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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON DEC 05 2005
 
...EPSILON MAINTAINING STRENGTH OVER THE COOL WATERS OF THE EASTERN
ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 36.2 WEST OR ABOUT 590
MILES... 950 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH
...17 KM/HR.  A TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...33.8 N... 36.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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