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#59324 (Received by flhurricane at: 9:34 PM 30.Nov.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM AST WED NOV 30 2005 ...EPSILON TURNS SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE OPEN CENTRAL ATLANTIC... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.4 WEST OR ABOUT 700 MILES...1125 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1615 MILES...2600 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THIS IS A CHANCE EPSILON COULD BRIEFLY BECOME A HURRICANE ON THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES ...280 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 11 PM AST POSITION...29.6 N... 53.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST. FORECASTER BEVEN |