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TROPICAL STORM GASTON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  44A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL072016

200 PM AST FRI SEP 02 2016



...GASTON NEAR FLORES ISLAND IN THE WESTERN AZORES...





SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...39.3N 31.3W

ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM WNW OF FAIAL ISLAND IN THE CENTRAL AZORES

ABOUT 230 MI...365 KM W OF LAJES AIR BASE IN THE AZORES

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 70 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.29 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



NONE.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. FLORES AND CORVO IN THE WESTERN AZORES

. FAIAL, PICO, GRACIOSA, SAO JORGE, AND TERCEIRA IN THE CENTRAL

AZORES



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA, IN THIS CASE WITHIN

THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.



FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, PLEASE MONITOR

PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 200 PM AST (1800 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 31.3 WEST.  GASTON IS

MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH (30 KM/H) AND THIS

GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.  ON THE

FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GASTON WILL PASS NORTH OF THE CENTRAL

AZORES TONIGHT.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH (100 KM/H) WITH HIGHER=