Tropical Storm Irene Update Twenty

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WTNT34 KNHC 282350
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TROPICAL STORM IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 34A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011
800 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE APPROACHING THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...
...MAJOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRING IN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST...AT 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS

.....LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 44.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.1 WEST. IRENE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/H...AND THIS
MOTION WITH A LITTLE FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IRENE WILL MOVE
OVER EASTERN CANADA TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY OVER OR NEAR THE WATER WELL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE CENTER. IRENE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND BECOME A POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE BY TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 320 MILES...520 KM
FROM THE CENTER. A WIND GUST OF 67 MPH...108 KM/H...WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED FROM AN UNOFFICIAL SITE ON CAPE COD AT HATCH BEACH
MASSACHUSETTS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.