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Tropical Storm EPSILON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED NOV 30 2005

...EPSILON TURNS SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE OPEN CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.4 WEST OR ABOUT 
700 MILES...1125 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1615
MILES...2600 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR.  A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...THIS IS A CHANCE EPSILON COULD BRIEFLY BECOME A
HURRICANE ON THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH EPSILON IS NOT EXPECTED TO DIRECTLY AFFECT BERMUDA... 
LARGE OCEAN SWELLS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED WELL TO THE NORTHWEST 
OF EPSILON WILL MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY
SURF AND ROUGH WAVE CONDITIONS AROUND THE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...29.6 N... 53.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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