NOAA said that maximum average wind speeds at landfall were 85 MPH, hurricane winds stretching outwards for 90 miles. In fact, only two locations even had gusts over 85 MPH.
The 115 MPH is a mathematical outlier from a “trained spotter” – which is not credible and should be thrown out. The nearby weather station at Beaufort, NC, had a max speed of 53 MPH and peak gust of 70 MPH.
They are naming as many clouds as they can, as fast as they can….
Jose is at best 40 mph winds and not even predicted to make it 24 hours
….but a squall line we would not have even known about a few years ago, has a name
By insisting Irene was a hurricane all the way up the East Coast, the NOAA have ruined Steve’s “XXXX days since a hurricane struck CONUS” act – and Steve is not a happy bunny!
There is a serious side to this though. There is a distinct danger that people who endured this storm will, in future, equate Hurricanes with the Tropical storm conditions they experienced with Irene, and respond accordingly…..
I don’t care about that – I just don’t see much reason to believe that this was a hurricane.
A light always needs to be shined on the Chicken Little antics of the “Experts”!
I could not see this storm as a hurricane. I can not see why the ground readings were so very far from what NOAA was claiming.
I could not see this storm as a hurricane. I can not see why the ground readings were so very far from what NOAA was claiming.
I could not see this storm as a hurricane. I can not see why the ground readings were so very far from what NOAA was claiming.
Sorry for having trouble with the new site. I am slow. Just ask my wife!
.Mark just had an eye wall replacement………..
If the wind was so far below predictions in NC and VA, to forecast what they did for NYC is almost criminal.
Problem is they only deal with models. Maybe they should take real world observations into consideration. If all my predictions are overstated, then maybe I should reduce them.