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Hurricane EPSILON (Text)

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HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER  31
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE DEC 06 2005
 
...EPSILON MAINTAINING STRENGTH AS IT CONTINUES SOUTHWESTWARD...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 35.3 WEST OR ABOUT 710
MILES...1145 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND A SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH-SOUTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR
SO...BUT A RAPID WEAKENING TREND IS LIKELY TO COMMENCE BY THIS TIME
TOMORROW.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 150 MILES...240 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...30.3 N... 35.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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