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HURRICANE IRENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  50
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092005
0300Z WED AUG 17 2005
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 36.6N  60.4W AT 17/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST OR  90 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  978 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
64 KT....... 20NE  20SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT....... 30NE  50SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT....... 70NE 100SE 100SW  70NW.
12 FT SEAS..150NE 250SE 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 36.6N  60.4W AT 17/0300Z
AT 17/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 36.5N  61.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1200Z 37.1N  58.7W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW   0NW.
50 KT... 30NE  50SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT... 70NE 100SE 100SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0000Z 39.0N  55.0W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT...  0NE  20SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT... 30NE  50SE  50SW  30NW.
34 KT... 70NE 100SE 100SW  70NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1200Z 43.3N  49.3W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  75SE  75SW   0NW.
34 KT...125NE 200SE 200SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0000Z 50.0N  42.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  75SE  75SW   0NW.
34 KT...200NE 350SE 250SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z...ABSORBED BY EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 36.6N  60.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 17/0900Z
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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