Tropical Storm EPSILON

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TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU DEC 01 2005
 
...EPSILON NOW MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 52.1 WEST OR ABOUT
765 MILES... 1230 KM... EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1530 MILES...2460
KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
 
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH... 19
KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH... 100 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST 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  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

ALTHOUGH EPSILON WILL NOT 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 DAY OR SO.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...30.2 N... 52.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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