Tropical Storm ZETA

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT DEC 31 2005

...ZETA GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 37.7 WEST OR ABOUT 1040
MILES...1670 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH... 7 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR WEST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
... 325 KM...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
DURING THE PAST HOUR... A SHIP LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
THE CENTER REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 39 MPH... 63 KM/HR.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...26.0 N... 37.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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