Maria Becomes 5th Hurricane of Season; No Threat to Land

South Florida gets reprieve from storm activity

There was little brewing stormwise for South Florida
on Monday as Tropical Depression 13 petered out east of the Lesser
Antilles and a tropical wave was still too far away to accurately
predict its future.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 1500 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION AS IT MOVES TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS UPPER-LEVEL
WINDS BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF
REGENERATION ABOUT 850 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. THIS
SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE AGAIN TONIGHT OR TOMORROW AS
IT MOVES NORTHWARD.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2005

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 1400 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER
ANTILLES CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION. THIS SYSTEM HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS AS UPPER-LEVEL WINDS BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ARE LOCATED ABOUT 825
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL
CYCLONE AGAIN DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN/COBB

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE...CENTERED ABOUT 775 MILES EAST OF BERMUDA...AND ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN...CENTERED ABOUT 1085 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

...DEPRESSION CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWESTWARD OVER OPEN ATLANTIC...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN STRENGTHENS TO TROPICAL STORM
MARIA...NO THREAT TO LAND...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN HAS
STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM MARIA...THE 13TH NAMED
CYCLONE OF THE 2005 HURRICANE SEASON. AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.3
NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.0 WEST OR ABOUT 880 MILES...1415 KM...
EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ABOUT 1185
MILES...1910 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS CENTERED NEAR 23.4N 52.4W...OR ABOUT 660
NM NE OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...AT 03/0900 UTC MOVING NW
11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB. SEE LATEST NHC
FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMAT4/WTNT24 KNHC
FOR MORE DETAILS. A VERY DEEP BURST OF CONVECTION CONTINUES
NEAR THE CENTER OF MARIA WHICH APPEARS TO BE ON AN INTENSIFYING
TREND. AN UPPER HIGH IS LOCATED NEAR THE CYCLONE WITH
RELATIVELY LIGHT SHEAR. MARIA COULD BECOME THE SEASON'S 5TH
HURRICANE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH FORECAST LOW SHEAR AND WARM
WATERS IN ITS PATH.

BULLETIN
HURRICANE MARIA ADVISORY NUMBER 12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 04 2005

...MARIA BECOMES THE FIFTH HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MARIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 55.2 WEST OR ABOUT 645
MILES...1040 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH EXPECTED BY TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. ON THIS
TRACK...MARIA SHOULD REMAIN WELL TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA AND ONLY
POSE A THREAT TO SHIPPING INTERESTS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.