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Tropical Storm VINCE


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TROPICAL STORM VINCE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT SUN OCT 09 2005
 
...20TH NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN AN UNUSUAL LOCATION... IN
THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES AND CLOSE TO THE
MADEIRA ISLANDS...

SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE PREVIOUSLY NON-TROPICAL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE AZORES AND THE CANARY ISLANDS HAS
ACQUIRED TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECOME A TROPICAL STORM.

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM VINCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 19.2 WEST OR ABOUT
515 MILES... 830 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES.  THIS POSITION
IS ALSO ABOUT 140 MILES... 225 KM... NORTHWEST OF THE MADEIRA
ISLANDS.
 
VINCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH... 7 KM/HR.  A
CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...34.0 N... 19.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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