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 WTNT22 KNHC 311429
 TCMAT2
 TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  16
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072004
 1500Z TUE AUG 31 2004
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 39.5N  71.9W AT 31/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  55 DEGREES AT  18 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1001 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
 34 KT.......  0NE  45SE   0SW   0NW.
 12 FT SEAS..  0NE  45SE   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 39.5N  71.9W AT 31/1500Z
 AT 31/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 39.1N  72.9W
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z 41.0N  68.0W
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT... 30NE  60SE  30SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 43.0N  62.0W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT... 30NE  75SE  30SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 46.0N  53.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT... 45NE  90SE  30SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 49.5N  44.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
 34 KT... 60NE  90SE  30SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 03/1200Z...ABSORBED
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 39.5N  71.9W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 31/2100Z
  
 FORECASTER PASCH
  
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