Tropical Depression Four HAS FORMED in Gulf.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ^ | 07-27-2011 | NOAA Staff

[Red Badger]

000 ABNT20 KNHC 271746 TWOAT

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM COULD BE FORMING ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH OF CANCUN MEXICO. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY ENROUTE TO INVESTIGATE THE AREA...AND IF IT CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A CIRCULATION...ADVISORIES WILL BE INITIATED THIS AFTERNOON. INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...NEAR 100 PERCENT..OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

$$ FORECASTER BEVEN

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Ping!.............

[Milton Miteybad]

Dear As-Yet Unnamed Tropical Depression:

Please come to Texas and stay for a while.

Cordially yours,

Milton Miteybad's Parched Lawn

[evets]

We'll take it!

[NormsRevenge]

Looks like I better make a beervittles run.. even tho that thingy is 2,000 miles away. :-)

Is it me or has it been kind of quiet - HUrricane-wise? Wad's Up wid dat? (knock on wood)

How much do forecasters make these days?

[GoCards]

I have to say I dont want destruction but please oh please bring rain to Texas!!!!

[Sans-Culotte]

Dear As-Yet Unnamed Tropical Depression:
Please come to Texas and stay for a while.

LOL, I hear ya. I was watching KHOU news last night and Gene Norman was basically reporting an impending TS as good news for our parched area!

[HereInTheHeartland]

Let's hope our Texas friends can get some much needed rain from this.

[ZX12R]

This one seems Texas bound, and not expected to intensify rapidly. Glad you folks will get the rain.

[Terry Mross]

Please, God!

Hurricane Celia formed the gulf and hit Corpus Chrisi in 1970. Nice sized storm. Caused a lot of damage. I’ll take some damage in exchange for the rain.

[dirtboy]

I have to say I dont want destruction but please oh please bring rain to Texas!!!!

A 70 mph tropical storm, moving slowly but steadily, would do wonders for the state's drought.

[Bob Buchholz]

When you all are finished with it could you direct it to eastern NC?

[Jane Long]

Hee hee...your lawn speaks for many Texas lawns, including mine!

[dirtboy]

You’ll have to get your own cyclone. Texas is so dry it could suck all the moisture out of a Cat 5 before it got to Oklahoma.

[Arrowhead1952]

We sure could use some rain in Texas!

[Rightly Biased]

Bring it on....

[aces]

No offense but how about let it hover over Gainesville, Fl for a week before heading your way...

[ICCtheWay]

DITTO - come to Texas - be kind to the coast... It has been so HOT - that I had a watermelon EXPLODE two days ago in my garden... 105 that day... Weird looking to see watermelon shrapnel in your garden... the bees like it though.

[mosaicwolf]

I hope this baby makes it to mid western AR. If it does I will sleep on my deck during the entire time it rains!

[Free Vulcan]

...and all the other Texas gardening peeps: good luck on the rain. Tropical storms can be a hard way to get the needed precipitation, but I suppose right now y’all ain’t picky.