Hurricane Irene

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...nd120#contents

The NOAA Irene page now has us at
5-10% probability of hurricane winds
40-50% of 50 knot
70-80% of Tropical Storm winds.

The probabilities are based on 1 minute averages.

Weather Underground puts us as peaking at 29mph average winds at 8pm this evening.

[ALS]

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced this evening that it has lowered the speed limit to 45 mph on eastern stretches of the highway due to deteriorating weather conditions from Hurricane Irene.

Poor visibility and ponding water in some areas are creating hazardous travel conditions.

The 45 mph speed limit is in place for the Turnpike's east-west mainline from the Valley Forge Interchange (No. 326) east to the Delaware River Bridge Toll Plaza (No. 359) and on the Northeastern Extension from the Mid-County Interchange (No. 20) north to the Lansdale Interchange (No. 31).

The lower speed limit affects 44 miles on the Turnpike. The restrictions could be expanded as weather conditions change.

Read more: Turnpike speed limit is down for hurricane - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt...#ixzz1WKcxuvW6

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Originally Posted by ALS

... 45mph ...

Indeed. It's invicible-SUV-driver-in-a-ditch time.

[ALS]

Having been in more than a few torrential downpours along I-75 in Florida that is a given.

I saw one in March 2009 where the guy trying to pass me lost it hydroplaning and over corrected slid into the median and ended up rolling his Suburban two times right beside me.

Heavy rain on that road almost always produces several vehicles getting stuck in the muddy medians

[xcel]

Hi All:

While Irene is but a memory and TS Lee dumped its load on PA in particular, what the heck is go gin on in PA again with the flood warnings? A regular fall weather front or something else?

I saw Chris’ wife tweet that it was flooding again yesterday or the day before and I have not had the chance to catch up with the weather goings on the past few weeks.

Wayne