Hurricane Irene is currently spinning east of Florida. Latest observations from the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft is that the pressure is starting to fall, meaning that Irene is strengthening. An eye has become more apparent over the past few hours and we will have a period of about 12 hours now where Irene will be able to strengthen. I still think she will make a Cat 4 before weakening.
A side note, buoy 41010 (google: buoy 41010) east of Cape Canaveral, Fla is reporting 29 ft waves.
Irene, per the Weather Channel, is 430 miles wide. That is the same distance from Baltimore, MD to Portland, Maine (as the crow flys).
Here is the 5 day forecast as of 8pm:
Here are some current shots:
More to come! Interested to see at 11pm if she becomes a cat 4 hurricane!
Corey what do you think the storm surge will be in the barn bay area we pulled our boats out today but a lot of people did not 100 mph winds with a 7 ft storm surge will wreck more then half to boats in the water
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