Future Weather: Irene

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

These things change fast. My house was at ground zero when Gloria came up into CT in 85. After hitting LI , she jumped up in forward speed and blew through in a couple of hours. It went from a forward speed of about 25 to almost 60 in half an hour. Still had a big tree from neighbor's yard come down , took out the power for a week and just missed crushing my car.
The track predictions are pretty iffy. Something can send the storms off at an unexpected angle. A big wide one like this still gets us , even with a major shift though.
At this point , a reduction in force looks like our best chance.

Prepare for the worst, hope for better.

Gloria blew through but wiped out Buzzards Bay.

Eye wall replacement under way. Strengthening is a definite possibility.

[Mike P]

Huge wind field. HF winds 90 miles out from the eye, TS winds 290 miles. TS wind field almost 600 miles across.

I don't care how fast it blows through---it's gonna blow a long time.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Huge wind field. HF winds 90 miles out from the eye, TS winds 290 miles. TS wind field almost 600 miles across.

I don't care how fast it blows through---it's gonna blow a long time.

Down south with current conditions (big size and slow speed) they're talking at least TS winds in some locations for a 24 hour period!

At least the storm surge looks to be relatively mild.

-spence