ATL: IRENE - Remnants - Discussion

[expat2carib]

Why are some of the reporters on CNN standing in the "middle" of the sea?

[CrazyC83]

All that rain...likely headed my way.

[wlfpack81]

I've been monitoring the Dominion Power site through the day. About 63% of their customers in the Richmond/Tri Cities area without power right now. Just gives you an idea of the expansive size of this storm. Goes to show that a wet ground via heavy rain combined with winds in the 30-40 mph range can cause havoc when it comes to power outages. Will be interesting to see the outage numbers as Irene continues to track towards the NE.

[ncweatherwizard]

Interesting. Sudduth and Watkins are at Whalebone Junction right now, but WAVY-TV 10 is reporting that a power line at Whalebone Junction is preventing any traffic from getting to Manteo from the OBX.

[CrazyC83]

I've been monitoring the Dominion Power site through the day. About 63% of their customers in the Richmond/Tri Cities area without power right now. Just gives you an idea of the expansive size of this storm. Goes to show that a wet ground via heavy rain combined with winds in the 30-40 mph range can cause havoc when it comes to power outages. Will be interesting to see the outage numbers as Irene continues to track towards the NE.

I'm expecting winds gusting 45 or so, so if I get the rain, I can expect power outages myself?

[tolakram]

30 frame live visible loop. Speed up for full effect.

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ge ... mframes=30

[wx247]

Why are some of the reporters on CNN standing in the "middle" of the sea?

Maybe they want to become a statistic? I am so glad that sites like S2K exist so we can get the information we need without the hype. It's become all about ratings to them.

Also, Irene seems to really be dumping the rain!! The inland flooding reports are going to be pretty significant, too.

[tolakram]

Latest Visible

[CrazyC83]

If this comes to me, it will be the first time in my life I experience a true tropical cyclone.

[Jevo]

It's not That the wind is blowing... it's What the wind is blowing" -Ron White

In this case the wind is blowing water... and a bunch of it.. I think NYC was on the money closing up the city...

[CronkPSU]

am i the only one who would say that it looks better on visual now than it did 24 hours ago?

[tolakram]

Live visible loop, Irene and that pesky 91L

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ge ... mframes=30

[tolakram]

From a little earlier today.

Irene and 91L

[tolakram]

South Carolina coast, nearing NC border.

000
URNT15 KNHC 272215
AF304 3409A IRENE HDOB 13 20110827
220530 3255N 08001W 3761 07971 0355 -200 -254 323015 015 /// /// 03
220600 3256N 07959W 3759 07975 0355 -200 -254 323013 014 /// /// 03
220630 3258N 07957W 3759 07975 0355 -200 -255 320013 014 /// /// 03
220700 3259N 07954W 3758 07977 0355 -202 -256 316013 013 /// /// 03
220730 3301N 07952W 3758 07976 0356 -201 -256 315014 014 /// /// 03
220800 3302N 07950W 3759 07974 0355 -202 -254 313014 015 /// /// 03
220830 3304N 07948W 3758 07976 0354 -202 -252 314016 016 /// /// 03
220900 3305N 07946W 3759 07973 0354 -204 -249 314015 016 /// /// 03
220930 3307N 07943W 3759 07973 0353 -205 -248 314017 017 /// /// 03
221000 3308N 07941W 3759 07974 0353 -206 -246 318019 019 /// /// 03
221030 3310N 07939W 3758 07974 0351 -205 -243 319020 021 /// /// 03
221100 3311N 07937W 3761 07968 0351 -205 -240 325020 021 /// /// 03
221130 3313N 07935W 3758 07973 0350 -209 -238 324022 022 /// /// 03
221200 3314N 07933W 3758 07970 0349 -205 -235 325021 022 /// /// 03
221230 3316N 07930W 3758 07969 0348 -205 -234 322020 021 /// /// 03
221300 3317N 07928W 3761 07965 0347 -205 -233 324021 021 /// /// 03
221330 3319N 07926W 3758 07968 0346 -209 -232 323021 022 /// /// 03
221400 3320N 07924W 3765 07955 0346 -207 -232 326022 023 /// /// 03
221430 3321N 07922W 3757 07970 0347 -210 -233 328021 021 /// /// 03
221500 3323N 07920W 3758 07967 0345 -208 -232 329021 022 /// /// 03
$$
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[WeatherGuesser]

Why are some of the reporters on CNN standing in the "middle" of the sea?

First comment from the Governor during his following interview was to tell him to "get the hell out of the water". I don't think he was joking either.


Chad Myers made an interesting comment though about how winds could be increased at street level in Manhattan due to the wind tunnel effect between the buildings.

[WxGuy1]

Latest surface wind analysis from HRD:


So, it looks like the low Cat 1 winds are confined to areas over the water. True hurricane-force winds likely occurred in a few areas of NC between surface observation sites, but certainly the areas that saw hurricane-strength winds were quite limited based on the very limited number of measured observations at the surface showing >64 kt sustained winds thus far today. For the most part, I wouldn't expect many more maybe one or two measured reports of hurricane-strength winds (again, sustained >64 kt, not just gusts >64 kt) associated with Irene. Duck Pier's maximum sustained wind has been ~58 kts, with a max gust of ~69 kts. See here for those obs. Of course, a 45 kt sustained winds gusting to 60 kts is nothing to sneeze at, and it's still plenty to bring down trees or blow you around, it's just not enough to cause widespread significant structural failures (houses with roofs and outer walls blown down, etc.). Most of the land observations in NC and VA are currently below tropical storm strength, though I see a few observations with 35-40 kt sustained winds.

As is common, the left / west side of this storm has considerably weaker winds than the right / east side, aided in part by frictional effects over land helping to reduce wind speeds. Considering the warming cloud tops on IR, along with the fact that Irene will soon be tracking over <26 C water, I would expect continued weakening. The minimum pressure has held pretty steady since overnight around 950 mb (+/- 1-2 mb), perhaps as a result of some nice divergence aloft associated with a jet stream to the N of Irene and a trough to its northwest.

Copious amounts of rain continue to fall largely W and N of Irene's center. Inland flooding is a very real concern -- remember that, in many storms, inland flooding kills more people than the winds!

[hipshot]

Live visible loop, Irene and that pesky 91L

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ge ... mframes=30

I didn't see 91L but it sure keeps marching this way!

[ROCK]

Why are some of the reporters on CNN standing in the "middle" of the sea?

First comment from the Governor during his following interview was to tell him to "get the hell out of the water". I don't think he was joking either.


Chad Myers made an interesting comment though about how winds could be increased at street level in Manhattan due to the wind tunnel effect between the buildings.

I have been saying this for about 10 pages ago....the tunnel effect is going to blow out glass...you have one glass go then all those little projectiles blow out more and so on....plywood is going be at a premimum was well as glass. I know for a fact that there are not that many glass manufacturers for hi-rise applications in the country...hopefully the building took precautions. once the storm gets inside a building damage will be incomprehensible.

[HenkL]

000
URNT15 KNHC 272225
AF304 3409A IRENE HDOB 14 20110827
221530 3324N 07917W 3759 07963 0345 -205 -231 325022 023 /// /// 03
221600 3326N 07915W 3759 07964 0345 -203 -230 324023 024 /// /// 03
221630 3327N 07913W 3758 07968 0344 -200 -229 323024 024 /// /// 03
221700 3329N 07911W 3758 07966 0344 -199 -230 322025 025 /// /// 03
221730 3330N 07909W 3762 07957 0342 -194 -232 324026 027 /// /// 03
221800 3332N 07907W 3758 07966 0342 -194 -236 326027 028 /// /// 03
221830 3333N 07904W 3759 07961 0341 -195 -240 326026 026 /// /// 03
221900 3335N 07902W 3759 07960 0340 -194 -245 325027 027 /// /// 03
221930 3336N 07900W 3757 07964 0340 -190 -250 323027 028 /// /// 03
222000 3338N 07858W 3761 07955 0339 -190 -254 323029 029 /// /// 03
222030 3339N 07856W 3760 07957 0338 -190 -258 321029 030 /// /// 03
222100 3341N 07854W 3755 07964 0336 -188 -262 318030 030 /// /// 03
222130 3342N 07851W 3761 07952 0336 -185 -264 315030 030 /// /// 03
222200 3344N 07849W 3759 07954 0334 -185 -264 311029 029 /// /// 03
222230 3345N 07847W 3759 07954 0334 -185 -261 309028 029 /// /// 03
222300 3347N 07845W 3759 07952 0333 -185 -254 308028 029 /// /// 03
222330 3348N 07842W 3759 07952 0333 -185 -246 306029 029 /// /// 03
222400 3350N 07840W 3762 07946 0332 -184 -245 304028 029 /// /// 33
222430 3351N 07838W 3760 07950 0331 -181 -236 301027 027 /// /// 03
222500 3353N 07836W 3757 07954 0331 -180 -231 298027 027 /// /// 03

[HenkL]

I will do HDOB for a while.