Dolly on course to hit south Texas tomorrow
Dolly has gotten a little stronger, and could be a hurricane as soon as the 10 AM CDT/11 AM EDT update. It's likely to hit land as a high Cat 1 or low Cat 2, but almost definitely not a Cat 3. Landfall looks to be somewhere right on the Texas/Mexico border, which is bad for south Texas, as that puts the entire 408,000 folks in the Brownsville/Harlingen metro area of the Valley in the right front quadrant, which is the worst part of the storm.
Hurricane Watches have turned into Hurricane Warnings, and Tropical Storm Watches have turned into Tropical Storm Warnings. The only difference is that the Mexican government has also issued a Hurricane Watch for the areas also covered by the Tropical Storm Warning.
The Hurricane could strike as early as tomorrow morning and could bring tropical storm winds as far inland as Laredo, Texas, which is 150 miles from the coast, due east of Corpus.
The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore is currently in Port Aransas, a beach town connected by ferry to Corpus.
Cristobal is heading out to see and probably won't touch any more land, but may bring some bad weather to Nova Scotia briefly. The next storm is trying to form off the coast of Africa, however it came off the coast a lot farther north than normal so it is having trouble due to the lower water temperatures in the area.
UPDATE: Since we last left off, TS Dolly is now Hurricane Dolly, with winds just above the treshold at 75 mph. It is forecast to make landfall right at the Texas state line, probably as a strong (< 95 mph) hurricane. The Hurricane Warnings from Corpus to Port O'Connor have been dropped, but have been replaced by a Tropical Storm Warning (which goes all the way to the Galveston/Brazoria County line. Reynolds Wolf from CNN is down at South Padre giving updates (not sure if it's in HD, but I'll find out since my gym doesn't have HD yet).
In other news, the blob in the Atlantic still has not formed but looks favorable to do so. The national weather map looks like a kid's crayon drawing, including the Atlanta area, which is under a Thunderstorm Watch until 11 PM this evening. So far no rain yet though, at least north of downtown. There are currently storms however to the north and east of us.
Hurricane Watches have turned into Hurricane Warnings, and Tropical Storm Watches have turned into Tropical Storm Warnings. The only difference is that the Mexican government has also issued a Hurricane Watch for the areas also covered by the Tropical Storm Warning.
The Hurricane could strike as early as tomorrow morning and could bring tropical storm winds as far inland as Laredo, Texas, which is 150 miles from the coast, due east of Corpus.
The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore is currently in Port Aransas, a beach town connected by ferry to Corpus.
Cristobal is heading out to see and probably won't touch any more land, but may bring some bad weather to Nova Scotia briefly. The next storm is trying to form off the coast of Africa, however it came off the coast a lot farther north than normal so it is having trouble due to the lower water temperatures in the area.
UPDATE: Since we last left off, TS Dolly is now Hurricane Dolly, with winds just above the treshold at 75 mph. It is forecast to make landfall right at the Texas state line, probably as a strong (< 95 mph) hurricane. The Hurricane Warnings from Corpus to Port O'Connor have been dropped, but have been replaced by a Tropical Storm Warning (which goes all the way to the Galveston/Brazoria County line. Reynolds Wolf from CNN is down at South Padre giving updates (not sure if it's in HD, but I'll find out since my gym doesn't have HD yet).
In other news, the blob in the Atlantic still has not formed but looks favorable to do so. The national weather map looks like a kid's crayon drawing, including the Atlanta area, which is under a Thunderstorm Watch until 11 PM this evening. So far no rain yet though, at least north of downtown. There are currently storms however to the north and east of us.
Labels: Hurricanes, Texas
posted by Hurricanes and Zip Codes | 6:23 AM
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