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HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT MON OCT 18 1999
 
...IRENE RACING NORTHEASTWARD AS A THREAT TO NORTH ATLANTIC      
MARITIME INTERESTS...

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.9 WEST OR ABOUT 240
MILES..390 KM...SOUTH OF NANTUCKET ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 39 MPH...63 KM/HR...AND A
CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IRENE
TRANSFORMS INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC
OCEAN.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 315 MILES...510 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  958 MB...28.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...37.8 N... 69.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 39 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 958 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
  
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