Hurricane Irene's Track

The official forecast track continues to slide east, but the axis of the track appears to hug the east coast just offshore from NC to Maine, but possibly coming inland around New England (Rhode Island, Massachusettes, Maine) as a power storm.

  She's at CAT 3 strenth now and it may even deepen to a Category 4 just offshore the Outer Banks region.  If the track is slightly off to the left, the effects would be even more worse than they appear to be, so it's worth watching, as ever mile east of west of the guidance track makes a huge difference.