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| #40138 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:37 PM 16.Aug.2005) TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 50 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005 ...IRENE BEGINS TO WEAKEN AS IT HEADS EASTWARD... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 60.4 WEST OR ABOUT 790 MILES...1275 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...IRENE IS NOW A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE AGAIN. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES... 35 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...36.6 N... 60.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 978 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
