Tropical Storm Irene Update Eighteen

WTNT34 KNHC 282035
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 34
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE NEARING NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS

.....LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 42.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.8 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 HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY OVER OR NEAR THE WATER WELL 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 REPORTED
FROM AN UNOFFICIAL SITE NEAR HYANNIS PORT MASSACHUSETTS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES.