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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI DEC 02 2005
 
...EPSILON CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD OVER OPEN WATERS...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 46.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1115
MILES...1795 KM... WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A
TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  EPSILON IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  15 MILES... 30 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...34.5 N... 46.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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