Irene may have expanded the cane force winds further out at the expense of some inner core windspeed... Could be another attempted growth stage prior to landfall... Earlier forcast had cane force winds out to 90 miles... Latest forcast tested cane force winds out to 135 miles...keyword...East More affected may not be better at a little lower windspeed...LJ discussion... http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/262049.shtml latest sat view... http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/vis-l.jpg http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/vis-l.jpg