Hurricane Irene

[WeatherWitness]

About an hour ago Daytona Beach got slammed by one of Irene's outermost bands.  It got dark practically in an instant, it started pouring, and the wind got strong enough to make the rain virtually horizontal.  And after about half an hour it was all over.  The clouds look so beautiful, though.

Sounds like a "neat" experience. Now you can technically say you've been in a hurricane, but without getting pounded by the worst of it.

[gt1racerlHDl]

is it just me or did irene just make a NNE turn?

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-rb.html

[toxictwister00]

is it just me or did irene just make a NNE turn?

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-rb.html

It's probably just a temporary wobble. Large hurricanes like this wobble very erratically.
 
Look at this microwave image of her as of late, she's basically been on a drunken stumble. 

[WeatherWitness]

is it just me or did irene just make a NNE turn?

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-rb.html

Yeah, it probably is a "wobble." Hurricanes can never seem to travle in nice, smooth curves. They've always gotta be all over the place. Maybe they are drunk.

[gt1racerlHDl]

11:00 PM EDT Thu Aug 25
Location: 28.3°N 77.3°W
Max sustained: 115 mph
Moving: N at 14 mph
Min pressure: 942 mb

[Eric]

About an hour ago Daytona Beach got slammed by one of Irene's outermost bands.  It got dark practically in an instant, it started pouring, and the wind got strong enough to make the rain virtually horizontal.  And after about half an hour it was all over.  The clouds look so beautiful, though.

Sounds like a "neat" experience. Now you can technically say you've been in a hurricane, but without getting pounded by the worst of it.

I've lived through two hurricanes before (Gloria in 1985 and Bob in 1991) in Massachusetts.  If only those two had been as brief as my experience with Irene. 

[Donovan]

is it just me or did irene just make a NNE turn?

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-rb.html

It's probably just a temporary wobble. Large hurricanes like this wobble very erratically.
 
Look at this microwave image of her as of late, she's basically been on a drunken stumble. 

You can say that again! Looks like she's had a few! 

[TWCToday]

Sorry those were broken earlier. People really getting worried here

Emergency Management Bulletin on my IS2. Don't think anyone has recorded one of these in the past

Hurricane Irene- Emergency Management Bulletin

Hurricane Watch Scroll under Smokey Skies

Hurricane Watch- Irene

[WeatherWitness]

Sorry those were broken earlier. People really getting worried here

Emergency Management Bulletin on my IS2. Don't think anyone has recorded one of these in the past

Hurricane Irene- Emergency Management Bulletin

Hurricane Watch Scroll under Smokey Skies

Hurricane Watch- Irene

Thanks for posting again, Martin! But why don't you have the red box on The Week Ahead indicating hurricane conditions? Are these not done on the IS2?

I also don't like how the Management Bulletin covers up part of the LDL.

[TWCToday]

Sorry those were broken earlier. People really getting worried here

Emergency Management Bulletin on my IS2. Don't think anyone has recorded one of these in the past

Hurricane Irene- Emergency Management Bulletin

Hurricane Watch Scroll under Smokey Skies

Hurricane Watch- Irene

Thanks for posting again, Martin! But why don't you have the red box on The Week Ahead indicating hurricane conditions? Are these not done on the IS2?

I also don't like how the Management Bulletin covers up part of the LDL.

Funny thing is those alerts were for the Outer Banks. No watch was issued for my area until afternoon. Shhh. Don't tell the STAR team. I like my extra alerts It was strange how the Hurricane Watch had no information in it.

[gt1racerlHDl]

as of the 5am Adv CT/MA/NY/RI is under a Hurricane Watch

5:00 AM EDT Fri Aug 26
Location: 29.3°N 77.2°W
Max sustained: 110 mph
Moving: N at 14 mph
Min pressure: 942 mb

[toxictwister00]

To be blunt, Hurricane Irene is really getting her ass kicked by the dry air on the SE coast and there's also inreasing shear on the NE side that's playing a factor in why she's been getting progressively worse than better. Not to mention not able to maintain a stable eye for very long, but that doesn't lessen the threat as far as flooding and wind damage goes because of how massive her wind field still is. There's already reports of tropical storm force winds and power outages in SC from extreme outer rain-bands brushing into the area.

EDIT: Notice how the eyewall collapses considerably in the last frames here


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-wv.html

[WeatherWitness]

11 AM Advisory - Irene now a CAT 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. Looks like the strength level will continue to drop before Irene makes a CAT 1 landfall east of NYC.

[stormymikala]

I'm recording Irene's live coverage. I miss the storm alert theme .

[Localonthe8s]

I'm recording Irene's live coverage. I miss the storm alert theme .

I do too. i guess they really did toss Storm Alert out for good.