Posted on 09/12/2007 7:57:20 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Disturbance has formed in the NW Gulf of Mexico. Radar indicates a defined surface circulation. The system may strengthen into a tropical depression later today, with the possibility of further strengthening into a tropicalstorm prior to landfall. Houston and Galveston are under flash flood watches.
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Hurricane City
| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
I hate that GFDL model.
Thanks . I'm in Brownsville. It's dry here.
All of the models have Humberto going back out into the Gulf and circling back around. That sucks. That means even though it missed us the first time, it could hit us the second time.
My biggest fear about flooding is those floating balls of fire ants. No joke. The thought of it scares the crap out of me.
Glad you’re ok ..
1:30 AM EDT 13 September Update
Recon has found a 992mb minimum central pressure in Humberto, but more importantly a very small area of hurricane-force winds at 850mb and at the surface.
Thus, Humberto becomes the season’s 3rd hurricane just hours before landfall in extreme eastern Texas.
A special advisory package from the NHC has all of the particulars. Still, given the very small size of the wind field, rain is the primary threat from Humberto outside of those still in mobile homes after Rita in 2005.
I don’t blame you .. they’re horrible. Stay safe.
but more importantly a very small area of hurricane-force winds at 850mb and at the surface.
Could that be right .. 850?
Ants, mosquitoes and snakes. They go looking for dry places.
The strange thing is that I don’t hear anyone on the weather channels talking about it looping. Usually it’s the models this and the models that.
Nothing about the 850mb in the latest official advisory:
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/at200709.public.html
Speaking of snakes, had a big one in our yard a while back. Come to find out it was a Diamondback watersnake (not rattlesnake). I read up on them and it says they strike viciously and repeatedly when threatened.
I can just see us flooding and me fighting off fire ants and big mean snakes. I don’t even know how I’d protect myself and that’s what scares me about them.
Humberto has made landfall. I hope it dies. I don’t want it to circle back around.
Maybe it will go camp out over N.O. for a while?
Nobody lives there, and I’m sure it could do with a good hosing down (Humberto seems fairly harmless for a hurricane).
Confusingly, meteorologists also use pressures to denote altitudes or levels of the atmosphere.
850mb is several thousand feet in altitude. 200mb is around the top of the troposphere.
The pressure of the storm at the surface, of course, is nowhere remotely near 850mb.
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What is the track? Is he going back in the GOM?
Yeap, that’s me in the D3 area. Got missed by Gimpy.
Thanks, I glanced at this yesterday and had not seen an update.
http://icons.wunderground.com/data/images/at200709_model.gif
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