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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE JAN 03 2006

..ZETA MAINTAINING STRENGTH...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 42.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1395
MILES...2250 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR...AND A GENERALLY WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...23.0 N... 42.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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