s= tropical storm
a= accuweather model prediction.
...SPECIAL FEATURE...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY AT 25/1800 UTC IS NEAR
29.0N 85.2W...OR ABOUT 50 MILES/80 KM TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM PRESSURE IS
995 MB. DEBBY IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD 3 KNOTS. THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS.
NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS OF 30.5N85W. WIDELY SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IS FROM 26N TO 27N BETWEEN
85W AND 88W. BROKEN TO OVERCAST MULTILAYERED CLOUDS AND
SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION
COVERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN THAT IS TO THE NORTH OF 24N TO THE
WEST OF 75W...INCLUDING ACROSS THE BAHAMAS. SIMILAR PRECIPITATION
IS EVEN FROM 26N TO 30N BETWEEN 66W AND 70W. RAINSHOWERS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE FLORIDA STRAITS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO...AND THEY APPEAR TO HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE LAST FEW
HOURS. A SURFACE TROUGH IS AT THE EDGE OF THE LARGE-SCALE
CYCLONIC WIND FLOW THAT IS AROUND T.S. DEBBY ALONG 25N87W 22N91W
21N96W. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTIVE
PRECIPITATION IS WITHIN 30 TO 60 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 26N82W
23N89W 20N96W. SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IN
TWO CELLS IS IN THE YUCATAN CHANNEL FROM 20N TO 22N BETWEEN
85W AND 87W.