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HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON OCT 18 1999
 
...IRENE BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL AS IT RACES ACROSS THE FAR NORTH   
   ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 43.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.0 WEST OR ABOUT 350 
MILES...560 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 63 MPH...102 KM/HR
...AND A MOSTLY NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  85 MPH...140
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  IRENE IS BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL AS IT
MERGES WITH A COLD FRONT AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST ON
TUESDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 460 MILES...740 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...43.0 N... 58.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 63 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE  NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER ON IRENE.  FUTURE INFORMATION WILL BE CONTAINED IN
HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE MARINE PREDICTION CENTER UNDER
AFOS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND UNDER WMO HEADER FZNT01.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
  
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