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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT DEC 31 2005
 
...ZETA STALLS AND WEAKENS SLIGHTLY...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 38.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1070
MILES...1720 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
ZETA HAS BEEN MEANDERING THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OVERALL MOTION. 
A SLOW AND ERRATIC WESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...25.7 N... 38.1 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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