Solved Irene

[Phone Man]

Irene has formed and heading toward Florida and could reach Hurricane force before reaching Hispaniola Monday night.





Jim

 

[Phone Man]

Its not looking good for Irene. It has shifted to the right and most models predict a further shift to the right and the more it moves over open water the stronger it will get. It could skim Florida and slam into the East coast.

Jim

 

[Phone Man]

Irene will become Major Hurricane

Irene is predicted to miss the mountains of Hispaniola and with open water will grow to a Category 3 storm. Hope our friends on the East coast stay safe and check National Hurricane Center for updates.

11AM Update





Jim

 

[Phone Man]

Update 11PM 8/23

Here is the lasted. A little dry air from the south has slowed the strengthening of Irene but it is still predicted to reach Cat 3 in a few days. It does not look like it will turn to sea or go inland, but skim along the coast from North Carolina to New York which is not very good.




Jim

 

[scrooge]

so has it started to make the turn north yet?

scrooge

 

[arkhi]

Navy/NRL TC_PAGES Page

 

[Phone Man]

so has it started to make the turn north yet?

scrooge

Not yet, still heading WNW. Should start that turn on Thursday morning.

Jim

 

[scrooge]

thanks jim ,
i live in florida and want to make sure it's path don't change again and head at us.

scrooge

 

[LiquidSnak]

Constantly updating image:

 

[Phone Man]

Update 5pm 8-25

Irene has made a turn to the NW and should turn North in 12 hrs and then a slow turn to the East. Not enough of a turn to miss the East coast. It is a Cat 3 but some wind shear in 24hrs will weaken it just a little bit and will hit North Carolina at a strong Cat 2 or minimal Cat 3 and still be a Cat 1 when it goes through New Jersey.





Jim

 

[LiquidSnak]

Edit to above post, with a constantly updated image of that particular geosynchronous satellite.

 

[arkhi]

I was hoping for some nice strong rains here in FL

So much for being the hurrican-prone state <_<

 

[Phone Man]

11am 8-26 Update

Irene is moving North and will do so for 12hrs or so followed by a gradual turn to the NNE as it moves along the East coast.
Irene has weakened just a tad to Cat 2 at 105mph but the wave action and heavy rain will bring lots of flooding.



Jim

 

[LiquidSnak]

Easter CONUS, as IRENE moves out from the Carribean view

 

[Phone Man]

Here is a radar shot of Irene out of Wilmington, NC. I heard on the news last night that Irene is 450 miles across.



Jim

 

[LiquidSnak]

 

[Zepher]

just looked outside and it's raining its butt off.

Not sure what is going on but it is raining like crazy here in Virginia.
it's also a bit windy.

 

[z3r010]

That's a normal day here.

 

[derekimo]

Not sure what is going on but it is raining like crazy here in Virginia.
it's also a bit windy.

Large Hurricane Irene Spreads into Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

 

[gregrocker]

Live video from inside a Category 5: