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#60385 (Received by flhurricane at: 9:40 AM 07.Dec.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER 33 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM AST WED DEC 07 2005 ...PERSISTENT EPSILON REMAINS A HURRICANE BUT EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY TOMORROW... AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSILON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 37.9 WEST OR ABOUT 875 MILES...1410 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH... 24 KM/HR. A CONTINUED SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A GRADUALLY DECREASING FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND EPSILON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY THURSDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...29.1 N... 37.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST. FORECASTER KNABB |