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Irene has now been upgraded to catagory 1 hurricane status with maximum sustained winds currently estimated at 80 mph within the eyewall. The system crossed Puerto Rico yesterday and last evening causing damage and powerloss to some 800,000 people. Despite the typically disruptive interaction with land and even some 4,000ft high peaks in Puerto Rico, the island is small enough and Irene strong and organised enough that there was literally no effect on Irene from the crossing of the island. Interestingly, once Irene cleared Puerto Rico overnight and interacted more with the very warm western Atlantic waters the system was upgraded to a 75mph hurricane by the National Hurricane Center and now currently 80mph with pressures continuing to fall.
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BREAKING NEWS: Mark Vogan Expects Landfall of Irene as a Catagory 3 or 4 Hurricane near Mrytle Beach, South Carolina possibly Friday night
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Irene now a Catagory 1 Hurricane, track shifts north of the islands, looking likely to be a Major Threat to US Coast sometime Friday
CURRENT STATUS
PRESSURE: 988 MB
MAX WINDS: 80 MPH
MAX GUSTS: 100 MPH
DIRECTION: WNW 13 MPH
Irene has now been upgraded to catagory 1 hurricane status with maximum sustained winds currently estimated at 80 mph within the eyewall. The system crossed Puerto Rico yesterday and last evening causing damage and powerloss to some 800,000 people. Despite the typically disruptive interaction with land and even some 4,000ft high peaks in Puerto Rico, the island is small enough and Irene strong and organised enough that there was literally no effect on Irene from the crossing of the island. Interestingly, once Irene cleared Puerto Rico overnight and interacted more with the very warm western Atlantic waters the system was upgraded to a 75mph hurricane by the National Hurricane Center and now currently 80mph with pressures continuing to fall.Next in line is Hispaniola and it’s potentially 12,000 foot peaks. This next 12 to 24 hour period is CRITICAL for US concerns as this system will either slide more westwards and therefore interact with land more and thus I would strongly believe this system would then return to tropical storm status, decay enough that it would be much less of a problem for the US, since it would likely have Cuba’s jagged landmass following the battering of Hispaniola, however, a slight turn to the west, northwest would mean less land interaction and the core would remain NORTH of the mountains of Hispaniola. If that occurs, then not only would this storm miss disruption in it’s structure but it would enter waters even warmer than now, the overall atmospheric environment would be more than conducive for rapid intensification as it slides off to the west, northwest just north of these islands. If this is the case then it would make Irene a real threat for a Major landfalling Hurricane sometime probably Friday on the Southeast US coast. Where exactly, well that’s real tough to say this far out but a lot of models suggest, near the Georgia-South Carolina border. My belief is a possible turn towards the north in the final 12 hours prior to a landfall and this may make Myrtle Beach, SC a viable prospect for landfall.
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TODAY’S US EXTREMES
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HIGH: 115° at Gila Bend, AZ
LOW: 28° at Bodie State Park, CA
TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
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HIGH: 75° (23.8°C) at Cambridge Niab (Cambridgeshire)
LOW: 38° (3.5°C) at Katesbridge (Co Down)
TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE
HIGH: 64°
LOW: 47°
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-Mark
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