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Hurricane Irene: Just another good surfing day on Lake Superior

The hype over Hurricane Irene is overblown, predicts the CEO of Advanced Forecasting Corporation.

“North of Delaware, most hurricane force winds will very likely be gusts, not sustained winds.”

The demise of Irene has already begun. There is no visible eye. The storm intensity is down to 99 mph. This would be a low-end category 2 or a strong category 1 storm, while 36 hours ago some predicted a catastrophic category 4 storm. Air Force Reserve aircraft have found that Irene’s eyewall has collapsed, and the central pressure has risen — rising pressure means a weakening storm.

The reduction in storm intensity likely confirms that this storm is not going to be as monstrous as it has been publicly forecast to be.

Yes, it will be windy. However, north of Delaware most hurricane force winds will very likely be gusts, not sustained winds.

The Fleet Heads To Deep Water

via the Navy Times:

A total of 38 local ships, including the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, got underway from Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek or remained at sea in order to avoid the storm, according to Rear Adm. Clifford Sharpe, commander of Carrier Strike Group 8, the sortie commander.

“Getting underway is the safest place for ships, particularly where we have a scenario where we have high winds and the surge that would put the ships at risk pierside,” Sharpe said via a conference call with reporters from aboard the Eisenhower. “By getting out ahead of the storm … we’re able to proceed to sea to where we know that we’ll have a safe area to operate.”