Future Weather: Irene

[Nebe]

Spence.. this will be nothing like hurricane BOB or Gloria... They keep calling it a monster storm and that it is huge.. this is true. it is large, but its not as powerful as hurricanes of the past.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Spence.. this will be nothing like hurricane BOB or Gloria... They keep calling it a monster storm and that it is huge.. this is true. it is large, but its not as powerful as hurricanes of the past.

I think the point they're trying to make is that it will impact millions of people. Yes, it's not likely to give RI a dose of 80+ kt winds...but it's still going to cause some damage.

Remember as well that the impact south of us is still likely to be large, and the overall story is about the storm...not just RI.

That being said, my neighbor is boarding up his house tonight while I am not. The awning might still need to come down though...

-spence

[Nebe]

definately take down the awning.. stash lawn furnature and cut griffens hair...

[Mike P]

Hard to say for sure since we can't get a visual sat pic at night, but from the IR image, it looks like it could be getting a bit stronger. It has also begun a slight NE swing, still 200 miles or so south of Hatteras. It's possible it could come up this way over water for the whole ride, and that water is piss warm right now. It ran into some dry air today which caused the weakening. Pressure held steady most of the afternoon, and in fact, dropped one mb in the 8 PM readings.

The outer rain bands from this will be over MV and Nantucket overnight, and here on the Cape by mid-morning, from the looks of it. The hurricane warnings now extend to Sagamore Beach--right down the road from me.

[Mike P]

Pretty solid core of circulation and a distinct eye. Look at how far those outer bands extend.

[likwid]

More east shifting.