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Hurricane IRENE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM IRENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  56...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092005
1500Z THU AUG 18 2005
...CORRECTED FORECAST VALID TIME TO 19/0000Z 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 45.0N  47.5W AT 18/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  50 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  40 DEGREES AT  40 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  992 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT
34 KT.......360NE 360SE  60SW  30NW.
12 FT SEAS..360NE 420SE  60SW  30NW.
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 45.0N  47.5W AT 18/1500Z
AT 18/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 43.3N  48.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0000Z...ABSORBED BY EXTRATROPICAL LOW

REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 45.0N  47.5W
 
THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON IRENE.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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