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#903955 (Received by flhurricane at: 11:01 PM 20.Sep.2017) TCMAT5 HURRICANE MARIA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 20 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152017 0300 UTC THU SEP 21 2017 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA... AND VIEQUES HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO TO PUERTO PLATA * TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WEST OF PUERTO PLATA TO THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WEST OF CABO ENGANO TO PUNTA PALENQUE A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA TO CABO ENGANO A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN HISPANIOLA AND THE BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MARIA. HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 19.2N 67.9W AT 21/0300Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 15 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 959 MB EYE DIAMETER 20 NM MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 95 KT WITH GUSTS TO 115 KT. 64 KT....... 50NE 30SE 40SW 40NW. 50 KT....... 70NE 40SE 60SW 70NW. 34 KT.......130NE 100SE 130SW 110NW. 12 FT SEAS..240NE 240SE 150SW 180NW. 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 19.2N 67.9W AT 21/0300Z AT 21/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.9N 67.6W FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 19.9N 68.8W MAX WIND 95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT. 64 KT... 50NE 50SE 35SW 40NW. 50 KT... 80NE 80SE 60SW 70NW. 34 KT...130NE 120SE 100SW 120NW. FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 21.0N 70.0W MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT. 64 KT... 55NE 55SE 40SW 45NW. 50 KT... 80NE 80SE 60SW 70NW. 34 KT...130NE 120SE 100SW 120NW. FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 22.3N 70.8W MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT. 64 KT... 50NE 50SE 40SW 45NW. 50 KT... 80NE 80SE 60SW 70NW. 34 KT...130NE 120SE 100SW 120NW. FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z 23.7N 71.5W MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT. 50 KT... 80NE 80SE 60SW 70NW. 34 KT...140NE 140SE 100SW 120NW. FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 26.8N 72.2W MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT. 50 KT...100NE 90SE 70SW 80NW. 34 KT...170NE 170SE 130SW 150NW. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 150 NM ON DAY 4 AND 200 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 25/0000Z 29.5N 72.0W MAX WIND 90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 26/0000Z 32.0N 71.0W MAX WIND 80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 19.2N 67.9W NEXT ADVISORY AT 21/0900Z $$ FORECASTER AVILA |