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 287 
 WTNT23 KNHC 192044
 TCMAT3
 TROPICAL STORM RITA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL182005
 2100Z MON SEP 19 2005
  
 AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR LAKE
 OKEECHOBEE IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
  
 AT 5 PM EDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS MODIFIED WATCHES AND
 WARNINGS FOR CUBA.  A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
 CUBAN PROVINCES OF VILLA CLARA...MATANZAS...CIUDAD DE HABANA...AND
 LA HABANA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
 PROVINCES OF CIEGO DE AVILA...SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIENFUEGOS...AND
 PINAR DEL RIO.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN FLORIDA
 PENINSULA FROM GOLDEN BEACH SOUTHWARD TO FLORIDA CITY AND WESTWARD
 TO EAST CAPE SABLE...AND FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM OCEAN
 REEF TO THE DRY TORTUGAS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXUMAS AND FOR ANDROS
 ISLAND IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN
 EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE REMAINDER OF THE BAHAMAS.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
 DEERFIELD BEACH FLORIDA SOUTHWARD TO NORTH OF GOLDEN BEACH...AND A
 TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST
 FROM NORTH OF DEERFIELD BEACH NORTHWARD TO JUPITER INLET.
  
 A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA
 PENINSULA FROM WEST OF EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO
 CHOKOLOSKEE....AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
 SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA COAST FROM NORTH OF CHOKOLOSKEE TO ENGLEWOOD.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
 WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  PREPARATIONS TO
 PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.  A
 HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
 WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A
 TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.3N  76.5W AT 19/2100Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT  12 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  995 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
 50 KT....... 40NE  30SE  20SW  40NW.
 34 KT....... 90NE  60SE  60SW  90NW.
 12 FT SEAS.. 90NE  90SE  90SW  90NW.
 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 23.3N  76.5W AT 19/2100Z
 AT 19/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.1N  75.9W
  
 FORECAST VALID 20/0600Z 23.7N  78.4W
 MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
 64 KT... 30NE  15SE  15SW  30NW.
 50 KT... 60NE  30SE  30SW  60NW.
 34 KT...120NE  75SE  75SW 100NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 20/1800Z 24.2N  80.9W
 MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
 64 KT... 30NE  15SE  15SW  30NW.
 50 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW.
 34 KT...140NE  90SE  90SW 120NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/0600Z 24.6N  83.5W
 MAX WIND  95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT.
 64 KT... 35NE  20SE  20SW  35NW.
 50 KT... 75NE  40SE  40SW  75NW.
 34 KT...140NE  90SE  90SW 140NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/1800Z 24.9N  85.9W
 MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT.
 50 KT... 75NE  40SE  40SW  75NW.
 34 KT...150NE 100SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 22/1800Z 25.5N  90.0W
 MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE  60SE  60SW  90NW.
 34 KT...150NE 100SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 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 23/1800Z 27.5N  93.5W
 MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 24/1800Z 30.0N  96.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.3N  76.5W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 20/0300Z
  
 FORECASTER KNABB
  
  
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