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 WTNT21 KNHC 220244
 TCMAT1
 TROPICAL STORM FAY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  26
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062008
 0300 UTC FRI AUG 22 2008
  
 AT 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR
 THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM ARIPEKA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO
 INDIAN PASS...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FROM WEST OF
 INDIAN PASS WESTWARD TO DESTIN.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET
 FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT THE BORDER BETWEEN
 GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A
 TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.3N  81.4W AT 22/0300Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT   2 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  994 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
 50 KT....... 50NE  50SE   0SW   0NW.
 34 KT.......150NE 130SE  50SW 100NW.
 12 FT SEAS..120NE 150SE   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 29.3N  81.4W AT 22/0300Z
 AT 22/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.3N  81.2W
  
 FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 29.4N  82.3W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 34 KT...130NE 130SE   0SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z 29.6N  83.7W...OVER GULF OF MEXICO
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT...  0NE  60SE  60SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z 30.0N  85.3W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT... 90NE  60SE  60SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 30.4N  86.7W...NEAR FL PANHANDLE COAST
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT...  0NE  60SE  60SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 31.0N  88.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 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 26/0000Z 31.2N  89.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 27/0000Z 31.5N  89.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.3N  81.4W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 22/0900Z
  
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 FORECASTER KNABB