WOCN31 CWHX 181200
POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9.30 AM NDT 
THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 2005.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON IRENE.

 ... IRENE MOVING AWAY FROM CANADIAN WATERS...

1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION

AT 9.30 AM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 43.5 N AND LONGITUDE 48.3 W... ABOUT 275 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 515 KM SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 55 KNOTS... 102 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 994
MB. IRENE IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS... 74 KM/H.

2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH

DATE     TIME     LAT    LON   MSLP  MAX WIND
          NDT                    MB  KTS  KMH
AUG 18  9.30 AM  43.5N  48.3W   994   55  102 POST-TROPICAL
AUG 18  9.30 PM  50.6N  42.7W   989   55  102 POST-TROPICAL
AUG 19  9.30 AM  59.3N  39.1W   985   55  102 POST-TROPICAL

3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY

NO IMPACTS FOR PUBLIC WEATHER

4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY

GALE WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF THE GRAND BANKS.

5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION

A. ANALYSIS

IRENE HAS BECOME ASYMETRICAL AND IS NOW A POST-TROPICAL STORM. IT
HAS A SPEED OF MOTION OF 35 KNOTS AND CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE. THIS 
TRACK FOLLOWS THE PREVIOUS ONE BUT TIMING HAS BEEN MOVED UP 
CONSIDERABLY.

B. PROGNOSTIC
POST-TROPICAL IRENE WILL BRUSH PAST THE SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS
OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS THEN CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD BECOMING 
ABSORBED INTO THE BAROCLINIC LOW WHICH WILL INTENSIFY SOUTH OF 
GREENLAND.

C. PUBLIC WEATHER

NO IMPACTS ON PUBLIC WEATHER.

ESTIMATED CORE RAINFALLS (MM)
18/12Z:  60  19/00Z:  50  19/12Z:  45

D. MARINE WEATHER

PREDICTED WIND RADII (NM)
TIME          GALES           STORMS            HURRICANE
         NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW    NE  SE  SW  NW
18/12Z  100 180 120  60    70  90  50   0     0   0   0   0
19/00Z  160 275 185  95    95 100  60   0     0   0   0   0
19/12Z  220 365 255 155   125 110  60   0     0   0   0   0

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