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Post-Tropical Cyclone KIRK (Text)

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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE KIRK ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL112012
500 PM AST SUN SEP 02 2012
 
...KIRK BECOMES POST-TROPICAL...
...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY...

 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...49.7N 32.6W
ABOUT 965 MI...1550 KM ENE OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND
ABOUT 855 MI...1375 KM NNW OF THE AZORES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 35 DEGREES AT 47 MPH...76 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE KIRK
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 49.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.6 WEST. THE
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS RACING NORTHEASTWARD AT 47 MPH...76 KM/H.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A FRONT
TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON KIRK. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM
METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE UNDER WMO HEADER FQNT21 EGRR.

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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI
 
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