Tropical Storm EPSILON

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED NOV 30 2005

...EPSILON CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 54.2 WEST OR ABOUT
650 MILES...1045 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1650
MILES...2660 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MAKING A SMALL LOOP TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR  7 MPH...
11 KM/HR. SOME ERRATIC MOTION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... BUT A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR ON THURSDAY. ON
THE FORECAST TRACK... EPSILON IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE
EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OR EARLY
THURSDAY... AND EPSILON COULD BRIEFLY BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE
GRADUAL WEAKENING BEGINS BY LATE THURSDAY OR ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES
...350 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH EPSILON IS NOT EXPECTED TO DIRECTLY AFFECT BERMUDA... 
LARGE OCEAN SWELLS THAT ARE BEING GENERATED WELL TO THE NORTHWEST 
OF EPSILON WILL MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY
SURF AND ROUGH WAVE CONDITIONS AROUND THE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...29.8 N... 54.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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