This is a close up view of the U.S. coast line.  If this storm approached the U.S. coast, the image also includes the track of Tropical Storm / Hurricane "IRENE".  The official National Hurricane Center records indicate this tropical system became a "Named Storm" or Tropical Storm on Thursday, August 04, 2005 .  The maximum strength for this storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale was "CAT 2".  The initial location of this storm was Latitude 12.9, Longitude -33.5. This storm was downgraded to a Tropical Depression or dissipated on Thursday, August 18, 2005.

Maximum Category

CAT 2

Max. sustained wind speed (knots)

90

Minimum Central Pressure

970

Max. sustained wind speed (mph)

104

U.S. Landfall?

No    

Source: National Hurricane Center

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