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 719 
 WTNT23 KNHC 231450
 TCMAT3
 HURRICANE RITA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  24
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL182005
 1500Z FRI SEP 23 2005
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS TO MORGAN
 CITY LOUISIANA. 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.
  
 AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF PORT
 ARANSAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
 COAST OF LOUISIANA EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL
 RIVER INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
 ...AND FROM SOUTH OF PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT ARANSAS. A TROPICAL
 STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
 WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
  
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.4N  91.9W AT 23/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT   9 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  929 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  20 NM
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT WITH GUSTS TO 140 KT.
 64 KT....... 75NE  60SE  40SW  60NW.
 50 KT.......120NE 100SE  80SW 120NW.
 34 KT.......180NE 150SE 120SW 160NW.
 12 FT SEAS..350NE 250SE 250SW 300NW.
 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 27.4N  91.9W AT 23/1500Z
 AT 23/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 27.1N  91.5W
  
 FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 28.3N  93.1W
 MAX WIND 115 KT...GUSTS 140 KT.
 64 KT... 75NE  75SE  40SW  60NW.
 50 KT...120NE 100SE  80SW 120NW.
 34 KT...180NE 160SE 120SW 160NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 30.0N  94.2W...INLAND
 MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT.
 64 KT... 60NE  75SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 80NE 100SE  80SW  80NW.
 34 KT...140NE 160SE 120SW 120NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 31.5N  95.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 34 KT... 75NE 100SE  75SW  75NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 33.0N  94.5W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 33.5N  94.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 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 27/1200Z 33.5N  94.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 33.5N  94.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.4N  91.9W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/2100Z
  
 FORECASTER AVILA
  
  
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