000 WTNT54 KNHC 270756 TCEAT4 HURRICANE IRENE TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011 400 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 AT 400 AM EDT...0800 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS ESTIMATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 33.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 76.6 WEST...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. A NOAA C-MAN STATION AT CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 67 MPH...107 KM/H...AND A GUST TO 76 MPH...122 KM/H. A WEATHERFLOW STATION IN FORT MACON NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 85 MPH...137 KM/H. SUMMARY OF 400 AM EDT...0800 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...33.9N 76.6W ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...952 MB...28.11 INCHES $$ FORECASTER BRENNAN