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 WTNT24 KNHC 180824
 TCMAT4
 TROPICAL STORM IRENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  55
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092005
 0900Z THU AUG 18 2005
  
 TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 41.3N  51.0W AT 18/0900Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  45 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  45 DEGREES AT  30 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  990 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
 50 KT.......  0NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
 34 KT....... 60NE 105SE  60SW  30NW.
 12 FT SEAS..200NE 350SE 100SW 175NW.
 WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
 MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
  
 REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 41.3N  51.0W AT 18/0900Z
 AT 18/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 40.3N  52.3W
  
 FORECAST VALID 18/1800Z 46.0N  46.1W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 50 KT...  0NE  75SE   0SW   0NW.
 34 KT... 60NE 120SE  60SW   0NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z 54.0N  40.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
 50 KT...  0NE 100SE   0SW   0NW.
 34 KT...175NE 250SE 150SW  50NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 19/1800Z...ABSORBED BY LARGER EXTRATROPICAL LOW
 
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 41.3N  51.0W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 18/1500Z
  
 FORECASTER STEWART
  
  
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