Tropical Storm GAMMA

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TROPICAL STORM GAMMA ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2005

...TROPICAL STORM GAMMA CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD AWAY
   FROM HONDURAS AND BELIZE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COAST OF BELIZE
AND FOR THE BAY ISLANDS OF HONDURAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS
ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF
MEXICO FROM THE BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER NORTHWARD TO PUNTA GRUESA.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM NORTH OF PUNTA GRUESA NORTHWARD TO TULUM.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF GAMMA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 4 AM EST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GAMMA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 86.2 WEST OR ABOUT 140
MILES... 225 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY AND ABOUT 245
MILES... 390 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TULUM MEXICO.
 
GAMMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER
TODAY. HOWEVER... SOME ERRATIC MOTION MAY ALSO OCCUR DUE TO WEAK
STEERING CURRENTS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM...MAINLY NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
TROPICAL STORM GAMMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER NORTHERN BELIZE...WESTERN
CUBA...AND THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE ACROSS NORTHERN BELIZE LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM EST POSITION...16.9 N... 86.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM EST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM EST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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