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| #40416 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:40 AM 18.Aug.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 56 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM AST THU AUG 18 2005 ...IRENE LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT RACES NORTHEASTWARD... SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT IRENE IS BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC. AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 45.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 47.5 WEST OR ABOUT 295 MILES... 475 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 46 MPH...74 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IRENE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ABSORBED BY A LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 415 MILES ...665 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...45.0 N... 47.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 46 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON IRENE. FUTURE INFORMATION...IF ANY...ON THIS SYSTEM MAY BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. FORECASTER PASCH |
