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 654 
 WTNT23 KNHC 201458
 TCMAT3
 HURRICANE RITA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  11
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL182005
 1500Z TUE SEP 20 2005
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA
 KEYS...AND FROM GOLDEN BEACH ON THE FLORIDA SOUTHEAST COAST
 SOUTHWARD TO EAST CAPE SABLE...THEN NORTHWARD TO CHOKOLOSKEE ON THE
 SOUTHWEST COAST.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF
 MATANZAS...CIUDAD DE HABANA...AND LA HABANA.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
 COAST NORTH OF CHOKOLOSKEE TO ENGLEWOOD.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST
 COAST FROM NORTH OF GOLDEN BEACH NORTHWARD TO JUPITER INLET...AS
 WELL AS FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE
 OF PINAR DEL RIO.
  
 AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...ALL WARNINGS FOR THE BAHAMAS HAVE BEEN
 DISCONTINUED AND FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF CIEGO DE AVILA...SANCTI
 SPIRITUS...AND CIENFUEGOS.
  
 AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM DEERFIELD BEACH
 FLORIDA SOUTHWARD TO NORTH OF GOLDEN BEACH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
  
 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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 23.8N  81.0W AT 20/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT  13 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  982 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  20 NM
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
 64 KT....... 25NE  25SE   0SW   0NW.
 50 KT....... 45NE  45SE  20SW  45NW.
 34 KT.......105NE  60SE  60SW 105NW.
 12 FT SEAS..140NE  90SE  90SW 105NW.
 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 23.8N  81.0W AT 20/1500Z
 AT 20/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 23.7N  80.3W
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 24.0N  83.1W
 MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
 64 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW.
 50 KT... 60NE  45SE  45SW  60NW.
 34 KT...120NE 100SE  75SW 120NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 24.3N  85.8W
 MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
 64 KT... 35NE  20SE  20SW  35NW.
 50 KT... 75NE  40SE  40SW  75NW.
 34 KT...120NE  90SE  90SW 140NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 24.5N  88.3W
 MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
 64 KT... 35NE  20SE  20SW  35NW.
 50 KT... 75NE  40SE  40SW  75NW.
 34 KT...140NE  90SE  90SW 140NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 24.5N  90.5W
 MAX WIND  95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT.
 50 KT... 75NE  40SE  40SW  75NW.
 34 KT...150NE 100SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 23/1200Z 26.0N  94.0W
 MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 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 24/1200Z 29.5N  96.4W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 25/1200Z 33.5N  97.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 23.8N  81.0W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 20/2100Z
  
 FORECASTER AVILA
  
  
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