PalmBeachPost.com Storm 2005 Advisory

WTNT33 KNHC 232018
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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED NOV 23 2005

...THE 25TH TROPICAL STORM OF THE RECORD-BREAKING 2005 SEASON
DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 40.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1150
MILES...1850 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS.

DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DELTA COULD BRIEFLY BECOME A HURRICANE.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES...555 KM
FROM THE CENTER. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE TROPICAL
STORM-FORCE WIND FIELD IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...25.9 N... 40.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM EDT.

FORECASTER STEWART

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Delta set to become a hurricane later today. Thank goodness it's way the heck out in the Atlantic and not headed for any land mass.

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TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU NOV 24 2005

...DELTA STRENGTHENS TO JUST BELOW HURRICANE STATUS OVER THE
OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 38.8 WEST OR ABOUT
1145 MILES...1845 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

DELTA IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 2 MPH... 4 KM/HR... AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER... STEERING CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEAK... SO SOME
SOME ERRATIC MOTION WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND DELTA COULD EVEN BECOME
BECOME STATIONARY AT TIMES. A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH IS
FORECAST TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS... AND DELTA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES
...415 KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...24.8 N... 38.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 2 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 PM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART