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Tropical Storm GAMMA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION GAMMA ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2005

...GAMMA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS ORGANIZED AS IT MEANDERS OVER THE
   NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TO THE EAST OF ROATAN ISLAND...
 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE BAY ISLANDS OF
HONDURAS.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF GAMMA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 10 AM EST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GAMMA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.3 WEST OR ABOUT 80
MILES... 125 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LIMON HONDURAS AND ABOUT 195
MILES... 315 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH... 
6 KM/HR. A SLOW DRIFT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR NORTH IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER... SOME ERRATIC MOTION WILL BE
POSSIBLE SINCE STEERING CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WEAK.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST... AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
GAMMA COULD DISSIPATE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION GAMMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN HONDURAS AND THE
OFFSHORE BAY ISLANDS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA...
AND OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. 
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM EST POSITION...16.9 N... 85.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 4 PM EST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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