Hurricane Irene – Day 3
Position: 19.9N 69.2W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 100 mph [155 kph].
Wind Gusts: 115 mph [185 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 185 miles [295 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 980 mb ↓.
Currently about 165 miles [265 km] Southeast of Grand Turk Island and 100 miles [155 km] East of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, the southeastern and central Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the northern coast of Haiti and the northwestern Bahamas.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Haiti and the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from Santo Domingo to the east.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]
August 22, 2011 2 Comments
