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Tropical Storm DELTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN NOV 27 2005
 
...DELTA GRADUALLY TURNING TOWARD THE EAST...

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 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 26.1 WEST OR ABOUT
475 MILES... 765 KM... WEST OF LA PALMA IN THE CANARY ISLANDS.
 
DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH... 43 KM/HR. 
A TURN TOWARD THE EAST IS EXPECTED EARLY ON MONDAY.  DELTA IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE CANARY ISLANDS ON
MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING 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  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...29.3 N... 26.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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