Tropical Storm ZETA

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED JAN 04 2006

...ZETA...BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 46.0 WEST OR ABOUT 1135
MILES...1830 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDSHAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH... 65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. 
CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND ZETA IS LIKELY TO BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...21.7 N... 46.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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