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Tropical Invest 91L in northern Gulf of Mexico
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Posted on 08/02/2008 11:46:18 AM PDT by nwctwx



Conditions should be favorable for development and already pretty close into the U.S.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: edouard; td5; tropical; weather; wrangler
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To: Admin Moderator

Thanks. Y’all do a great job.


81 posted on 08/03/2008 3:54:38 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: nwctwx

South and Central Texas coast got enough rain from Dolly. PLEASE veer north a little and give us North Texans some relief!!!!


82 posted on 08/03/2008 3:56:39 PM PDT by fwdude (If marriage can mean anything, then marriage means nothing.)
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To: NautiNurse

And you do a great job hosting the hurricane threads. Here’s to hoping you have another relatively dull year in that regard.


83 posted on 08/03/2008 4:02:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: BlueAngel

Send it up my way. Killeen is a dust bowl right now. Almost lost a tree after heading down to Padre for a week, the week before Dolly. Having to water constantly.


84 posted on 08/03/2008 4:05:05 PM PDT by TexasBeth
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To: girlscout
I have a trailer with a 4 wheeler in my yard that I'll need to make room for in the garage.

Eeesh...you reminded me of 2004. I had a big dumpster full of old fence and yard waste after Hurricane Frances did her thing. The new fence materials were delivered and neatly stacked near the loaded dumpster the day we learned Hurricane Jeanne was en route.

85 posted on 08/03/2008 4:05:42 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: NautiNurse

Houston and Galveston need to issue an emergency advisory. They will have a tropical storm, perhaps even a hurricane tomorrow night, and nobody has a clue about it.


86 posted on 08/03/2008 4:14:31 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: fwdude

We got a whopping 1.5” just north of CC.


87 posted on 08/03/2008 4:18:23 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Invert the 5-4 and you have no rights.)
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To: Dog Gone

P>This is how Allison snuck up on Houston. Nobody was paying any attention.


88 posted on 08/03/2008 4:18:32 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: nwctwx

We got our first torrential rain in weeks in the northern suburbs of Houston an hour ago.

Not sure if it is related to the storm. But up until yesterday the local forecasts were for no rain as far as the eye can see.


89 posted on 08/03/2008 4:19:58 PM PDT by callmejoe
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To: SouthTexas
THIS SPECIAL ADVISORY UPDATES THE INITIAL AND FORECAST INTENSITY OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE. EDOUARD IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE NEAR HURRICANE INTENSITY AT LANDFALL...WITH THE OFFICIAL FORECAST BETWEEN THE GFDL AND SHIPS GUIDANCE.
90 posted on 08/03/2008 4:20:13 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

Preach it, Dog. Any hurricane forecaster worth their salt will tell you they have the most difficult time with intensity forecasts as opposed to track forecasts. Folks on the upper Texas coast have to prepare now like a hurricane will be there in 48 hours.


91 posted on 08/03/2008 4:24:29 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Dog Gone

The NHC said it would get to 4o knots within 24 hours. It got to that within 15 minutes of them saying that.

So they were right.

92 posted on 08/03/2008 4:25:05 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

Looks like the upper coast will get very wet. Hopefully without the winds.


93 posted on 08/03/2008 4:25:34 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Invert the 5-4 and you have no rights.)
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To: dirtboy
Preach it, Dog. Any hurricane forecaster worth their salt will tell you they have the most difficult time with intensity forecasts as opposed to track forecasts. Folks on the upper Texas coast have to prepare now like a hurricane will be there in 48 hours.

I think it's worse than that. It could be arriving tomorrow afternoon. There's no panic buying at the stores. Nobody knows this thing exists.

94 posted on 08/03/2008 4:27:37 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

No, we have an idea. The 6 pm news on both 11 and 13 said the storm “could be serious.”

It is a tad strange that there is no breaking news on the stations especially in an area that the news channels usually go overboard.

Perhaps tomorrow am when the weekend crowd returns to the television?


95 posted on 08/03/2008 4:27:54 PM PDT by Katlyn
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To: Dog Gone

At least the convection is still limited to basically one quadrant. But that is still some pretty healthy-looking convection.


96 posted on 08/03/2008 4:29:54 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Dog Gone

This is how Allison got us. I well remember her and it was very scary spending the night in my small apartment hallway.

The destruction was severe.

Keep a heads up on this one.


97 posted on 08/03/2008 4:30:39 PM PDT by Katlyn
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To: Dog Gone
Houston and Galveston need to issue an emergency advisory. They will have a tropical storm, perhaps even a hurricane tomorrow night, and nobody has a clue about it.

I would hope weather alert radios have sounded the tropical storm watch/warnings for the affected areas. Those alarms are pretty hard to ignore.

Fortunately, Edouard is moving at a snail's pace currently, and TS winds only extend 35 miles from the center.

98 posted on 08/03/2008 4:37:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: Dog Gone

I am the only one that has heard that before while learning or reading, and/or watching about US history: 1900 in the month of September of that year?
........hmm what was it?
Just asking not to imply the same thing okay?
Over a 100 years ago with very little weather tech....
I hate it when my brain gets stuck......think now.......any help would be great....


99 posted on 08/03/2008 4:38:37 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: dirtboy

It’s not so much what it is right now, but how rapidly it intensified into a tropical depression and then into a tropical storm.

I don’t think there’s enough time for it to develop into a Category 2 hurricane, although sea conditions are certainly favorable for further intensification.

The track doesn’t have much uncertainty. This could slam into Houston tomorrow as a hurricane with perhaps 90% of the population completely clueless.


100 posted on 08/03/2008 4:41:00 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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