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 553 
 WTNT21 KNHC 301426
 TCMAT1
 HURRICANE FRANCES FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  23
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062004
 1500Z MON AUG 30 2004
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LEEWARD
 ISLANDS BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS...ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ST MAARTEN...
 ANGUILLA...NEVIS...ST KITTS...ST EUSTATIUS AND SABA.  THE GOVERNMENT
 OF FRANCE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ST MARTIN AND ST
 BARTHELEMY.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
 CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
 HOURS.  A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THESE ISLANDS
 LATER TODAY.
  
 AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
 PUERTO RICO AND THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR VIEQUES IS CHANGED TO A
 TROPICAL STORM WATCH.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
 BRITISH AND NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS INCLUDING ST THOMAS...ST
 JOHN AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS...AND FOR THE ISLAND OF CULEBRA.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM OR
 HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
 WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 19.3N  58.7W AT 30/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT  11 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  956 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  15 NM
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT WITH GUSTS TO 130 KT.
 64 KT....... 40NE  30SE  30SW  75NW.
 50 KT....... 90NE  45SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT.......120NE 120SE  80SW 110NW.
 12 FT SEAS..200NE 150SE 150SW 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 19.3N  58.7W AT 30/1500Z
 AT 30/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 19.2N  58.1W
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/0000Z 19.4N  60.7W
 MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT.
 64 KT... 40NE  30SE  30SW  60NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  45SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...120NE 120SE  80SW 110NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 19.9N  63.5W
 MAX WIND 110 KT...GUSTS 135 KT.
 64 KT... 40NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
 50 KT... 75NE  75SE  75SW  75NW.
 34 KT...120NE 120SE  80SW 110NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 20.6N  66.2W
 MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
 64 KT... 40NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
 50 KT... 75NE  75SE  75SW  75NW.
 34 KT...120NE 120SE 120SW 120NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 21.5N  68.8W
 MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
 50 KT... 75NE  75SE  75SW  75NW.
 34 KT...140NE 140SE 140SW 140NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 23.5N  73.5W
 MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
 50 KT... 75NE  75SE  75SW  75NW.
 34 KT...140NE 140SE 140SW 140NW.
  
 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 03/1200Z 25.5N  76.0W
 MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 04/1200Z 27.5N  78.5W
 MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 19.3N  58.7W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/2100Z
  
 FORECASTER PASCH
   
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