394  
WTNT23 KNHC 260232  
TCMAT3  
TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 2  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082009  
0300 UTC SAT SEP 26 2009  
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.4N 32.3W AT 26/0300Z  
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 25 NM  
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 12 KT  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1008 MB  
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT.  
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 17.4N 32.3W AT 26/0300Z  
AT 26/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.0N 31.8W  
 
FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 18.4N 33.9W  
MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT.  
34 KT... 30NE 0SE 0SW 0NW.  
 
FORECAST VALID 27/0000Z 19.6N 36.0W  
MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT.  
 
FORECAST VALID 27/1200Z 21.0N 37.5W  
MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT.  
 
FORECAST VALID 28/0000Z 22.5N 38.8W  
MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT.  
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 24.0N 40.0W...REMNANT LOW  
MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 25 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 30/0000Z...DISSIPATED  
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 17.4N 32.3W  
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 26/0900Z  
 
 
FORECASTER AVILA  
 
 
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