Irene is now back over water per radar and satellite imagery…Irene is still moving North/Northeast…
The latest in Irene as of 8:00 PM
Hurricane Irene is located about 100 Miles South/Southwest of Ocean City Maryland
Sustained winds are 80 MPH
Irene is slowly moving North/Northeast at about 16 MPH…
Pressure reading is at 951 MB…
Irene may not be that strong of a hurricane, however this storm is big… Hurricane winds extend outwards up to 85 miles from the center….Also Tropical winds extend outward up to 290 miles…. So far there have been 9 related deaths that we are aware of from hurricane Irene.
9 related deaths to do hurricane Irene… 4 in NC, 3 in VA, 2 in FL.
2 million people without power throughout the Eastern Coast line.
So far 1 million people have been told to evacuate….300,000 we told to evacuate in NYC….Most of NYC has been shut down as of noon today.
VA and MD now getting pounded by hurricane Irene….Airports in MD have been shut down.
Mandatory evacuations for parts of VA,MD,DE,PA,NJ, and NY…..
The biggest threat from hurricane Irene will be major flooding from the storm surge and high tides, along with 10 to 14 inches of rain…..Even inland areas will see major flooding as heavy rainfall occurs….Some areas could see 6 to 12 inches of rain... We will also see damaging winds and some tornadoes will be possible.....
Below are radar grabs we have been getting throughout the day….Many more will come…We used our GRLEVEL2 radar as we can see the finer details compared to GRLEVEL 3 radar……
Some sat images....
