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NJ Saltwater Fisherman => Weather and Hurricane Info => Topic started by: Reckless on August 27, 2011, 04:58:40 AM

Title: Irene getting weaker
Post by: Reckless on August 27, 2011, 04:58:40 AM
Wind down to 90 mph.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26295161/ns/weather/#.TlbB1GX5mSp

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the enormous storm's top sustained winds slipped to 90 mph early Saturday from 100 mph overnight but warned Irene would remain a hurricane as it moves up the mid-Atlantic coast.
Title: Re: Irene getting weaker
Post by: SurfJockey on August 27, 2011, 08:10:52 AM
She should still do some damage at that speed.  Only thing we can do is wait it out, and be ready for whatever.  Be safe everyone!
Title: Re: Irene getting weaker
Post by: Offshore Madness on August 27, 2011, 12:38:32 PM
Ive been watching and listening to reports.

 It seems "Irene" likes the catagory 1 status. She has been a 1 for a while now and theres no sigh of her  breaking up or getting any weaker then a one.

 sustained winds of 85 mph gusts to 100 are her normal.

When the winds reach that speed 10 mph wont make any differance at all.
Title: Re: Irene getting weaker
Post by: SurfJockey on August 27, 2011, 03:49:47 PM
The worst is that we will be subject to those winds for about 8 hours.  She's a slow mover.
Title: Re: Irene getting weaker
Post by: The Broken One on August 27, 2011, 04:19:14 PM
The worst is that we will be subject to those winds for about 8 hours.  She's a slow mover.

exactly.... cat 1 but the pressure is still mad low which keeps it a STRONG cat 1