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Tropical Storm DELTA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON NOV 28 2005

...DELTA BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL SOUTHWEST OF THE CANARY ISLANDS...
...STILL A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM FOR THE CANARY AND MADEIRA
   ISLANDS... AND NORTHWESTERN AFRICA...
 
STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE MADEIRA ISLANDS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE
CANARY ISLAND WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... WITH GALE
TO POSSIBLE STORM FORCE WINDS REACHING THE THE COAST OF MOROCCO AND
NORTHERN MAURITANIA BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 20.1 WEST OR ABOUT
175 MILES... 285 KM... NORTHWEST OF LA PALMA IN THE CANARY
ISLANDS AND ABOUT 250 MILES... 400 KM SOUTHWEST OF FUNCHAL IN THE
MADEIRA ISLANDS.
 
DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK... DELTA IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN THE CANARY AND
MADEIRA ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... AND REACH THE
CENTRAL COAST OF MOROCCO BY TUESDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. GALE- TO STORM-FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE
CANARY AND MADEIRA ISLANDS LATER TODAY... AND ALONG THE COAST OF
MOROCCO AND NORTHERN MAURITANIA ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER
OVER HIGHER TERRIAN.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.3 N... 20.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 30 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM SINCE DELTA HAS MERGED WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM
AND HAS ACQUIRED EXTRATROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. HOWEVER... FUTURE
INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN METEO-FRANCE ATLANTIQUE METAREA-II
MARINE FORECASTS ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER FQNT50 LFPW... AND IN
MARINE BULLETINS ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER FONT50 LFPW.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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