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Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I agree. Excellent job!
I don't think the regions are all that different. The western GOM tends to be a bit warmer as a whole though. Many storms we see in the NE GOM are being ripped apart by troughs, and are turning N or NE. This seems to cause some general problems for storms. Now, sometimes we get them moving that direction on their own, but it's not as common most of the summer. The shallow water seems to matter most when storms are moving slow enough to upwell water fast.
It is a good-looking picture, but it is anything but pretty.
Corpus Christi to Galveston is 180 miles.
180 miles, give or take.
In Pennsylvania.
I hear some forecasts for upwards of 30" rain from the storm. Flooding is typically the big killer from tropical systems... definately not something to forget about.
Am watching it:
For awhile it looked like Houston just might have dodged the bullet.
Maybe so, but maybe not.
No one really knows that this monster is likely to do.
Eyewall Replacement Cycle.
My knowledge is limited. Check the previous threads, or some of the hurricane geeks (no offense intended)
Isn't that a very odd track for a hurricane? Thought they usually came in, hit the land, slowed down and dispersed, north...this looks like it will go sideways. Am I reading it right?
Yeah... I saw that NN. We are very prone to flash floods here. Ground is far from saturated though. Temps have been over 100 past few days (including tomorrow).
"I went to the grocery store and the first three people I saw, had 4-5 cases of bottle water in their baskets...and the water aisle was empty."
That doesn't sound too bad; I buy that on a normal shopping trip and that's just to cover my kid.
People hoarding gas. Rumors it will be $4-$5 by next week. That and with record heat and shutdown of nuke plants and impact of Rita on our power infrastructure, who knows what the power grid in Texas will do. It's pretty stable compared to Northeast or Northwest.
I figure I can donate what I probably won't need to local shelters. Yesterday it looked like Austin may get CAT1 / Tornadoes.
Hey hey! the gang's finally all here.
Dummy. 25 ft waves on top of a 10-15' storm surge won't do anything at all. /s
Just heard the meteorologist on KHOU in Houston a few minutes ago. He noted that while Rita was wobbling toward Beaumont/La. border area earlier in the day, Rita has stopped wobbling, leveled off and is now bearing down on Galveston again. It is too early to say that there is no threat to Galveston/Houston/Harris County.
Larry Cosgrove is very good. He has had a more difficult stretch this season with forecasts, but certainly worth listening to. FWIW, the other meteorologist responses to his post tended to agree with his assessment.
Officer asking what to do with animal . . . shelter (animal) in Beaumont is already closed . . . nobody has any advice for him . . .
Beaumont scanner
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