|
Show Selection: |
| #40374 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 AM 18.Aug.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 55 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM AST THU AUG 18 2005 ...IRENE ACCELERATING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE COLD WATERS OF THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC... AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 51.0 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES... 625 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...56 KM/HR. THIS MOTION...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST TODAY AS IRENE MOVES OVER COLDER WATER AND LOSES ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES ...195 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...41.3 N... 51.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. FORECASTER STEWART |
