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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI JAN 06 2006
 
...ZETA BECOMING LESS ORGANIZED...FORECAST TO WEAKEN...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
960 MILES...1540 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ZETA
MAY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...23.3 N... 49.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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