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#60503 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:52 AM 08.Dec.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER 36 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM AST THU DEC 08 2005 ...EPSILON RAPIDLY WEAKENING OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC... AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 39.6 WEST OR ABOUT 1050 MILES... 1690 KM... SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. EPSILON HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH... 13 KM/HR... BUT IT IS SLOWING DOWN AND IS OVERALL EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE REMNANTS OF EPSILON ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT BY FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST... AND EPSILON IS EXPECTED TO DEGENERATE INTO A REMANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...27.1 N... 39.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. FORECASTER KNABB |