User:CobraStrike/CobraStrike's Forecasting Centre/Hurricane Irene (2011)/August 23/1600

Maximum Intensity
The maximum intensity should occur when the storm is at 30N and 89W. Irene by then should be a 140 mph category 4 hurricane with a minimum pressure of 935 millibars.

Landfalls
Irene is forecast to make multiple landfalls on The Bahamas as a category 2 and on the Andros Archipelago as a 115 mph category 3. The primary landfall shall be on Onslow County, North Carolina as a 115 or 120 mph category 3. As a tropical storm, Irene will skid the southern part of Northhampton County, Virginia. Another landfall will occur in the Shirley, New York area as a 55 mph tropical storm. The next landfall is to occur in Stonington, Connecticut. The final landfall should occur as a large 35 mph tropical depression.

Track Changes
I am now looking forward to a more strict curve by Irene due to her recently upgraded strength. Now my expected landfall is near Cape Hatteras (my landfall is west of the NHC track). However, my track also brings Irene closer to Melbourne, Florida.