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Hurricane IRENE (Text)

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HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  51
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED AUG 17 2005

...IRENE WEAKENS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 36.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 60.1 WEST OR ABOUT 785
MILES...1265 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR... BUT A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR NORTHEAST AT A FASTER
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  983 MB...29.03 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...36.6 N... 60.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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