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 WTNT25 KNHC 141441
 TCMAT5
 TROPICAL STORM OMAR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   5
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL152008
 1500 UTC TUE OCT 14 2008
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE EXTREME
 EASTERN PORTION OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA TO CABO
 ENGANO.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
 ISLANDS OF ST. MARTIN...ST. EUSTATIUS...AND SABA.
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 14.0N  69.0W AT 14/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST OR 115 DEGREES AT   2 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1001 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
 12 FT SEAS.. 60NE  60SE  30SW  30NW.
 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 14.0N  69.0W AT 14/1500Z
 AT 14/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 14.3N  69.1W
  
 FORECAST VALID 15/0000Z 14.7N  68.3W
 MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 34 KT... 75NE  75SE  30SW  30NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 15/1200Z 15.8N  67.3W
 MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 50 KT... 25NE  25SE   0SW   0NW.
 34 KT... 90NE  90SE  30SW  50NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 16/0000Z 17.3N  65.6W
 MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
 50 KT... 35NE  35SE  15SW  15NW.
 34 KT... 90NE  90SE  30SW  60NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 16/1200Z 19.1N  63.6W
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 50 KT... 50NE  50SE  25SW  25NW.
 34 KT...120NE 120SE  55SW  75NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 23.8N  60.0W
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 50 KT... 50NE  50SE  30SW  30NW.
 34 KT...120NE 120SE  75SW  75NW.
  
 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 18/1200Z 28.0N  58.0W
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 19/1200Z 33.0N  55.0W
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 14.0N  69.0W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 14/2100Z
  
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 FORECASTER STEWART