000 WTNT23 KNHC 220840 TCMAT3 TROPICAL STORM GASTON FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082022 0900 UTC THU SEP 22 2022 CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE AZORES METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE ISLANDS OF FLORES AND CORVO IN THE WESTERN AZORES... AND THE ISLANDS OF FAIAL...PICO...SAO JORGE...GRACIOSA...AND TERCEIRA IN THE CENTRAL AZORES SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNING IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * FLORES AND CORVO IN THE WESTERN AZORES * FAIAL...PICO...SAO JORGE...GRACIOSA 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 24 TO 36 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 40.3N 35.4W AT 22/0900Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 25 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR 70 DEGREES AT 15 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 999 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT. 50 KT....... 0NE 25SE 25SW 0NW. 34 KT....... 40NE 50SE 50SW 50NW. 12 FT SEAS.. 60NE 150SE 180SW 120NW. 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 40.3N 35.4W AT 22/0900Z AT 22/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 40.1N 36.3W FORECAST VALID 22/1800Z 40.9N 32.6W MAX WIND 55 KT...GUSTS 65 KT. 50 KT... 20NE 40SE 30SW 30NW. 34 KT... 60NE 70SE 60SW 60NW. FORECAST VALID 23/0600Z 40.7N 30.0W MAX WIND 55 KT...GUSTS 65 KT. 50 KT... 0NE 30SE 0SW 0NW. 34 KT... 70NE 70SE 60SW 60NW. FORECAST VALID 23/1800Z 39.8N 28.8W MAX WIND 50 KT...GUSTS 60 KT. 50 KT... 0NE 30SE 0SW 0NW. 34 KT... 70NE 70SE 50SW 50NW. FORECAST VALID 24/0600Z 38.9N 29.1W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT... 70NE 70SE 60SW 70NW. FORECAST VALID 24/1800Z 38.5N 30.4W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT... 70NE 60SE 60SW 70NW. FORECAST VALID 25/0600Z 38.6N 32.2W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT... 60NE 60SE 40SW 60NW. EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 125 NM ON DAY 4 AND 175 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 15 KT EACH DAY OUTLOOK VALID 26/0600Z 38.2N 35.9W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT. OUTLOOK VALID 27/0600Z 37.1N 39.8W...POST-TROPICAL MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 40.3N 35.4W INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY...WTNT33 KNHC/MIATCPAT3...AT 22/1200Z NEXT ADVISORY AT 22/1500Z $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS