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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED JAN 04 2006

...ZETA MOVES A BIT SOUTHWESTWARD AND MAINTAINS INTENSITY...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  43.1 WEST OR ABOUT
1325 MILES...2130 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...22.1 N... 43.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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