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Oct. 24, 2012 / 7:57 PM

Tropical Storm Tony weakening in Atlantic

Weather advisories were posted for Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and parts of Florida Wednesday as Tropical Storm Sandy gathered strength, forecasters said. (courtesy National Weather Service/National Hurricane Center)

Weather advisories were posted for Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and parts of Florida Wednesday as Tropical Storm Sandy gathered strength, forecasters said. (courtesy National Weather Service/National Hurricane Center)

MIAMI, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Tony was losing its tropical characteristics in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday, with no watches or warnings in effect, forecasters said.

Tony was about 1,060 miles west-southwest of the Azores and moving to the east-northeast at 25 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 5 p.m. EDT advisory.

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Tony, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, was expected to remain on its forecast path and gradually weakening to a post-tropical cyclone Thursday.

Tropical storm-force winds extended out 70 miles from the center.

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