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Tropical Storm DELTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN NOV 27 2005
 
...DELTA STRENGTHENS AS IT ACCELERATES NORTHEASTWARD...

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CANARY ISLANDS ON MONDAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 30.8 WEST OR ABOUT
795 MILES...1280 KM... WEST OF LA PALMA IN THE CANARY ISLANDS.
 
DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR.  A TURN
TO THE EAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  DELTA IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE CANARY ISLANDS ON MONDAY.
 
DELTA BECAME BETTER ORGANIZED THIS MORNING...AND MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO RESUME BY TOMORROW
AS DELTA LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...27.7 N... 30.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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