Hurricane Irene Cat 3 Moving through the Bahamas

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HURRICANE Irene / 09L
Warning 16 from NHC for 0900 GMT
Position 21.6N 72.9W
Location 370 miles SE of Nassau
Movement 295° (WNW) at 8 knots
Maximum winds 95 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 205 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 40 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses Bahamas, USA
Next advisory from NHC at 1200 GMT

Irene is moving through the Bahamas and is intensifying. The system is expected to peak at 110 knots as it passes just off-shore of the eastern USA, veering north, later northnortheast.

Regional warnings
Hurricane warning:
Southeastern, central and northwestern Bahamas
Turks & Caicos Islands

Rainfall
Puerto Rico and Hispaniola: another 1 to 3 inches.
Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands: 6 to 12 inches

These rains could cause life-threatening mudslides and flashfloods in elevated terrain

Radar Map - http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-wv.html
Storm surge
Central and northwestern Bahamas: 7 to 11 feet above normal tidal levels
Southeastern Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands: 5 to 8 feet
Northern Haiti: 2 to 4 feet
This surge will be accompanied by large and damaging waves on the coastline

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN


Tropical storm Nanmadol / 14W
Philippines designation Mina
Warning 07 from JTWC for 0900 GMT
Position 16.3N 126.7E
Location 605 miles S of Kadena AB
Movement 315° (NW) at 4 knots
Maximum winds 55 knots gusting to 70 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 60 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Maximum significant wave height 16 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

Nanmadol is moving slowly northwest whilst intensifying. There is high uncertainty in the forecast, due to a future interaction with tropical disturbance 97W (see below), but on the whole, the system is expected to move northeast whilst strengthening to typhoon strength, peaking at about 85 knots.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
Update from NHC for 0600 GMT
System 90L
Position 13.4N 23.0W
Location 125 miles SSW of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is MEDIUM (40%)

System 98L is no longer suspect for tropical cyclone formation

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC for 0600 GMT
System 95W
Position 24.2N 134.0E
Location 290 miles ESE of Kadena AB
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is LOW

System 97W
Position 16.1N 142.4E
Location 210 miles NW of Andersen AB, Guam
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation is HIGH
This system is subject to a tropical cyclone formation alert[endtext]