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Tropical Depression TWENTY-SIX (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED OCT 26 2005
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
...TORRENTIAL RAINS FOR CENTRAL AMERICA...

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF NICARAGUA FROM
THE BORDER WITH COSTA RICA NORTHWARD TO CABO GRACIAS A DIOS NEAR
THE NICARAGUA/HONDURAS BORDER AND ADJACENT ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD OVER THE ISLANDS OF
SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ON THURSDAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TWENTY-SIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 81.5 WEST OR ABOUT  100 MILES... 155 KM...SOUTH OF SAN
ANDRES ISLAND AND ABOUT  170 MILES... 270 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.
A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION HAS THE CHANCE TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM
BEFORE MOVING INLAND OVER NICARAGUA IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15
INCHES ACROSS WESTERN PANAMA...COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES. 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...11.1 N... 81.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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