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Tropical Storm GAMMA


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TROPICAL STORM GAMMA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
9 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2005
 
...POORLY ORGANIZED GAMMA MOVING SLOWLY WITH NO CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAY ISLANDS OF
HONDURAS.
 
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 9 PM CST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GAMMA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 84.5 WEST OR ABOUT 250
MILES... 405 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY AND ABOUT 90
MILES... 145 KM...NORTHEAST OF LIMON HONDURAS.
 
GAMMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR.  A
CONTINUED SLOW MOTION GENERALLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... BUT THE MOTION COULD BE
SOMEWHAT ERRATIC.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  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 FROM THE CENTER.  SOME GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
COULD STILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
HONDURAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF GAMMA.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

TROPICAL STORM GAMMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CUBA AND
OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.  RAIN BANDS SOUTH OF GAMMA COULD CAUSE
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF HONDURAS
AND NICARAGUA.
 
REPEATING THE 9 PM CST POSITION...16.6 N... 84.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT MIDNIGHT CST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 3
AM CST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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