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#50908 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:49 AM 09.Oct.2005) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM VINCE ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT SUN OCT 09 2005 ...20TH NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN AN UNUSUAL LOCATION... IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES AND CLOSE TO THE MADEIRA ISLANDS... SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE PREVIOUSLY NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE AZORES AND THE CANARY ISLANDS HAS ACQUIRED TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECOME A TROPICAL STORM. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM VINCE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 19.2 WEST OR ABOUT 515 MILES... 830 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 140 MILES... 225 KM... NORTHWEST OF THE MADEIRA ISLANDS. VINCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH... 7 KM/HR. A CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...34.0 N... 19.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB |