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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE DEC 06 2005

...EPSILON STILL A HURRICANE...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  33.9 WEST OR ABOUT  525
MILES... 845 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...32.9 N... 33.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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