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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED JAN 04 2006

...ZETA ON A WEAKENING TREND...IT IS ABOUT TIME...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  45.0 WEST OR ABOUT 1200
MILES...1930 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...21.7 N... 45.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  8 MPH.  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 AVILA

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