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Official Hurricane Irene Live OBS/Discussion Part III


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Just because they downgrade the storm to a tropical storm doesn't mean the warnings would have to be lowered. My area was never supposed to get hurricane force winds but we have a HW anyway

  On 8/28/2011 at 12:31 AM, YanksFan27 said:

This* most new yorkers don't even take tornado watches/warnings seriously. They listen to Hurricane warnings.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:28 AM, Sundog said:

You downgrade or upgrade based on observations, not emotions. Right now at least according to ag3 she doesn't support hurricane status. Thats it. If she strengthens again later then that will be reflected in the observations and then the subsequent report.

They have a history of doing things not to confuse the public. Remember the Perfect Storm? There was actually an unnamed hurricane in there because they didn't want the public confused. That was not the only example.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:31 AM, YanksFan27 said:

This* most new yorkers don't even take tornado watches/warnings seriously. They listen to Hurricane warnings.

How do you know that? Do you have some sort of data to back that up, or are you making it up as you go along?

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:32 AM, Juliancolton said:

Not necessarily. There's a lot of politics that goes into the NHC's decision, not simply raw data. They kept it at MH status for how many advisories, even though winds didn't support it? I agree that they're less likely to downgrade Irene to a TS just as it's coming into the tri-state area than a random cyclone in the middle of the EPAC.

Correct. The Perfect Storm is the Perfect Example lol.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:31 AM, YanksFan27 said:

This* most new yorkers don't even take tornado watches/warnings seriously. They listen to Hurricane warnings.

After last summer's tornado parade (3 touchdowns in the 5 boroughs), I think they'll be taking it plenty seriously, hurricane warning or not.

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But the potential risk in that is if we only get 40 or 50 mph winds then the next one could come in worse and people will say oh they made a big deal out of Irene and nothing happened and not heed the warnings. Granted it could be many years before we could another legitimate threat like this but we could also have one in 2 weeks so who knows

  On 8/28/2011 at 12:32 AM, Juliancolton said:

Not necessarily. There's a lot of politics that goes into the NHC's decision, not simply raw data. They kept it at MH status for how many advisories, even though winds didn't support it? I agree that they're less likely to downgrade Irene to a TS just as it's coming into the tri-state area than a random cyclone in the middle of the EPAC.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:42 AM, Cyg12 said:

There was just a reporter on Fox 5 NY in Ocean City, MD being absolutely inundated with sea foam.

Lmao I saw that. Looks like he was genuinely enjoying it. Fox is obsessing over it, though. Lmao.

Have yet to have anything seriously gusty here in Edison.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:40 AM, Plfdwxdude said:

Not necessarily. Last night the recon found 123 mph winds and the update kept the surface winds at 105

Based on that proportion, his report equates to 80 mph surface winds-- right where NHC has it.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:38 AM, nycsnow said:

Steve d- Latest RECON has #hurricane Irene with a strong NE quadrant winds of 81 KT or 95 mph.

TweetDeck • 8/27/11 8:35 PM

That's flight-level though, which i hope Steve D. pointed out. (I didn't check; link would help.) Standard reduction would argue for a 65 kt hurricane at most, and that may be generous.

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Theres a theory that was proved correct of spawning in the eyewall of twisters i saw it on nat geo a couple of years not just heavy outerbands so if your near the eye watchout . Some scientists positioned an obs vehicle that recorded twisters jumping right out of the wall pretty cool.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:43 AM, Paweatherguy1 said:

It wasn't really clear though...are those flight level or surface winds?

Either way, they're sustained hurricane force winds in the NE Quadrant. I tend to think they are flight level winds because they fit in nicely with NHC's 80 mph strength.

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  On 8/28/2011 at 12:36 AM, Snow88 said:

Take a look at Wildwood. The beach is gone.

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Whoa!!!, and that beach is super huge, that walk between the boardwalk and the ocean is so long, I'd say maybe in between .25 and .50 miles. I'm very shocked but then again it is a very flat beach.

Still kinda surreal seeing that in a place I know like the back of my hand.

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