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HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON OCT 18 1999
 
..IRENE RACING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING LANES...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  64.8 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES...325
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE SABLE NOVA SCOTIA.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 48 MPH...78 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SOME
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 375 MILES...600 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...40.6 N... 64.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 48 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
  
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