{"id":153,"date":"2011-08-25T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.kyweathercenter.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2011-08-25T16:09:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:09:12","slug":"hurricane-irene-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Irene Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon everyone. A line of showers and storms is working southward across central and eastern Kentucky this afternoon. This is ahead of a cold front slowly working across the region. Other than that… the weather looks fairly quiet for a few days as we focus our attention on Hurricane Irene.

I understand this is a site about Kentucky weather… but there are some national weather stories that are just too big and threatening not to cover. Hurricane Irene is just such a story as it blasts the east coast over the next several days.

This has the potential to be a historic storm that impacts areas that don’t normally get much for the tropics. Places like Norfolk, Dover, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York City are all in line for a major hit from this Hurricane.

Irene is a MASSIVE storm in terms of size. You can see that well on the sat shot…

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The latest forecast and information from the National Hurricane Center…

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The latest hurricane model forecasts look like this…

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Several of those are tightly clustered with a strike right on top of New York City. That hasn’t happened since back in the late 1800’s.

Lost in the shuffle in all this will be the hit North Carolina takes. A category 3 hurricane is going to slam the Outer Banks and other sections of the coastline.

It is interesting to note in all this that the European Model continues to be the farthest west with the path of Irene…



Can you imagine the devastation that would cause along the Virginia tidewater?

I will have a TON of tracking maps, cams and forecast models in the coming days, so be sure to check back. I won’t leave you hanging with the weather back here in Ky and will have updates on our weekend and beyond and if we get any impact from Irene.

Have a great Thursday and take care.<\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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