24 Aug 11 Hurricane Irene Headed Straight for Long Island

Hurricane Irene image forecast courtesy of Weather.com

Friday’s Forecast (8/26/11) for the waters off Jacksonville, Florida is for wave heights of 42 feet…

TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT
 N OF 21N W OF 71W TROPICAL STORM
 FORCE AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING NW AND N WITH HIGHEST
 WINDS 105 KT GUSTS TO 130 KT INCREASING THU TO 115 KT GUSTS 135
 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE OR GREATER WIND WITHIN 220 E AND 130 W
 SEMICIRCLE. HIGHEST SEAS 34 FT THIS EVENING BUILDING TO 42 FT
 FRI. ELSEWHERE W OF 70W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS TO 12 FT. E OF
 70W SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT FRI. SEAS 7
 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 9 FT FRI. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS
 IN BANDS WITHIN 300 NM OF IRENE.

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