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In response to "I've been out of it / very busy this week. It looks like Irene should be a Cat 1 most of the time it goes up the coast now." by ty97

Kind of sort of. I don't think the fear is wind, it's storm surge. And the storm is so wide, the surge is stronger than the winds would suggest.

Posted by TFox Aug 26 '11, 10:37

The Weather Underground post at 11:00 this morning said the storm surge is a 5.1 on the 0-6 scale right now, and that even if the storm is below a Cat 1 by the time it hits New England, it should still be carrying a Cat 1 storm surge with it, and may hit at high tide as well.

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Plus, the new moon is going to cause a significant high tide, which intensify the surge. -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:44 1
- forgot the "could" in there. -- nm - mara Aug 26, 10:44
Huh, I wouldn't have thought of that. I figured wind strength alone would determine. - ty97 Aug 26, 10:40 2
- Well, I think what TFox is saying is that storm surge leads to precipitation/flooding -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:42
- Note that I know shit from shit about this stuff; I'm regurgitating a seemingly well-written blog. -- nm - TFox Aug 26, 10:41
At this point, your best hope is hoping it moves through fast. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 10:39
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Kind of sort of. I don't think the fear is wind, it's storm surge. And the storm is so wide, the surge is stronger than the winds would suggest.

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