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Western Atlantic Tropical Summary - WATS UP with TS Irene, August 13, 2005
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Irene is on the verge of becoming a category 1 hurricane. The good news
is that Irene should not make landfall anywhere, and move out to sea.
Two upper level lows to the west and southwest of Irene will not
affect the path or strength of Irene.
The trough that has moved off the NE US coast will affect Irene's path.
There's a clockwise flow behind this trough that is moving eastward.
Irene will get caught up in this flow and begin gaining latitude. Once she
gets close to 40 degrees N, I expect she'll quickly accelerate out to sea.
Irene does look a bit ragged on imagery this morning, and may join
the "peaked at a 70MPH tropical storm" list for the 2005 season.
WATS UP with Irene - August 13, 2005
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