2011 Irene...2012 Isaac???
By Steve MacLaughlin on August 20, 2012, 5:00pm
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One year ago today was the beginning of what would be one of the most historic events in Connecticut history...It was August 20th, 2011 when a stormy mass of clouds and rain in the Atlantic Ocean officially got a name...Tropical Storm Irene.
Irene's first US landfall was actually on the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, although it wouldn't hit the mainland United States until the 27th.
Irene peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120mph.
Luckily, it lost much of its strength as it tore up the East Coast, and yet still had enough power to do what we all remember. The Outer Banks of North Carolina saw the storm on August 27th and, of course, Connecticut got slammed on the 28th...it was only a tropical storm at that point, but caused the damage that nobody will ever forget.
And now, one year later, the tropics are getting very active. You can read about all of the action here: http://www.wxedge.com/articles/20120820hurricane_season_getting_hectic
But I want to point out the area circled on the image above. That big storm has an 80% chance of turning into something tropical and would get the name Isaac. Isaac, of course, would be the "I" storm....same as Irene last year. And last year, Irene had taken a similar path and was in a similar spot. I'm not saying we will see a repeat - just pretty amazing how the world of meteorology tends to have all these coincidences or trends.
What we do know is this....Labor Day Weekend could be interesting for some part of the United States. If this storm forms and behaves the way many storms do at this time of the year in that part of the world, our coastlines will need to be on-guard...much like last year.
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