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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED DEC 07 2005
 
...EPSILON BEGINS TO WEAKEN...SHOULD DISSIPATE WITHIN A DAY OR
TWO...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 39.2 WEST OR ABOUT
995 MILES...1605 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO SLOW CONSIDERABLY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY HOSTILE OVER EPSILON
AND RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  EPSILON IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT BY FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...27.8 N... 39.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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