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Tropical Storm DELTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI NOV 25 2005

...DELTA GRADUALLY BECOMING LESS ORGANIZED OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 39.7 WEST OR ABOUT
1270 MILES...2040 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
DELTA HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH... 
7 KM/HR... BUT LITTLE OVERALL MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY. STEERING
CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WEAK DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... SO
SOME ERRATIC MOTION IS POSSIBLE AND DELTA COULD EVEN BECOME
STATIONARY AT TIMES.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES
...260 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...23.2 N... 39.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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