Hurricane Irene, Aug 26, 4:00pm Update

Hurricane Irene appears to have weakened slightly, but is still a dangerous storm for the East Coast.  Hurricane Warnings are in effect from North Carolina to Massachusetts. Currently a Category 2 storm, Irene is forecast to weaken to a Category 1 storm on Saturday.  However, due to the projected track, areas in the path will be subjected to strong winds and rain for a number of hours.

As with previous posts, the first image depicts the current wind fields and error cone.  The second represents the projected wind fields along the current forecast track.

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