Irene is moving ever so closer to Puerto Rico, so here is an image pulled from the San Juan NWS radar. I believe you can see the center very clearly off the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. Tropical storm conditions were occurring in the Virgin Islands and tropical force wind will spread across Puerto Rico tonight. Heavy rain will be occurring across much of Puerto Rico tonight.
The storm is very open to the southwest quadrant. Radar does not show a good eye wall structure either.
Computer projections have tended to the east today with the center potentially missing the Florida Peninsula to the east. But we are still several days away from knowing for certain where Irene is headed. The trend looks good, though.
-Brian-
