Hurricane Irene upgraded to Category Two, TWS projects Category Four in the Bahamas and U.S. Coast
| Published on August 22, 2011 5:35 pm PT – By Jim Duran – Writer – Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller |
(TheWeatherSpace.com) — Aircraft from NOAA has found 100 mph sustained winds in Irene and TWS Senior Meteorologist Kevin Martin says this will be a Category Three within the next 24 hours.
“I finally have produced an intensity map and will be conservative with a max of Category 4 in-which The Bahamas will see this damaging hurricane on up to my landfall point between Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Wilmington, North Carolina.” said Martin.
Hurricane Irene is strengthening faster than projections as it moves into warmer waters and misses the Dominican Republic’s 10,000 foot peaks.
Martin says in his latest forecast video that it could end up going to a Category Five but that is not going to be projected for another 24 hours.
All interests from Florida to New England should keep an eye on future updates.
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