4 a.m. update Monday of Tropical Storm Claudette
Published 4:37 am Monday, August 17, 2009
WTNT24 KNHC 170848
TCMAT4
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009
0900 UTC MON AUG 17 2009
AT 400 AM CDT…0900 UTC…THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED EAST OF INDIAN PASS FLORIDA AND WEST OF DESTIN
FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN
EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
LATER THIS MORNING.
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 30.9N 87.0W AT 17/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 10 KT
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1006 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.
34 KT……. 30NE 80SE 0SW 0NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 0NE 40SE 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 30.9N 87.0W AT 17/0900Z
AT 17/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.5N 86.7W
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 32.1N 88.0W…INLAND
MAX WIND 25 KT…GUSTS 35 KT.
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 33.9N 88.9W…INLAND
MAX WIND 20 KT…GUSTS 25 KT.
FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 35.8N 89.3W…DISSIPATING INLAND
MAX WIND 20 KT…GUSTS 25 KT.
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z…DISSIPATED
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 30.9N 87.0W
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/1500Z
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