**A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CHARLESTON AREA**

Hurricane Irene will be coming very close to us tomorrow.  So close that we are currently under a Tropical Storm Warning.  What that means is that we will experience gusty winds topping out at around 50mph, torrential rain, and of course waves/minor surge.

The image above courtesy of The Weather Channel shows how big an impact Irene's winds will have along the East Coast.  This is why we are under a Tropical Storm Warning.

Shes BIG

I wouldn't venture in to the water.  It is going to be blowing really hard, crossing everything up.  Waves are expected to max out the top spots in the Lowcountry with sets well overhead high.  The Washout even had some trouble today keeping up with the swell and today wasn't even the peak.  

Washout having trouble with some waves.

 As Irene moves up the coast winds are expected to go offshore, hard, Friday night into Saturday morning.  Saturday morning the waves will be dropping quickly so get out early.


The last two days have been really fun!  Unfortunately I couldn't get out Wednesday afternoon due to my job but I was out taking photos early this morning when it was still semi clean.  Here's what I got...











Dece pics. Right?  I'm betting on Saturday morning.

MikeC