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Friday, 26 August 2011 14:14
THIS IS ALERT NUMBER FORTY ONE (#41) ON HURRICANE IRENE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, AT NOON.EDT FRIDAY, 26TH AUGUST 2011. … OUTER RAIN BANDS OF LARGE HURRICANE IRENE IS NEARING THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS…... ALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AND THE ALL CLEAR IS NOW GIVEN FOR THE ENTIRE BAHAMAS. RESIDENTS CAN GO ABOUT THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS……… AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 77.3 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
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National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida
Thursday, 25 August 2011 10:05
HURRICANE IRENE DISCUSSION NUMBER 21 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011 1100 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE HURRICANE HAS GONE THROUGH AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE RADIUS OF MAXIMUM WIND IS LARGER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...MICROWAVE AND AIRCRAFT DATA HAVE NOT BEEN VERY CONCLUSIVE. RECENT DATA DO NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF A SECONDARY EYEWALL AT THIS TIME. THE EYE IS A LITTLE MORE EVIDENT IN THE LAST FEW VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES...BUT IS NOT AS CLEAR AS IT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING. THE AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT HAS MEASURED A PEAK FLIGHT-LEVEL WIND OF 112 KT AND SFMR WINDS OF 90 KT...WHICH ROUGHLY SUPPORT THE 100-KT INITIAL INTENSITY. CENTER FIXES FROM THE AIRCRAFT OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING INDICATE THAT THE EXPECTED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TURN HAS OCCURRED. A NORTHWARD TURN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY AS IRENE MOVES THROUGH A BREAK IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. A MID/UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS EXPECTED TO THEN TURN IRENE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
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National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida
Thursday, 25 August 2011 07:40
HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 20A NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011 800 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 ...IRENE POUNDING THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS... SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...25.5N 76.5W ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM ENE OF NASSAU ABOUT 670 MI...1085 KM S OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.05 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011 08:41

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