#44 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:06 pm
Statement as of 5:00 PM EDT on October 24, 2005
...Tropical depression Alpha weakens to a trough...
at 5 PM EDT...2100z...satellite imagery indicated that tropical
depression Alpha has weakened to a trough near latitude
29.0 north... longitude 70.0 west or about 385 miles... 620 km...
southwest of Bermuda.
The remnants of the depression are moving toward the north-northeast
near 29 mph...46 km/hr. This general motion should continue for
the next 12 to 24 hours...until the system is absorbed by Hurricane
Wilma.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph... 55 km/hr...with higher
gusts...to the east of the trough.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 1004 mb...29.65 inches.
Repeating the 5 PM EDT position...29.0 N... 70.0 W. Movement
toward...north-northeast near 29 mph. Maximum sustained
winds... 35 mph. Minimum central pressure...1004 mb.
This is the last public advisory issued by the
National Hurricane Center on this system.
Forecaster Beven
Bye Bye Alpha.
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