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None that I see, so it might not weaken as much as storms like Floyd, etc. But the drought conditions over parts of the SE and the large size of Irene argues for significant dry air entrainment prior to landfall.

We've also seen this with Gulf Coast systems in recent years.

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What causes the storm to slow down so much near NC on the GFS?

The 2nd shortwave passes and there isn't anything to really steer it in any direction very fast. I think the 12z GFS had a coastal scraper too, if it ends up verifying we'll have to give the GFS some credit...it's been bad so far this year (and I hope it's being bad now too).

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Irene will be a monumental disaster from eastern North Carolina to New England due to wind damage and flooding.

Depends on whether the track continues to trend to the right. At the rate it has been changing in the past 24 hours, Irene may not even clip Hatteras. The greatest damage would be wave/wind erosion on the beaches.

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I mean, it's not that outrageous of a forecast given the FFG and QPF forecasts.

It's not outrageous if the current progs verify but using "will" five days out might be a bit much. 150 mile track east and it's a miss except for maybe the Cape and the OBX. 150 miles within 5 days is definitely in the cone.

I'm not disputing the modeling...if the models are right it's certainly going to be a nasty or worse event. If the final result is a 50-100 mile miss this goes down as a one of the bigger busts for JB and Henry.

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It's already been a bust forecast track wise! This storm has been east of guidance since the very begining and the trend continues :arrowhead: lol seeming just 3 days ago it had a landfall near the FL panhandle and now possible fish, the models are horrid.

The last day of runs has been pretty consistent. The center jump on Saturday night really screwed with the models for about 36 hours.

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