Hurricane Irene Closes In On NYC Metro Area After Swamping NC With 12+ Inches of Rain

It's time to settle in and watch the weather come in to the NYC metro area. I've gone and cleared out the roof valleys, secured the grill and lawn chairs, and cleared items off the basement floor (just in case). In fact, everything is just in case of a worst case scenario.

Irene is still a mean bitch, and she's got a bite to her. The storm surge is a big concern, as is the tremendous rain she's likely to put down.








The storm is a slow moving giant, which means it's got the potential to drop flooding rains and with even moderate winds, power outages are all but likely.

BULLETIN
HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 29A...CORRECTED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011l
200 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

CORRECTED FORWARD SPEED IN THE SUMMARY SECTION

...IRENE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...


SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...35.5N 76.3W
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM WNW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM S OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.05 INCHES