Possibly Devastating Hurricane Irene. Major warming trend by Next Week.

As of 2:00 p.m. Saturday 27, 2011, Hurricane is currently onshore of North Carolina, bringing with it heavy rains and high winds over an extremely large area.  According to satellite data, this hurricane is as big as Europe.  This has caused its tropical storm force wind field to over 600 miles in diameter.  As Hurricane Irene continues heavy rain bands will continue to move onshore over North Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware.  The hurricane will continue to move northward and could possibly make a direct hit on New York City as a hurricane, causing widespread wind damage and severe flooding.  Because of this, Most of Manhattan Island was put under a mandatory evacuation, and large parts of all five buroughs.  After all is said and done, all large part of the Northeast, including New York City, could pick up over 15 inches of rain.  This will widespread severe flooding across many areas.  Over the next few days, the hurricane will increase in speed and weaken at the same time, becoming a tropical storm somewhere over Vermont.  After the hurricane is done, many billions of dollars in damages could be done.  In the meantime, I wouldn't plan on going to the beach this weekend in any part of the northeast.
Next week, after Hurricane Irene moves over the North Atlantic, a new pattern could come about, bringing much warmer temperatures to the area.  A ridge according to computer will build in behind the hurricane by mid-next week, sending temperatures into the nineties once again.  This new pattern could lead to a very warm September and October according to the Climate Prediction Center.