THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 29, 1995 TAG: 9510290040
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY STEVE STONE, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
Tanya - the 19th named storm of the year - neared hurricane strength on Saturday, but was still no threat to anything other than ships and fish.
At 5 p.m., the center of Tanya was located about 690 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.
The storm was moving northeast near 8 mph. That motion was expected to continue overnight and through most of today.
Maximum sustained winds had increased to near 70 mph; Tanya could become a hurricane today if its winds top 74 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Tropical storm-force winds extended up to 275 miles, mainly north and east of the center.
Lixion Avila, a meteorologist at the Hurricane Center, said there were signs of an eye developing at the center of Tanya on Saturday morning, but it later disappeared.
Still, the storm was becoming better-organized and acquired more tropical characteristics Saturday.
Even if it does attain hurricane strength, however, Avila said it's doubtful the storm would become much more powerful.
It is heading toward an area of cooler water where it would be expected to gradually lose strength. ILLUSTRATION: Graphic
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