Hurricane Irene

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Posting Date: October 16, 1999, 7:00:00 AM

As of 17:00 EDT, Saturday, October 16, 1999, Hurricane Irene is located about 285 miles south of Charleston, SC and is moving to the north at 10 mph. Irene is still a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of near 80 mph and a central barometric pressure of 984 mb. Hurricane Irene made landfall yesterday afternoon at Cape Sable on the southern tip of Florida. At landfall, the storm was a minimal Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Irene crossed the Everglades, tracked west of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, and exited Florida’s eastern coast just north of Palm Beach. Current forecasts suggest that Irene will likely make a second landfall somewhere between Myrtle Beach, SC and Wilmington, NC sometime tomorrow. Little change in intensity expected. The AIR tropical cyclone modeling team has run new simulations based on Hurricane Irene’s actual track across Florida using currently available information regarding the storm’s meteorological parameters. It is important to note, however, that the true meteorological parameters of this storm are still not known with certainty. Scenarios and event sets have now been posted and are accessible to all AIR clients. These represent a range based on the most likely wind speeds, central barometric pressure, and forward speed of Irene as it crossed Florida. ***Please note that the resulting loss estimates represent losses in Florida only.*** AIR will continue to monitor Irene as it makes its way up the southeast coast toward the Carolinas and will post new information and scenarios as necessary.

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Posting Date: October 16, 1999, 7:00:00 AM