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Tropical Storm DELTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN NOV 27 2005
 
...DELTA NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH...BUT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BEFORE
REACHING THE CANARY ISLANDS...

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CANARY ISLANDS ON MONDAY...AND
COULD REACH THE THE COAST OF MOROCCO BY LATE MONDAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 28.5 WEST OR ABOUT 645
MILES...1040 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.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS DELTA LOSES
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OVER COOLER WATERS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...29.0 N... 28.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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