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Tropical Storm EPSILON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE NOV 29 2005

...EPSILON MOVING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS STILL POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
760 MILES...1220 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1480 MILES...
2385 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM
MAINLY TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH EPSILON IS NOT EXPECTED TO DIRECTLY AFFECT BERMUDA... LARGE
OCEAN SWELLS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED WELL TO THE NORTHWEST OF
EPSILON WILL MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD AND MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS SURF
CONDITIONS AROUND THE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...31.4 N... 51.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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