Edouard update & Olympics
Well this morning they extended the Tropical Storm Warning to the Brazoria/Galveston County lines, and then extended it again all the way to Port O'Connor at the Calhoun/Brazoria line.
Winds are currently down to 45 mph, but the storm is getting its act together and so strengthening is expected, especially if it stays offshore and does not interact with land. Tropical Storm winds aren't currently on the coast of Louisiana, but this could change if the storm keeps forming.
This morning Matt Lauer was at the Great Wall of China in Badaling, China. He will be doing the Opening Ceremonies with Bob Costas on Friday for the first time. In addition, the newly updated Olympic website shows that the Opening Ceremonies will now begin TV coverage at 7:30 PM EDT instead of 8 PM (sorry tv tabloid fans!) and WXIA-HD will have coverage starting at 7 PM, I think with correspondents in Beijing...they were the flagship NBC station for the Atlanta games.
AFTERNOON UPDATE: Although Edouard has not strengthened, the pressure continues to drop (down to 1000 mb) and the tropical storm windfield continues to expand, to the point that the coast of Terrebonne Parish is experiencing tropical storm force winds at this point.
The storm is heading straight for the western coast of Galveston Bay, which means that the City of Houston will feel the brunt of whatever comes, being either in the eyewall (if one forms) or the right front quadrant of the storm/hurricane. Landfall will probably be sometime around 1 PM CDT on Tuesday.
Winds are currently down to 45 mph, but the storm is getting its act together and so strengthening is expected, especially if it stays offshore and does not interact with land. Tropical Storm winds aren't currently on the coast of Louisiana, but this could change if the storm keeps forming.
This morning Matt Lauer was at the Great Wall of China in Badaling, China. He will be doing the Opening Ceremonies with Bob Costas on Friday for the first time. In addition, the newly updated Olympic website shows that the Opening Ceremonies will now begin TV coverage at 7:30 PM EDT instead of 8 PM (sorry tv tabloid fans!) and WXIA-HD will have coverage starting at 7 PM, I think with correspondents in Beijing...they were the flagship NBC station for the Atlanta games.
AFTERNOON UPDATE: Although Edouard has not strengthened, the pressure continues to drop (down to 1000 mb) and the tropical storm windfield continues to expand, to the point that the coast of Terrebonne Parish is experiencing tropical storm force winds at this point.
The storm is heading straight for the western coast of Galveston Bay, which means that the City of Houston will feel the brunt of whatever comes, being either in the eyewall (if one forms) or the right front quadrant of the storm/hurricane. Landfall will probably be sometime around 1 PM CDT on Tuesday.
Labels: Hurricanes, Olympics, Texas
posted by Hurricanes and Zip Codes | 7:54 AM
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