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Tropical Storm IRENE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
5 PM EDT TUE AUG 09 2005

...IRENE BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.4 WEST OR
ABOUT  925 MILES...1485 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 9 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...22.6 N... 54.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST AT 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN
 
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