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Hurricane Irene - Discussion Part IV


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I am about ready to rule out a landfall west of Morehead City. She is clearly moving east of North and on a longitudinal bases is ~20 miles west of Morehead now. Presentation is a bit betterm but as mentioned many times above, lack of an inner core will make any meaningful intensification highly unlikely.

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Its not a bad idea, but I dont know if the penfield reef would be the place to be with astro tides and a 5-10 ft wall of water coming ashore?? lol, its very enticing though, hey, who knows :P

Think about it.....standing in thigh high water at the Grape, ordering a PBR with bits and pieces of debris flying by?

:guitar:

Be safe, you know what to do and try to enjoy this as much as possible.......

JD

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Just had a great conversation with Harvey Leonard about media hype and public dissapointment with weather events. He really feels the national media is hyping it up but he is trying to be reasonable. We were comparing Gloria to Irene and while Gloria was initially much stronger it hit LI as a Cat 1 much like this would do. I believe 500,000 people lost power in Mass and he feels 15 hours of TS wind is going to bring many trees down so power issues will be the major thing. Harvey is such a great guy, I have been friends with him for 20 years. A voice of reason among the hype.

Gene

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You're in a much nicer place. :thumbsup: I wouldn't worry too much about missing this fading cane ...TS or weak Cat 1 in SNE.

I'm torn...part of me wants Irene to over-perform, but the other part of me thinks about all the headaches a sizable blow would create (car, property damage, etc) Ughh...this is a tough hobby.<br><br>BTW...anyone mention the winds from Accuweather.com <br><br>Forecast for here on Sunday...Day - Sustained 43 (Gusts to 83 mph) Night - Sustained 42 mph (Gusts to 96 mph)<br><br>Any way in which these numbers are realized.  Maybe 60-75% of those gusts.  (ie - around 65 mph)

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That might be one of the last things you watch on TV for the next week....

I think people are sleeping/relaxing to prepare to watch it nonstop...I'm doing the opposite, enjoying my power before it's gone until September something.

For an untrained eye she sure looks like she's doing OK - not great, not falling to pieces either. Definitely jogging east a bit more too I think...emphasizing "think".

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Per the NHC 5pm ET advisory, Irene's center was located near 31.7N 77.4W AT 26/2100Z. At 26/1800Z the center was located near 31.2N 77.5W. The forecast position valid at 27/0600Z was 33.4N 77.1W at the 5pm advisory. The 8pm ET advisory places the center at 32.1N 77.2W at 27/0000Z. Unless the center has been relocated, if you extrapolate the present movement for another 6 hours, it will be further East than 77.1W and may not be as far North as 33.4N. Just saying.....

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Hamburg area I guess eh... :) Got caught in a fantastic LES band there once long long ago as a kid with parents.....coming home from South Bend.

BTW... wi-fi in all Thruway rest areas.

My friend is letting his wife ferry to MVY tomorrow. Will the ferry run. Fuel stop (for my body) 25 miles SW of Buffalo. Lemme try this spot in mid December......

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Just a note, Irene still has a nice wind field. We could see some damage with this one. But the media is just out in left field with this! They make it sound like the world will so be ending. I think many will be disapointed with the outcome after seeing all of this hype.

Yeah, what are several hundred thousand without power, not much I say...

That wind field at astro high tide, sure, no biggie for the few of us near the water :arrowhead:

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