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 WTNT22 KNHC 290835
 TCMAT2
 TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   7
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072004
 0900Z SUN AUG 29 2004
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA
 FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO LITTLE RIVER INLET.  A HURRICANE WARNING
 MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA
 DURING THE NEXT 24 HR.  SINCE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PRECISELY
 PREDICT THE PATH OR INTENSITY OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE...PREPARATIONS
 TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION
 THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF LITTLE
 RIVER INLET TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
  
 AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM SOUTH OF THE
 SAVANNAH RIVER TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA IS DISCONTINUED.
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.5N  79.5W AT 29/0900Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 350 DEGREES AT   6 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  991 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
 50 KT....... 25NE  25SE  25SW  25NW.
 34 KT....... 50NE  50SE  40SW  50NW.
 12 FT SEAS.. 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
 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 32.5N  79.5W AT 29/0900Z
 AT 29/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.1N  79.4W
  
 FORECAST VALID 29/1800Z 33.5N  79.6W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 64 KT... 20NE  20SE   0SW   0NW.
 50 KT... 40NE  40SE  30SW  30NW.
 34 KT... 75NE  75SE  50SW  50NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 30/0600Z 35.0N  79.4W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT... 60NE  60SE  30SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 30/1800Z 36.7N  78.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/0600Z 38.5N  75.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/0600Z 43.0N  66.0W...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 02/0600Z...ABSORBED INTO FRONTAL ZONE
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 32.5N  79.5W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 29/1500Z
  
 FORECASTER FRANKLIN
  
  
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