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 WTNT22 KNHC 292036
 TCMAT2
 TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   9
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072004
 2100Z SUN AUG 29 2004
  
 AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
 SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.  A TROPICAL STORM
 WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO LITTLE
 RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.  THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED
 LATER THIS EVENING.
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.9N  79.6W AT 29/2100Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT   7 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
 34 KT.......  0NE  60SE   0SW   0NW.
 12 FT SEAS..  0NE  75SE   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 33.9N  79.6W AT 29/2100Z
 AT 29/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 33.5N  79.6W
  
 FORECAST VALID 30/0600Z 35.2N  79.2W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 30/1800Z 37.0N  78.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/0600Z 39.5N  75.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 31/1800Z 41.5N  71.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/1800Z 46.0N  61.0W...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 02/1800Z...ABSORBED BY FRONTAL SYSTEM
 
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.9N  79.6W
  
 THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
 CENTER ON GASTON.
  
 FORECASTER PASCH
  
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