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Major Hurricane Irene live tracking


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Upton new hurricane warning say 76%chance of tropical storm conditions and 10 of hurricane but they are saying under it that winds will gust to hurricane force at 85mph, what's it mean sorta makes no sense? Saying 10% then hurricane force under it

There is sustained wind speed, and then there are gusts. The probability of sustained wind speeds of hurricane strength has been estimated at 10%. They are forecasting that you could get one or more single gusts of up to 85 mph from the entire duration of the event, but that is very different from wind speeds being hurricane strength for sustained periods of time.

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000URNT15 KNHC 272001AF303 3309A IRENE HDOB 34 20110827195100 3612N 07536W 7234 02503 9655 +125 //// 156070 071 /// /// 05195130 3611N 07539W 7243 02483 9647 +126 //// 153069 070 /// /// 05195200 3611N 07541W 7241 02474 9636 +125 //// 154069 070 /// /// 05195230 3610N 07543W 7242 02465 9622 +130 //// 152068 068 /// /// 05195300 3610N 07545W 7242 02436 9609 +127 //// 148066 067 /// /// 05195330 3609N 07547W 7244 02442 //// +119 //// 146060 061 /// /// 05195400 3608N 07549W 7243 02425 9573 +128 //// 147059 060 /// /// 05195430 3607N 07550W 7242 02406 9560 +135 //// 148059 060 /// /// 05195500 3606N 07552W 7241 02419 9568 +132 //// 148059 059 /// /// 05195530 3606N 07554W 7237 02412 //// +121 //// 147058 059 /// /// 05195600 3605N 07556W 7243 02393 //// +122 //// 144050 051 /// /// 05195630 3604N 07558W 7241 02382 //// +129 //// 150048 050 /// /// 05195700 3603N 07559W 7243 02368 9515 +137 //// 151042 043 /// /// 05195730 3602N 07601W 7246 02353 9498 +143 //// 149035 039 /// /// 05195800 3601N 07603W 7239 02356 9478 +153 //// 145023 028 /// /// 05195830 3600N 07605W 7242 02344 9468 +156 //// 141010 014 /// /// 05195900 3559N 07606W 7244 02352 9476 +151 //// 062002 004 /// /// 05195930 3558N 07608W 7243 02393 9494 +143 //// 015008 009 /// /// 05200000 3600N 07609W 7233 02355 9483 +145 //// 054011 014 /// /// 05200030 3601N 07609W 7245 02352 9490 +146 //// 066020 022 /// /// 05Pressure down again, as low as 946.8 mb on latest USAF pass.

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I know lol, I wonder if anyone keeps records like what is the strongest Cat 1 to ever make landfall in terms of pressure? I'd bet that one would be the new record.

BTW check this out

http://www.wundergro...t201109_hd.html

See the surface wind obs map on there? Is that an obs report of Cat 3 winds just south of Hatteras by the hurricane hunters?

2 of them, 117 mph and 127 mph.

The Cat 3 surface wind report was contaminated by the fact it was taken over land... the other obs were rain contaminated... highest winds were around 75 knots at landfall.

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The Cat 3 surface wind report was contaminated by the fact it was taken over land... the other obs were rain contaminated... highest winds were around 75 knots at landfall.

Yup, the highest surface obs I could find were sustained 90 mph gusts 110 mph.

Pressure was down to 946.8 mb per the last recon before the board crashed.

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