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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE JAN 03 2006
 
...ZETA STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 41.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1450
MILES...2335 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH
... 4 KM/HR.  A VERY SLOW WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS HAVE
BECOME LESS HOSTILE OVERNIGHT AND NO SIGNIFICANT WEAKENING OF ZETA
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...23.3 N... 41.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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