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| #59302 (Received by flhurricane at: 3:52 PM 30.Nov.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EPSILON ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST WED NOV 30 2005 ...EPSILON CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC... AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EPSILON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 54.2 WEST OR ABOUT 650 MILES...1045 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1650 MILES...2660 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. EPSILON IS MAKING A SMALL LOOP TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 7 MPH... 11 KM/HR. SOME ERRATIC MOTION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... BUT A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR ON THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... EPSILON IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY... AND EPSILON COULD BRIEFLY BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE GRADUAL WEAKENING BEGINS BY LATE THURSDAY OR ON FRIDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 220 MILES ...350 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 5 PM AST POSITION...29.8 N... 54.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER STEWART |
