Irene has woken up and is seeing clearly

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#21 Postby wxman57 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:21 pm

Yep, saw it forming at 9am. Here's a recent mcidas image:

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/irene103.gif
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#22 Postby wxwatcher91 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:22 pm

eh darn the eye has cooled off...

Irene probably hit a warm eddy... organized, then died lol
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#23 Postby djtil » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:24 pm

i think she has some SLEEP in her eye this afternoon.
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#24 Postby wxwatcher91 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:37 pm

gotta make this fast- big thunderstorm comin...

72kts reported at FL from recon!
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#25 Postby wxman57 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:57 pm

Here's a new eye picture. Still a bit cloudy, but getting more visible. Convection increasing around eye. I'm not sure if surface winds have hit 65 kts yet.

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/irene104.gif
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#26 Postby otowntiger » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:50 pm

djtil wrote:does anyone else audibly grown at every take on the "eye" cleverness when it comes to post subjects?

Yes. Well actually I groan, but I know what you mean!
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#27 Postby jkt21787 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:51 pm

FYI, NHC is keeping it as a TS on the 5pm advisory.
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#28 Postby wxwatcher91 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:58 pm

forecast to reach hurricane intensity tonight or tomorrow

...it had better lol

it hasnt reached the Gulf Stream yet

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#29 Postby deltadog03 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:06 pm

someone better be on our side if something gets into the gulf
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#30 Postby wxman57 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:39 pm

djtil wrote:does anyone else audibly grown at every take on the "eye" cleverness when it comes to post subjects?


Yes, EYE do! :-)
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#31 Postby Sanibel » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:01 pm

it hasnt reached the Gulf Stream yet




If you look at your SST map it shows Irene drawing inflow surrounded on three sides by the Gulf Stream. It's not just the center that needs to be over the Stream. The main inflow is from the Gulf Stream side on the SW...
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