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  <header>
  <product>Tropical Cyclone Forecast/Advisory (TCM)</product>
  <generatingApplication>ATCF
    <applicationType>Advisory 08</applicationType>
  </generatingApplication>
  <productionCenter>National Weather Service
    <subCenter>National Hurricane Center</subCenter>
  </productionCenter>
  <moreInfo>https://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/README</moreInfo>
  <comments>Advisory 08</comments>
  <creationTime>2026-07-21T08:34:06Z</creationTime>
  </header>
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    <cycloneNumber>02</cycloneNumber>
    <localID>AL022026</localID>
    <basin>North Atlantic</basin>
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      <latitude units="deg N" precision="0.1"> 28.5</latitude>
      <longitude units="deg W" precision="0.1">-86.1</longitude>
      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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          <speed units="kt">1.</speed>
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          <averagingPeriod units="min">1.</averagingPeriod>
          <gusts units="kt">55.</gusts>
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            <radius sector="NWQ" units="nm">-999.</radius>
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      <validTime>2026-07-21T09:00:00Z</validTime>
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      <longitude units="deg W" precision="0.1">-86.4</longitude>
      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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          <directionToward units="deg">315.</directionToward>
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            <radius sector="NWQ" units="nm">-999.</radius>
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            <radius sector="NWQ" units="nm">-999.</radius>
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      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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      <latitude units="deg N" precision="0.1"> 29.4</latitude>
      <longitude units="deg W" precision="0.1">-87.6</longitude>
      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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          <speed units="kt">4.</speed>
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      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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          <speed units="kt">5.</speed>
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      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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      <validTime>2026-07-24T06:00:00Z</validTime>
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      <longitude units="deg W" precision="0.1">-94.2</longitude>
      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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        <maximumWind>
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      <validTime>2026-07-25T06:00:00Z</validTime>
      <latitude units="deg N" precision="0.1"> 30.4</latitude>
      <longitude units="deg W" precision="0.1">-96.5</longitude>
      <subRegion>Atlantic</subRegion>
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        <development>post-tropical depression</development>
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