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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU DEC 08 2005
 
...EPSILON RAPIDLY WEAKENING OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 39.6 WEST OR ABOUT
1050 MILES... 1690 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH... 13
KM/HR... BUT IT IS SLOWING DOWN AND IS OVERALL EXPECTED TO MOVE
LITTLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE REMNANTS OF EPSILON ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT BY FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST... AND EPSILON IS EXPECTED
TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...27.1 N... 39.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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