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Tropical Storm GAMMA


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TROPICAL STORM GAMMA ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
3 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2005
 
...DISORGANIZED GAMMA DRIFTING ERRATICALLY OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF
HONDURAS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAY ISLANDS OF
HONDURAS.
 
AT 3 PM CST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COAST OF BELIZE.  ALSO AT 3 PM
CST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ALONG THE COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
 
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 3 PM CST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GAMMA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
215 MILES... 345 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY AND ABOUT   45
MILES...  70 KM...NORTHEAST OF LIMON HONDURAS.
 
GAMMA IS DRIFTING ERRATICALLY NORTHWARD.  A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE
NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH...
75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS NOW APPEAR
UNFAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  SOME GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM-FORCE MAY
OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN HONDURAS TO THE SOUTH
OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER
IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
TROPICAL STORM GAMMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA...
WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE.  RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. 
RAIN BANDS SOUTH OF GAMMA COULD CAUSE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA.  ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER BELIZE
AND THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO.  
 
REPEATING THE 3 PM CST POSITION...16.3 N... 85.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING NORTHWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 6 PM CST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 9 PM CST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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