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Hurricane Irene pounds Puerto Rico, heads for Hispaniola

Posted by: Dr. Jeff Masters, 2:40 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011

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Hurricane Irene strengthened into the season's first Atlantic hurricane at 5am EDT this morning as the eye moved over San Juan, Puerto Rico, and crossed into the ocean just north of the island. Overnight, Irene held its own as the eye passed over the most mountainous portion of Puerto Rico, the El Yunque region. Winds in the higher mountains likely reached Category 2 strength, 96 - 110 mph, according to measurements from the San Juan Terminal Doppler Radar, and the hurricane pounded the island with damaging winds and flooding rains, resulting in widespread tree damage and power failures that hit 800,000 people. The San Juan Airport recorded top winds of 41 mph, gusting to 55 mph, and 2.87" of rain, as of 9am AST. Tropical storm conditions affected the Virgin Islands, with St. Thomas recording sustained winds of 40 mph, gusting to 67 mph, and 4.03" of rain as of 6am AST today. At 7am EDT, the ship Horizon Trader measured sustained northeast winds of 69 mph and wave heights of 11.5 feet at 19°N, in the northern eyewall of Irene. Latest observations from an Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that Irene is slowly intensifying, with a central pressure of 989 mb observed at 9:42am EDT. The eyewall is not fully formed yet, with a gap on the south side. This gap will need to close off before the hurricane can undergo rapid intensification.

Figure 1. A direct hit: the center of Hurricane Irene passed directly over the Terminal Doppler Radar at San Juan, Puerto Rico between 4am and 5am AST this morning.

Track forecast for Irene
The computer models show good agreement that Irene will pass along the north coast of Hispaniola today, but just a slight wobble in Irene's track to take it farther offshore--or push it onshore, over the mountains--will have major impacts on the ultimate path and strength of the hurricane. A trough of low pressure is expected to move across the Eastern U.S. on Wednesday and Thursday, turning Irene more to the northwest by Wednesday. The timing and strength of this trough varies considerably from model to model, and will be critical in determining where and when Irene will turn to the north. Irene's strength will also matter--a stronger Irene is more likely to turn northward earlier. The most popular solution among the models is to take Irene to the northwest through the Bahamas on Wednesday and Thursday, then into the Southeast U.S. coast in South Carolina or North Carolina on Saturday. Irene would then travel up the mid-Atlantic coast, arriving near Long Island, New York on Monday morning as a strong tropical storm or Category 1 hurricane. One of the models proposing this solution is our best model, the ECMWF. However, we have two other of our very good models suggesting a landfall near Miami on Thursday night is likely (the GFDL and UKMET models.) NHC forecaster Stacy Stewart gave some good reasons in this morning's discussion to favor a track close to the east coast of Florida, but just offshore. Last years' worst performing major the model, the NOGAPS, predicts that Irene will pass out to sea, missing the Southeast U.S. coast. Keep in mind that the average error of a 4-day forecast from NHC is 200 miles, and just a small deviation in the path of a storm moving roughly parallel to the coast will make a huge difference in where it ultimately makes landfall. The NOAA jet will be flying its first dropsonde mission into Irene today, which should result in a more reliable set of model runs first thing Tuesday morning.

Intensity forecast for Irene
Irene is embedded in a large envelope of moisture now, and wind shear is expected to remain low, 5 - 10 knots, for the next five days. With water temperatures very warm, 29 - 30°C, these conditions should allow for intensification except when land is interfering. Satellite loops show that Irene is steadily growing in size, which will protect the storm against major disruption by its passage along the north shore of Hispaniola today. The storm is lacking much development on its southwest side, where dry air is interfering with development. This dry air may help keep southern portions of the Dominican Republic and Haiti from receiving more than 3 - 6 inches of rain. There is at least a 30% chance that passage of the eye over Hispaniola will reduce Irene to a tropical storm tonight and into Tuesday. Due to Hispaniola blocking inflow of moist air from the south, Irene will likely compensate by building an even larger region of heavy thunderstorms to the north, offshore. Thus, when Irene's center finally moves well away from the coast on Tuesday, it will be a bigger storm, with the potential to spread hurricane conditions over a wider area later in the week when it intensifies. One limiting factor for intensification may be in the upper-level outflow pattern. The hurricane is lifting a huge amount of air from the surface to the upper atmosphere, and all that mass has to be efficiently transported away in order for the hurricane to intensify. Right now, upper level outflow is only well-established to the north and east, and the forecast outflow pattern for the coming five days is only moderately favorable. Overall, I think the official NHC forecast of a Category 3 hurricane by Thursday is the right one, though Irene could easily be a Category 2 or Category 4 storm.

Irene's impact on the Dominican Republic
Heavy rains from Irene have already reached the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic, where Punta Cana has seen wind gusts up to 29 mph this morning. The northeast coast of the country near Samana will receive the worst of Irene's wrath, with sustained winds of 50 - 70 mph and gusts above hurricane force likely to cause widespread tree damage and power outages today. Passage along the coast of the island may weaken Irene to a tropical storm by Tuesday morning, and wind damage in Puerto Plata may be less severe than at Samana. The capital of Santo Domingo will see lesser winds, perhaps 30 - 50 mph, with gusts to 60 mph. The main danger to the Dominican Republic will be Irene's torrential rains, which are likely to reach 20 inches in some mountainous regions, causing dangerous flash floods and mudslides.

Irene's impact on Haiti
No nation in the Caribbean is more vulnerable to hurricanes than Haiti, whose northern reaches are expected to receive torrential rains of 5 - 10 inches from Irene. During the 2008 hurricane season, four storms--Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike--dumped heavy rains on Haiti, leaving over 1,000 people dead or missing. The path and intensity of Hurricane Irene are very similar to that of Hurricane Jeanne of 2004, which dumped 13 inches of rains on the nation's northern mountains. The rugged hillsides, stripped bare of 98% of their forest cover thanks to deforestation, let flood waters rampage into large areas of the country, killing over 3000 people, mostly in the town of Gonaives, the nation's 4th largest city. Jeanne ranks as the 12th deadliest hurricane of all time on the list of the 30 most deadly Atlantic hurricanes, and Irene's rains are capable of causing a similar disaster. During 2004 and again this year, ocean temperatures off the coast of Haiti were 1 - 1.5°C above average, one of the top five values seen in the past 100 years. Since more water vapor evaporates into the air from record warm waters, the potential for devastating floods from hurricanes is much higher in these situations. However, satellite images of Jeanne show the storm had much more moisture on its south side when it hit Hispaniola than Irene currently has, so I am hopeful that Irene's rains will not be as intense as Jeanne's were.

Figure 2. Track of Hurricane Jeanne of 2004, which followed a path very similar to what is expected from Hurricane Irene along the north coast of Hispaniola. Irene is not going to do a big loop like Jeanne did, though.

As bad as the hurricanes of 2004 and 2008 were, the January 2010 earthquake was far worse. Up to 316,000 may have been killed, and the capital city of Port-Au-Prince was devastated, leaving over 1.5 million people living under tarps during the 2010 hurricane season. Fortunately, Hurricane Tomas missed making a direct hit on Haiti, and Haiti escaped major loss of life during the 2010 hurricane season. This year, approximately 595,000 Haitians still live underneath tarps outdoors thanks to the earthquake, and these unfortunate people will be at risk of being swept away by flash flooding from Irene's torrential rains. However, Port-Au-Prince lies to the south of where Irene's main rains will fall, and I doubt the earthquake refugee camps will suffer from a major flooding disaster.

Figure 3. Hospital admissions (black bars) and death rate in percent (red line) for Haiti's cholera epidemic of 2010 - 2011. The cholera epidemic surged out of control after Hurricane Tomas dumped heavy rains on Haiti on November 4, 2010, with hospitalizations increasing by a factor of three for over a month. Over 3% of all people who contracted cholera died after Tomas' rains. However, sanitation and medical care improved in the following months, and the death rate fell by a factor of five to 0.7% by the summer of 2011. Another surge in cholera cases occurred in June 2011, doubling after heavy rainy season rains occurred. Cholera deaths doubled during the surge, but the death rate remained constant at 0.7%. Image credit: Pan American Health Organization.

Another danger is that Irene's rains will worsen the cholera epidemic that surfaced after the earthquake. Cholera is a water-borne disease, and spreads readily after heavy rains. As of August 12, 2011, the 2010 - 2011 cholera epidemic had infected 419,000 Haitians, killing 5,968. After Hurricane Tomas passed on November 5, 2010, cholera cases exploded, with hospital admissions more than tripling for over a month. Similarly, heavy rains in June 2011 during the country's usual rainy season caused doubled cholera cases and deaths for several weeks. We can expect that Irene's rains will cause at least a doubling of cholera cases for a month or more. This will lead to several hundred additional cholera deaths, given the disease's 0.7% mortality rate this summer in Haiti (during June and July 2011, 95,212 cases were reported, with 626 deaths.) An increase in cholera deaths due to Irene's rains is also a concern in the Dominican Republic, where cholera has sickened 14,000 people and killed 92 as of the end of July.

Organizations Active in Haitian Relief Efforts:
Portlight disaster relief
Lambi Fund of Haiti
Haiti Hope Fund
Catholic Relief Services of Haiti

Links
For those of you wanting to know your odds of receiving hurricane force or tropical storm force winds, I recommend the NHC wind probability product.

Wunderground has detailed storm surge maps for the U.S. coast.

See my 2010 post, Haiti's tragic hurricane history.

An exceptionally active of hurricane season
Hurricane season is only one-third over, and we've already had almost a full years' activity already. Tropical Storm Irene is the 9th named storm this year, and an average season has just 10 - 11 named storms. Irene's formation date of August 20 ties 2011 with 1936 as the 2nd earliest date for formation of the season's 9th storm. Only 2005 was more active this early. However, the first eight storms of the year have done far less damage than is typical. All eight storms stayed below hurricane strength, making 2011 the first hurricane season since record keeping began in 1851 to have more than six consecutive tropical storms that did not reach hurricane strength. As I discussed in Friday's post, a major reason for this is the lack of vertical instability over the tropical Atlantic so far this year. We've had a large amount of dry, sinking air over the tropical Atlantic, and the usual amount of dry, dusty air from the Sahara, both helping to keep the atmosphere stable and stop this year's storms from intensifying into hurricanes. Hurricane activity typically ramps up big-time by August 20, with more than 80% of all the hurricanes and 65% of all the tropical storms occurring after that date. At our current pace, 2011 will become the second busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record, with 24 - 27 named storms. There are only 21 names in the list of names for a hurricane season, so we may have to break out the Greek alphabet again in late October this year, as occurred in 2005. Ironically, this was the last time the current set of names was used in the Atlantic, so 16 of this year's 21 names are repeats of 2005. I'm not too happy about seeing another hurricane season challenge the Hurricane Season of 2005 in any way, and let's hope we don't retire another five names this year, like occurred in 2005! With vertical instability much lower this year than in 2005, and that year having already seen one storm (Dennis) retired by this point in the season, I doubt that will happen, though.

Figure 4. The annual cycle of average hurricane frequency in the Atlantic. Historically, about 35% of all the tropical storms and 15% of all the hurricanes will have occurred by August 20.

Which model should you trust?
Wunderground provides a web page with computer model forecasts for many of the best-performing models used to predict hurricane tracks. So which is the best? Well, the best forecasts are made by combining the forecasts from three or more models into a "consensus" forecast. Over the past decade, NHC has greatly improved their forecasts by relying on consensus forecast models made using various combinations of the GFS, GFDL, NOGAPS, UKMET, HWRF, and ECMWF models. If you average together the track forecasts from these models, the NHC official forecast will rarely depart much from it, and the NHC forecast has been hard to beat over the past few years. The single best-performing model over the past two years has been the ECMWF (European Center model). This model out-performed the official NHC forecast in 2010 for 1-day, 2-day, 3-day and 4-day forecasts, and in 2009 for 4-day and 5-day forecasts. You can view ECMWF forecasts on our wundermap with the model layer turned on. The European Center does not permit public display of tropical storm positions from their hurricane tracking module of their model, so we are unable to put ECMWF forecasts on our computer model forecast page that plots positions from the other major models. As seen in Figure 5, over the past two years, the GFS and GFDL model have been the next best models, with the UKMET model not far behind. Last year, the NOGAPS model did very poorly, forcing NHC to come up with some new consensus models this year, the TCOA and TVCA, that do not include the NOGAPS model. For those interested in learning more about the models, NOAA has a great training video (updated for 2011.)

Figure 5. Skill of computer model forecasts of Atlantic named storms 2010. OFCL=Official NHC forecast; GFS=Global Forecast System model; GFDL=Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory model; HWRF=Hurricane Weather Research Forecasting model; NOGAPS=Navy Operational Global Prediction System model; UKMET=United Kingdom Met Office model; ECMWF=European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting model; TVCN=one of the consensus models that lends together all (or most) of the above models. Image credit: National Hurricane Center 2010 verification report.

Next post
There will be 2 - 3 posts per day in my blog this week during Irene, with Angela Fritz and Rob Carver doing some of the afternoon and evening posts.

Jeff Masters

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1551. Tazmanian 8:09 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
has it stalled? Member Since: Mayo 21, 2006 Posts: 5088 Comments: 111361

1552. caneswatch 8:10 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting gregcowd: I live in South Florida(West Palm Beach. I fly out for a business trip on Wednesday morning. Do I need to put up my shutters or should my house be safe from Irene? Quoting YouCaneDoIt: Too early to make that call. Wait until Wed He's gotta do it now or never. If you are leaving Wednesday morning, it's wise to put them up. I was watching the news at noon, and they said if you are leaving out of town the next couple of days, it's ok to put them up. If not, just wait to do so. Member Since: Octubre 8, 2008 Posts: 14 Comments: 4473

1553. Hurricanes12 8:10 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting obxnagshead: What do you think the cone will do at 5pm? We are on the OBX, Nags Head. Starting to worry... The NHC has tried not to change the cone dramatically because of the margin of error that the models have portrayed. I think that when the NOAA plane heads out to sample the atmosphere, we should definitely have a better idea as to where Irene is heading. Member Since: Junio 21, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 528

1554. air360 8:10 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting GBguy88: I'd venture a guess that he'll pop up in Morehead City or Kill Devil Hills...those seem to be his cities of choice for NC hurricanes. HA he just tweeted that he had no idea where his assignment would be and I tweeted back saying most likely Morehead/Atlantic Beach. Seems I'm not the only one who notices that they send him here often for NC storms. Member Since: Octubre 13, 2002 Posts: 0 Comments: 141

1555. MississippiWx 8:10 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Out for a few hours. Back later. Member Since: Julio 15, 2006 Posts: 14 Comments: 8651

1556. presslord 8:10 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting Drakoen: I wonder if the parabolic shape and topography of Hispaniola is actually helping Irene, for the time being. sometimes my man Drak needs a translator...I'm here to serve parabolicLink topographyLink Member Since: Agosto 13, 2007 Posts: 0 Comments: 10377

1557. IpswichWeatherCenter 8:11 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting HadesGodWyvern: 19:45:00 PM UTC 19.6N 68.1W Dvorak: T4.1 986.8 hPa Weakening Flag: OFF Rapid Weakening Flag: OFF -- no weakening flag from this information.. Where from? Member Since: Abril 27, 2008 Posts: 29 Comments: 2097

1558. Thrawst 8:11 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Guys... we are already preparing here. About 48 hours from the fringes and 60 hours from impact. Nassau gon' get it. Member Since: Julio 18, 2010 Posts: 49 Comments: 1067

1559. DFWjc 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting YouCaneDoIt: Too early to make that call. Wait until Wed so he should delay his flight to put up his storm windows on the day he leaves...LOL i'd put them up tuesday anyway... Member Since: Julio 19, 2011 Posts: 1 Comments: 967

1560. obxnagshead 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting Hurricanes12: The NHC has tried not to change the cone dramatically because of the margin of error that the models have portrayed. I think that when the NOAA plane heads out to sample the atmosphere, we should definitely have a better idea as to where Irene is heading. Thanks for the info. I will be checking the 5pm cone for sure!! Member Since: Agosto 24, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 53

1562. Drakoen 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting presslord: sometimes my man Drak needs a translator...I'm here to serve parabolicLink topographyLink lol Member Since: Octubre 28, 2006 Posts: 57 Comments: 29010

1563. ProgressivePulse 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting gregcowd: I live in South Florida(West Palm Beach. I fly out for a business trip on Wednesday morning. Do I need to put up my shutters or should my house be safe from Irene? you should be able to make a sound decision with tomorrow's 11am update. I am in Jupiter and when I will be making mine. Today? Not so much. Member Since: Agosto 19, 2005 Posts: 5 Comments: 4333

1564. GeoffreyWPB 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Member Since: Septiembre 10, 2007 Posts: 0 Comments: 9127

1565. TampaSpin 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting mcluvincane: With that being said, this storm will have a hard time not to interact with the state of NC as she sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean NO Question that would be the Case unless she becomes a much larger Storm which might make the hook a little sharper......but, i don't think the turn would be that great even with a CAT 5.....This has a Possible HUGO storm all over it. Member Since: Septiembre 2, 2007 Posts: 175 Comments: 19747

1567. HadesGodWyvern 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting IpswichWeatherCenter: Where from? IRENE Member Since: Mayo 24, 2006 Posts: 43 Comments: 36691

1568. petewxwatcher 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Yesterday evening the blog comments were so fast I didn't even try. Will be in warp speed after people get home from school and work I bet. Member Since: Marzo 24, 2011 Posts: 3 Comments: 392

1569. ChrisDcat5Storm 8:12 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
looks like s stall to me Member Since: Mayo 18, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 167

1570. Seflhurricane 8:13 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
If the current track holds tropical storm watches would be required for se Florida since the wind field is large the only way south florida would not see anything is if Irene goes to the east of the bahamas Member Since: Julio 14, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 2898

1571. charlottefl 8:13 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting sarahjola: can someone please post this chart? tia! Quoting USAFwxguy: Went back through to check and nobody covered the CIMMS update. Notice at low levels that the trough is seen lifting out and the ATL ridge is nosing toward the west, to the north of Irene: -3hr Current: Also of note is the TX high eastern periphery weakening. 3 HRS AGO: CURRENT: Not sure why that isn't workin... Member Since: Diciembre 18, 2006 Posts: 7 Comments: 2672

1572. WeatherNerdPR 8:13 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Member Since: Julio 7, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 5464

1573. watchdog40 8:13 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
I am not sure how everyone is so sure on where the storm is going and discounting the gom so quickly when the storm is so far awy? Just asking. I live in the Panahndle and don't want to be caught off guard. Member Since: Agosto 30, 2006 Posts: 0 Comments: 42

1574. snotly 8:13 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
when you start to see the 'buzz-saw' upper level outflow from the convection.... not a good thing, deepening low pressure over the CDO. Member Since: Agosto 27, 2005 Posts: 0 Comments: 668

1575. Seflhurricane 8:14 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting Drakoen: lol Drak does it look like the nhc is going to shift the track east again Member Since: Julio 14, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 2898

1576. gregcowd 8:15 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
When do you think either tropical storm/hurricane watches or warnings will be issued for South Florida, if even at all? Member Since: Noviembre 1, 2007 Posts: 0 Comments: 12

1577. Tazmanian 8:15 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
guys i think the storm has stall or moveing vary slow Member Since: Mayo 21, 2006 Posts: 5088 Comments: 111361

1578. weatherguy03 8:15 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting obxnagshead: What do you think the cone will do at 5pm? We are on the OBX, Nags Head. Starting to worry... A slight shift East. Member Since: Julio 5, 2005 Posts: 581 Comments: 29680

1579. TampaSpin 8:15 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting presslord: sometimes my man Drak needs a translator...I'm here to serve parabolicLink topographyLink Is it OK to say the Carolina's might have a Problem coming?? Member Since: Septiembre 2, 2007 Posts: 175 Comments: 19747

1581. TropicalAnalystwx13 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting WeatherNerdPR: How'd it go? Member Since: Julio 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25360

1582. wpb 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting Seflhurricane: If the current track holds tropical storm watches would be required for se Florida since the wind field is large the only way south florida would not see anything is if Irene goes to the east of the bahamas on tuesday? Member Since: Mayo 28, 2011 Posts: 0 Comments: 488

1583. RitaEvac 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting FLdewey: Last year it was grandMas now its grandPas. The gullible factor of this blog is crazy. I see Irene continues to become more impressive. lol, I doubt an old man would be on this blog period, adding his own picture and everything...give me a break... Member Since: Julio 14, 2008 Posts: 1 Comments: 8912

1584. 7544 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting ChrisDcat5Storm: looks like s stall to me yeap agree now what do we wait for the high to pusg her west or the trof to turn here nnw take your pick Member Since: Mayo 6, 2007 Posts: 0 Comments: 5925

1585. ecflweatherfan 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting ChrisDcat5Storm: looks like s stall to me No. You can actually still see it on the long range radar loop out of San Juan, PR... moving WNW, slightly slower than earlier, but still moving, 10-15kt Member Since: Marzo 19, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 947

1586. Tazmanian 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
with this stalling sooner then forcast look for the mode runs too turn back W Member Since: Mayo 21, 2006 Posts: 5088 Comments: 111361

1587. marknmelb 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting gregcowd: I live in South Florida(West Palm Beach. I fly out for a business trip on Wednesday morning. Do I need to put up my shutters or should my house be safe from Irene? Leave them off. What's your address. I'll come by and loot, I mean check on your place. Seriously If you are leaving on Wednesday I'd put your shutters up just to be safe. Member Since: Julio 17, 2006 Posts: 0 Comments: 392

1588. Bluestorm5 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting Grandpato4: If he is headed to Atlantic Beach then we are probably going to get lucky. Isn't Cantori normally the one that misses the storm? Other way. When Jim Cantore goes to a place, he is known to scare people away from the area because when he's there... something bad happens. Anyway, he might go to Wilmington this time because this is unlikely it'll curve to the Banks and shave it again as usual. This is HAZEL all over again... Member Since: Agosto 1, 2011 Posts: 8 Comments: 3705

1589. weaverwxman 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Gregcowd definately tomorrow by 5 if they still think it is a threat Member Since: Noviembre 17, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 332

1590. IpswichWeatherCenter 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting HadesGodWyvern: IRENE Ah ok, thanks! Member Since: Abril 27, 2008 Posts: 29 Comments: 2097

1591. ProgressivePulse 8:16 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting gregcowd: When do you think either tropical storm/hurricane watches or warnings will be issued for South Florida, if even at all? Tomorrow. Member Since: Agosto 19, 2005 Posts: 5 Comments: 4333

1592. TampaSpin 8:17 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
If PressLord would re-emerge into a dress......it might scare the hell out Irene and send her Packing.......ROFLMAO Member Since: Septiembre 2, 2007 Posts: 175 Comments: 19747

1593. Seflhurricane 8:17 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting gregcowd: When do you think either tropical storm/hurricane watches or warnings will be issued for South Florida, if even at all? Very likely ts watches tomorrow Member Since: Julio 14, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 2898

1594. whepton3 8:17 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting gregcowd: When do you think either tropical storm/hurricane watches or warnings will be issued for South Florida, if even at all? Currently the forecast for S. FL is tropical storm conditions possible Wed Night-Thurs. If they're gonna do it, and if they feel it's necessary, they'll do it in the next day or so. Member Since: Julio 19, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 637

1595. WeatherNerdPR 8:18 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting TropicalAnalystwx13: How'd it go? Horrible, and still don't have power. Thank god for power generators. Member Since: Julio 7, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 5464

1596. Drakoen 8:18 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
Quoting Seflhurricane: Drak does it look like the nhc is going to shift the track east again Slight shift east. Much of Florida should still be in the coast. Perhaps western Florida will be out of the cone. Member Since: Octubre 28, 2006 Posts: 57 Comments: 29010

1599. duajones78413 8:18 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
How likely is it that Irene does end up curving out to sea? Member Since: Agosto 30, 2008 Posts: 0 Comments: 276

1600. Bluestorm5 8:18 PM GMT en Agosto 22, 2011
I may have to buy shutters at this rate... people building house near me will leave debris all over the place. Member Since: Agosto 1, 2011 Posts: 8 Comments: 3705

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