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#59439 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:49 PM 01.Dec.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER 10 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST THU DEC 01 2005 ...EPSILON STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM BERMUDA... AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 51.0 WEST OR ABOUT 810 MILES...1300 KM... EAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1425 MILES...2290 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES. EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... AND EPSILON COULD BRIEFLY REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE GRADUAL WEAKENING BEGINS ON FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 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 TONIGHT... WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...31.7 N... 51.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER STEWART |