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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON DEC 05 2005
 
...EPSILON BEGINNING TO TURN SOUTHWARD AND EXPECTED TO WEAKEN...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 33.8 WEST OR ABOUT 500
MILES... 805 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 3
MPH... 6 KM/HR.  A MOTION TOWARD THE SOUTH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
EARLY TUESDAY WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED LATER IN THE
DAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH... 120 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST 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 11 PM AST POSITION...33.3 N... 33.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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