After Irene – Watching Katia?
Hello and happy Monday everyone, hope all is well on this August 29th. We’re finally waving goodbye to Irene, some are saying good riddance as heavy winds and rains plowed along the Eastern Seaboard this weekend. Irene became the first hurricane to make a U.S. landfall since Ike in September of 2008. In fact, Irene made 3 landfalls:
Hurricane IRENE from Space
See the entire IRENE loop HERE:
1st Landfall – Cape Lookout, NC at 7:30AM Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane with winds at 85mph
2nd Landfall – Little Egg Inlet, NJ at 5:35AM Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane with winds at 75mph
3rd Landfall – New York, NY at 9AM Sunday as a Tropical Storm with winds at 65mph
Aftermath – Here’s the latest around midday Monday:
-At least 31 deaths are related to Irene – Here’s the link
-There were up to 4 million without power – Here’s the link
-Nearly 12,000 flights cancelled over the weekend – Here’s the link
-Heavy rain – reports of up to nearly 1 1/2 feet:
Here area some of the Reports:
...CONNECTICUT... NEW HARTFORD 10.15 BURLINGTON 8.70 EAST HARTFORD 8.18 MONROE 7.40 DANBURY 6.72 OXFORD 6.69 WEST HAVEN 6.00 GREENWICH 6.00 NEW HAVEN 3.34 ...DELAWARE... ELLENDALE 10.43 SMYRNA 3 SSE 10.28 ADAMSVILLE 10.00 VIOLA 9.64 MILFORD 9.26 DOVER 8.79 HARRINGTON 8.75 GUMBORO 8.62 TOWNSEND 8.34 WILMINGTON AIRPORT 6.94 ...MAINE... BAXTER ST PARK 9.91 PHILLIPS 6.34 ANDOVER 6.20 MILLINOCKET 4.00 ...MARYLAND... PLUM POINT 3 WSW 12.96 OCEAN CITY 12.09 LEONARDTOWN 1 NE 13.35 EASTON 2 SE 11.80 HICKMAN 10.50 RIDGE 1 N 11.03 CALIFORNIA 2 W 10.31 PATUXENT RIVER 8.15 FEDERALSBURG 8.00 DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE 1 SSE 2.85 ...MASSACHUSETTS... SAVOY 9.10 WESTHAMPTON 2 SW SHELBURNE FALLS 8.50 TOLLAND 7.90 HEATH 7.70 GOSHEN 7.50 MILFORD 2 NNW 6.93 WEST SPRINGFIELD 2.45 ...NEW HAMPSHIRE... PINKHAM NOTCH 7.33 SANDWICH 6.09 WASHINGTON 6.00 NORTH WEARE 5.37 ...NEW JERSEY... FREEHOLD TWP 1 WNW 11.27 LITTL FALLS TWP 1 WNW 10.71 STOCKTON 10.32 WAYNE 10.20 ORANGE 9.96 PETERSBURG 1 NNE 9.52 NEWARK AIRPORT 8.92 TETERBORO 8.22 TRENTON 5.00 ATLANTIC CITY 4.56 ...NEW YORK... EAST DURHAM 13.30 EAST JEWETT 12.22 MONROE 2 SE 11.79 TUXEDO PARK 11.48 HARRIMAN 10.45 SUMMIT 8.88 LIVINGSTON 8.26 HUDSON 7.05 NYC CENTRAL PARK 6.87 NWS ALBANY 5.85 ...NORTH CAROLINA... JACKSONVILLE 2 E 20.00 BUNYAN 15.66 NEW BERN 14.79 WILLIAMSTON 14.27 WASHINGTON 13.11 GREENVILLE 12.32 CROATAN FOREST 11.13 HAVELOCK 10.70 HOLLY SHELTER 8.26 WILMINGTON 7.60 ...PENNSYLVANIA... LAFAYETTE 8.82 FORKS TWP 8.53 GOULDSBORO 8.00 EXTON 7.83 WEST CHESTER 7.46 SPRINGTOWN 7.26 ASTON TWP 6.79 KING OF PRUSSIA 6.71 MORGANTOWN 6.21 PHILADELPHIA CENTER 5.73 ...RHODE ISLAND... WARREN 5.37 ...VERMONT... MENDON 11.23 WALDEN 7.60 RANDOLPH CENTER 7.15 LUDLOW 6.61 WOODFORD 7.15 WARREN 5.75 CHELSEA 5.25 ...VIRGINIA... VIRGINIA BEACH 9 WNW 20.40 SUFFOLK 11.04 NEWLAND 10.50 WAKEFIELD 9.25 NORFOLK 8.73 WILLIAMSBURG 8.21 PORTSMOUTH 7.82 GWYNNS ISLAND 7.27 NEWPORT NEWS 6.23 RICHMOND INTL ARPT 4.73 REAGAN NATIONAL APT 3.74
As we say goodbye to Irene, we may be saying hello to Katia… Tropical Depression 12 has developed and is forecast to become Katia
Forecast Track For Tropical Depression #12
This is the latest forecast track for Tropical Depression #12, who is likely to become Katia later today or early Tuesday and possibly a hurricane by AM Thursday
Thanks for checking in on this Monday, have a good rest of your week!
Meteorologist Todd Nelson