WOCN31 CWHX 282048 CCA
INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT CORRECTED BY THE 
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:48 PM ADT SUNDAY 
28 AUGUST 2011.
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INTERMEDIATE TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= ATLANTIC PROVINCES
=NEW= SOUTHERN QUEBEC.

      FOR TROPICAL STORM IRENE.

      THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9:00 PM ADT.

      TROPICAL STORM IRENE MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
      RAIN AND INCREASING WINDS NOW AFFECTING THE MARITIMES.

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==DISCUSSION==
SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 6.00 PM ADT.

LOCATION: 42.7 NORTH 72.8 WEST.

ABOUT 80 KILOMETRES EAST OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH NORTHEAST AT 43 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 975 MB.

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE FUNDY COASTLINES OF 
NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA AS WELL AS THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA
SCOTIA SOUTHWEST OF PORTER'S LAKE. RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR MOST OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
QUEBEC. WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE MARITIMES.

THE EXTENT OF IRENE'S WIND FIELD IS ENORMOUS - YARMOUTH, NS 
EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST TO 93 KM/H EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, WHILE
OVER SOUTHEASTERN QUEBEC MONTRÉAL / ST. HUBERT RECEIVED A GUST TO 91 
KM/H THIS AFTERNOON.

PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK AND THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OF 
QUEBEC HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 50 MM OF RAIN.

THE NEXT FULL INFORMATION STATEMENT ON IRENE WILL BE ISSUED BY 9:00 
PM ADT.


VISIT WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA/HURRICANE (ALL IN LOWER CASE) FOR THE 
LATEST:

- FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE TABLE.

- STRENGTH AND PREDICTED WIND RADII TABLE.

- HURRICANE TRACK INFORMATION MAP.

- TECHNICAL DISCUSSION.

PLEASE ALSO REFER TO THE PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS 
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR YOUR AREA.

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