Tropical Storm Dolly

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

[Ditter]

I remember a hurricane named Carla that ran up the coast and then sat for a while. We need to pay close attention to this until it moves on shore.

[NautiNurse]

Yeah, and I eventually got a brand new fence thanks to another storm. A purty vinyl privacy fence.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah I hope so..we flood really hard. She’s going to be bad news for where ever she comes in in STX though.

[Orlando]

Thank you...
So the Northern Quad(92 kt) is clocked at 105.9 mph ??

[steveegg]

I certainly hope so. However, the radar loop is showing a turn into the coast not indicated by the VDMs yet.

[NautiNurse]

Which direction are your winds coming from?

[steveegg]

Thank you...
So the Northern Quad(92 kt) is clocked at 105.9 mph ??

That's at flight-level. Since the plane was flying at the 700-mb flight-level, the estimated surface-level winds are only 90% of that, or 95 mph.

[Orlando]

thank you, very much

[CindyDawg]

North east. Side ways sheets of rain now. Looks like a river going down the road. I was standing in the garage watching and suddenly got a shower :’)

[Enosh]

TWC has what appears to be an Oompa Loompa reporting from S. Padre.

Or: You know it’s gonna be one of those days when...

[NautiNurse]

I just ordered new garage doors rated to 150mph. They should arrive right about peak of the season at the end of August.

[steveegg]

Judging by the preliminary VDM just coming in, that's going to be one heck of a turn, and a steeper (if extrapolated) pressure drop.

Waiting for the prelim tag to be removed.

[CindyDawg]

You will have it for next year though.

[CindyDawg]

Will you explain?

[SouthTexas]

Hey dude! How have you been?

[NautiNurse]

The pressure drop, and increase in wind speed are consistent with a low Category 2 storm.

[steveegg]

The prelim VDM has a suggested motion of west-southwest and an estimatedpressure drop of 4 mb since the last one (and 3 mb since the latest advisory). I do note that the prelim VDM does not have a met accuracy available, so I don't know how accurate that fix is.

The radar loop is showing a westward motion.

[steveegg]

I’ve been. Doing more blogging than FReeping lately.

[NautiNurse]

Sustained winds didn’t match the prelim data. Pressure 1MB higher.

[dirtboy]

And it is looking more and more organized and powerful with each new sat photo. South Padre is gonna take a pretty good pounding from this storm - it is fat in the dirty sector.