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HURRICANE IRENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  47
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092005
0900Z TUE AUG 16 2005
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 36.7N  63.5W AT 16/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST OR  90 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  983 MB
EYE DIAMETER  15 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  75 KT WITH GUSTS TO  90 KT.
64 KT....... 20NE  20SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT....... 30NE  50SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT....... 70NE 100SE  70SW  70NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 36.7N  63.5W AT 16/0900Z
AT 16/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 36.6N  64.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z 36.9N  62.0W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT... 30NE  50SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT... 70NE 100SE  70SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 37.8N  60.1W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT... 30NE  50SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT... 70NE 100SE  70SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 39.8N  56.7W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 75NE 150SE 100SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 44.6N  50.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT...125NE 225SE 150SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z 53.6N  37.8W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...200NE 325SE 200SW   0NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 20/0600Z 59.0N  31.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/0600Z...ABSORBED BY FRONTAL SYSTEM
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 36.7N  63.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/1500Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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