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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN JAN 01 2006

...ZETA DRIFTING WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 38.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1115
MILES...1795 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

ZETA IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH... 4
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A WEAKENING TREND IS FORECAST TO BEGIN DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...25.2 N... 38.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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