000
WTNT54 KNHC 270353
TCEAT4
 
HURRICANE IRENE TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092011
1200 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

AT 1200 AM EDT...0400 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS
ESTIMATED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT...
AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR...TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 32.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 76.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT 
NORTH CAROLINA.

RECENTLY A SUSTAINED WIND OF 56 MPH...91 KM/H...AND A GUST TO 
70 MPH...113 KM/H WAS REPORTED AT JOHNNY MERCER PIER IN WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 46 MPH...74
KM/H...AND A GUST TO 54 MPH...87 KM/H WAS REPORTED AT CAPE LOOKOUT
NORTH CAROLINA.

SUMMARY OF 1200 AM EDT...0400 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...32.7N 76.8W
ABOUT 135 MI...215 KM S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...952 MB...29.11 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER STEWART