT... 70NE  70SE  40SW  60NW.
 34 KT...130NE 130SE  50SW 100NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 14/1800Z 33.0N  81.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 34 KT...140NE 140SE   0SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 15/0600Z 38.0N  78.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 45.5N  73.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 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 17/0600Z...ABSORBED BY EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.9N  82.9W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 13/1500Z
  
 FORECASTER AVILA
  
  
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