Tropical Storm Dolly

NOAA/NHC ^ | 20 July 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Newly formed Tropical Storm Dolly over the NW Caribbean Sea near 18.4N 84.2W. 1008 MB at 11AM this morning. Max sustained winds 40KT, gusts 50KT, moving NW at 15KT.

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[eastforker]

No ifs, ands or buts about it, this thing is sittin still for now.

[eastforker]

And it appears to be gaining strength.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It's possible to have several hundred plus tornadoes caused by one hurricane. Most are small.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

“Studies have shown that more than half of the landfalling hurricanes produce at least one tornado; Hurricane Buelah (1967) spawned 141 according to one study. In general, tornadoes associated with hurricanes are less intense than those that occur in the Great Plains (see the Fujita Intensity Scale below). Nonetheless, the effects of tornadoes, added to the larger area of hurricane-force winds, can produce substantial damage.”

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/hu_tornadoes.shtm

A friend told me that Hurricane Hugo generated around 3000 tornadoes but I can't confirm that.

[txhurl]

LOL. Freep 1st. I'm with ya. Here's my impression:

Since they eye is almost to Brownsville anyways and would have to make an impossible hard left (starting right this minute) to hit ya.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Mite want to put some of your emergency stuff in there too,,,

Storm has stalled for now...

Toranado warnings off for now...

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Roger Dat!...

[eastforker]

I think the eye is a little further south.Check out this radar http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0Z&rid=bro&loop=yes

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

True,,,

This storm looks like it mite just sit there awhile,,,

[eastforker]

I would not be surprised to see that this storm is bordering on a cat 2 right now.

[rdl6989]

The people at easternuswx are discussing that.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=168960&st=2000

[eastforker]

Damn, maybe I missed my calling, LOL!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

That’s what happens when they stall,,,

Eye-wall has closed,,,

I can’t see where it has moved at all...

[rdl6989]

AT 100 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.3 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES...
140 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. SOME
FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF DOLLY WILL BE ALONG THE COAST
NEAR THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER AROUND MIDDAY TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DOLLY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. WSR-88D DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVATIONS FROM BROWNSVILLE SUGGEST
THAT THE HURRICANE IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...AND SOME
STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

[eastforker]

SOME
FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. Not good!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

SOME
FURTHER DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY.
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HUH!,,,DUH!,,,It ain’t Movin’!!!

Maybe they outta lurk more...;0)

[txhurl]

They’re skeerd to use the term ‘stalled’ now?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

I Hope To Shout!

They can’t be watchin’ the same radar that WE are,,,

[eastforker]

It’s startin to move north a bit.

[kingu]

I don’t know why you keep saying it’s stalled, it has moved at a regular pace towards the coast for hours now. A plane is about to enter the center again, so we should have a new fix soon, but I’ve got the Brownsville KML loaded on my GoogleEarth and I’ve been watching it move all night long.

I’m real hopeful that it keeps moving north-west though, as that northern side keeps reading pretty nasty every time they drop a sensor down it. Max surface winds in the northern quad is 85mph.