Tropical Storm EPSILON

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU DEC 01 2005

...EPSILON STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE
   NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 51.0 WEST OR ABOUT
810 MILES...1300 KM... EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1425 MILES...2290
KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... AND EPSILON
COULD BRIEFLY REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE GRADUAL WEAKENING
BEGINS ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH EPSILON WILL NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT BERMUDA... LARGE OCEAN
SWELLS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED WELL TO THE NORTHWEST OF EPSILON
WILL MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY SURF AND
ROUGH WAVE CONDITIONS AROUND THE ISLAND TONIGHT... WITH IMPROVING
CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...31.7 N... 51.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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