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Tropical Storm GONZALO


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Tropical Storm Gonzalo Advisory Number  14
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL072020
1100 PM AST Fri Jul 24 2020
 
...GONZALO FORECAST TO BRING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO
A PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS BEGINNING SATURDAY...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...10.0N 57.1W
ABOUT 285 MI...460 KM E OF TRINIDAD
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
None
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Tobago
* Grenada and its dependencies
 
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case
within the next 24 hours.
 
Interests elsewhere in the Windward Islands should monitor the
progress of this system.
 
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Gonzalo was
located near latitude 10.0 North, longitude 57.1 West. Gonzalo is
moving toward the west near 17 mph (28 km/h). A general westward to
west-northwestward motion is expected for the next couple of days.
On the forecast track, Gonzalo will move across the southern
Windward Islands Saturday afternoon or evening and over the eastern
Caribbean Sea on Sunday.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts.
Little change in strength is expected before Gonzalo reaches
the southern Windward Islands. Weakening is expected after Gonzalo
moves over the eastern Caribbean Sea and the system is forecast to
dissipate by Sunday night or Monday.
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km)
from the center.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1009 mb (29.80 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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Key messages for Gonzalo can be found in the Tropical Cyclone
Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT2, WMO header WTNT42 KNHC,
and on the web a www.hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT2.shtml.
 
WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected within portions of
the Tropical Storm Warning area beginning on Saturday.
 
RAINFALL: Gonzalo is expected to produce total rain accumulations of
1 to 3 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 5 inches in
Barbados, the Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago through
Sunday night.  Gonzalo is also expected to produce total rain
accumulations of 1 to 2 inches in northeastern Venezuela.  Rainfall
in Barbados, the Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago could lead
to areas of flash flooding.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next intermediate advisory at 200 AM AST.
Next complete advisory at 500 AM AST.
 
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Forecaster Brown
 
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