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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN JAN 01 2006

...ZETA MEANDERING OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 38.2 WEST OR ABOUT 1115
MILES...1790 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

ZETA HAS BEEN MEANDERING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS BUT A SLOW
WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ZETA IS FORECAST TO BEGIN WEAKENING DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...25.0 N... 38.2 W.  MOVEMENT
...MEANDERING.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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