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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