of Lafayette LA...winds 65 mph with higher gusts.
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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’m confused. Humberto *did* make landfall 5 miles east of High Island and that *is* in SE Texas. What’s wrong about saying that?
You mean that should have said “in” SE Texas, instead of “over”? Just confused.
” What’s wrong about saying that? “
I’ve already had my faulty thinking corrected by NautiNurse...
Apologies to all Texans I might have inadvertently offended..... ;~)
To be called “Ingrid”...
Has anyone heard from Karl Rove lately?!?
HAARP?!?!
/moonbat off
I think Rove might have turned over the weather machine to someone else. :)
Please pardon my weather ignorance—but this chart shows the storm possibly moving to the east coast? Is it possible for
a storm that big to re-form into another hurricane once it hits the waters of the Atlantic?
Hopefully no such thing exists, but I was just wondering if there’s even a chance of this happening.
It can happen. When it’s over land for that long it usually doesn’t but it has in the past.
I don’t know—it seems awful coincidental that after Karl Rove leaves, we start having hurricanes again?!
/moonbat off
;-)
Oh, phooey. I sure hope and pray that such a thing doesn’t happen! I hope it heads further inland and helps all those drought stricken areas!
People forget that the reason Allison was so bad was she kept going back out and getting another bucketfull and then coming back and dropping it.
Oh no, not a HAARP reference! Somewhere between being able to communicate with submerged submarines and burning up the atmosphere and cracking the earth in half with resonating waves lies the truth...
Expected to be a TS by later today.
Statement as of 10:00 am CDT on September 13, 2007
...Humberto weakens to a tropical storm over southwestern
Louisiana...
At 1000 am CDT...1500 UTC...all coastal hurricane and tropical storm
warnings are discontinued. However...damaging winds are still
occurring inland near the center of Humberto. For storm
information specific to your area...including inland watches and
warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather
office.
At 1000 am CDT...1500z...the center of Tropical Storm Humberto was
located near latitude 30.6 north...longitude 93.2 west or about 75
miles...125 km...west-northwest of Lafayette Louisiana.
Humberto is moving toward the northeast near 12 mph...19 km/hr...and
this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph...100 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Additional weakening is expected today...and Humberto should
become a tropical depression by early Friday.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 35 miles...55 km
from the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 990 mb...29.23 inches.
Rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches are expected across much of
Louisiana and Mississippi...as well as extreme southeastern
Arkansas...with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches possible.
Some coastal flooding is possible from Cameron Louisiana to
Vermillion Bay today.
Isolated tornadoes are possible in southeastern Louisiana and
southern Mississippi through tonight.
Repeating the 1000 am CDT position...30.6 N...93.2 W. Movement
toward...northeast near 12 mph. Maximum sustained winds...65 mph.
Minimum central pressure...990 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
400 PM CDT.
$$
Forecaster Franklin/Brown
Take heart.
Grass was crunchy and trees dying here in Texas this time last year, arguably the worst drought on record. Wildfire everywhere, just terrible.
This year we’ve had more rain than we know what to do with. August, which is usually brown, was bright green. The pecan trees, which we expected would die from drought, are now so loaded with fruit that their branches are breaking. Honest.
Debate among farmers here is which year was worse, the one in which nothing grew or the one with bumper crops that rotted in wet fields. At least this year the cattle have water.
The pendulum swings. Sometimes we have to go through valleys to appreciate the boring plains!
May Humberto bless you with rain.
“I don’t know—it seems awful coincidental that after Karl Rove leaves, we start having hurricanes again?!”
***
The fact that September is generally considered the prime month for hurricanes has nothing to do with it. LOL
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Exactly - that’s why I was looking askance at the early recurvature models - and now my local TV mets are showing current ones with the same trends and saying we will be watching over the weekend here in SE TX.
Oh, I see. I didn’t quite understand the reply message, lol.
According to our local TV news earlier this morning, a person was killed in Bridge City, TX, by Hurr Humberto. Sorry I can’t remember details of the death at this moment, but there *is* a death toll, anyway.
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