Replies to post #16224 on Hurricane Stocks (HSTOCKS)

[littlejohn]

18N x 65.5W...Irene may be at hurricane force soon below Puerto Rico as it is building strength rather quickly...Latest loops have tended to be more westerly which doesn't help them overnight...

eye forming in the visible image...
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/vis-l.jpg



Anyone who uses a mouse can hold down their Ctrl key and scroll their mouse to increase the size of the view in the link...LJ

[littlejohn]

Irene at 989 mb at 1 am ET...eastern Florida taking a licking to the residential power infrastructure as Irene nudges north along her Eastern coastline seems to be coming more into the long range guidance...

GFS projecting up to a cat 3 strength cane for the Carolinas is on the east side of center of the long range cone...

More time over open water baking under up to a 120 degree heat index isn't the best of possibilities to consider...LJ