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.
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2 comments
The Government here either has an English problem or is suicidal .I feel that enough warning has not been issued.They are too relaxed.
My opinion on it is that ,if we suffer a direct hit from Irene in New Providence,we will have deaths in the range of 8 to 50 people.
It looks like it will pass to the east of the island, which is good news, as that puts the weaker side of storm nearest, but there are no guarantees with hurricanes.
It looks like it will be a major category 3 storm at that point, so no one wants to get hit by it. The big problem with be surf erosion on the east side of the island, if it follows the current forecast path.
To be honest, I wouldn’t want to be on any island in the path of a hurricane.