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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT DEC 03 2005
 
...EPSILON STILL A HURRICANE BUT EXPECTED TO WEAKEN...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 41.6 WEST OR ABOUT 855
MILES... 1370 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 13 MPH... 20 KM/HR... AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND
EPSILON IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM ON SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 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...34.3 N... 41.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 13 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 KNABB
 
 
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