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Tropical Storm ZETA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ZETA ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI JAN 06 2006

...ZETA WEAKENING AND BECOMING DISORGANIZED OVER THE CENTRAL
   ATLANTIC OCEAN WELL AWAY FROM ANY LAND AREAS...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ZETA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 49.9 WEST OR ABOUT
915 MILES...1475 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A
MOTION TO THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ZETA COULD DISSIPATE LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...23.0 N... 49.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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