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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE DEC 06 2005
 
...EPSILON HANGS ON AS A HURRICANE WHILE MOVING
SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 34.5 WEST OR ABOUT 640
MILES...1030 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH... 17
KM/HR.  A MOTION TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHWEST WITH
LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 150 MILES... 240 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...31.1 N... 34.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 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
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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