TX Thunderstroms -

[jasons2k]

Very intense tonight - could this have any effect on her path?

[Houstonia]

Very intense tonight - could this have any effect on her path?

Super intense - I've been whining all evening about the lack of warnings or watches out here. Also been wondering about the impact on Katrina.

Just look at the wunderground shot:
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http://www.wunderground.com/global/Regi ... llite.html[/url]

Storms are a bit less intense then they were a couple of hours ago. It looks kinda like Katrina's Mini-Me.

[stormcloud]

There have been no warnings for Southeast Texas as the storms stayed below severe criteria. The storms moving south signal the retreat of the upper high from Louisiana.

[Houstonia]

There have been no warnings for Southeast Texas as the storms stayed below severe criteria. The storms moving south signal the retreat of the upper high from Louisiana.

I'd liked for someone to be sitting up here in northwest Harris County with me during those storms that stayed below severe. Our complex flooded, the trees were blowing, my apartment was creaking, the lightning was GREEN, for god's sake... and the storm just went on and on and on...

[ConvergenceZone]

I don't see it disturbing Katrina at all. Nothing can stop a freight train. Besides, the convection from the storms will probably be all but gone by that time.

[Houstonia]

I don't see it disturbing Katrina at all. Nothing can stop a freight train. Besides, the convection from the storms will probably be all but gone by that time.

Actually, I'm listening to the meteorologist on wwl-tv right now. He explained that those storms we got in Houston tonight is the trough coming down to do battle with Katrina (Go Trough!!).

The trough is the thing that we need to turn Katrina away from N.O.

So, upon hearing this, I went out on my balcony, faced south and cheered the trough on...

Go with God, Mr. Trough... Go with God...

And I noticed the rain hitting both the east side of my apartment as well as the south side. The storms came from the Northeast and have continued on south of me...

[ConvergenceZone]

Yep, you are right about it being the trough. Once I looked at a different Satellite, I could tell, BUT the only thing the trough will do is help speed up Katrina, which means further damage inland. As the National Hurricane Center said, it's not expected to shear it at all. I think if the system was a weak storm, it potentially could dirturb it a little bit, but once they get this strong, it takes alot more then that do harm it. Again, what it will do is do what it suppose to do and pick it up and help it move along quicker, but you are right, the trough may cause Katrina to go a bit further east and potentially miss New Orleans, but wherever it hits, it's going to be devastating no matter what.

[Houstonia]

Yep, you are right about it being the trough. Once I looked at a different Satellite, I could tell, BUT the only thing the trough will do is help speed up Katrina, which means further damage inland. As the National Hurricane Center said, it's not expected to shear it at all. I think if the system was a weak storm, it potentially could dirturb it a little bit, but once they get this strong, it takes alot more then that do harm it. Again, what it will do is do what it suppose to do and pick it up and help it move along quicker.

Ahh.. okay, I was confused. The met on wwl seemed to be saying that depending on the timing of the trough, it could make Katrina move northwest earlier, causing her to go slightly east of NoLa - bad news for Mobile, but good news for NoLa - putting them on the "lighter" side of the storm. If the trough came later, it would cause Katrina to move west longer - putting NoLa on the "bad" side of the storm - the northeast side.

[ConvergenceZone]

yep, you are pretty much right about that regarding direction. It's going to be interesting to see how much damage this does inland. I'm hearing alot of Andrew Comparisons on other TV channels, and we know how that was a headline maker for months. This is all that's going to dominate the news for at least a month. This will be known as the year of Katrina. Even if another tropical storm/hurricane doesn't affect the USA this year, this will be known as the year everyone would want to forget.

[Houstonia]

yep, you are pretty much right about that regarding direction. It's going to be interesting to see how much damage this does inland. I'm hearing alot of Andrew Comparisons on other TV channels, and we know how that was a headline maker for months. This is all that's going to dominate the news for at least a month. This will be known as the year of Katrina. Even if another tropical storm/hurricane doesn't affect the USA this year, this will be known as the year everyone would want to forget.

I found a great website on Camille - eerily similar...

http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecamille.htm

[GalvestonDuck]

Rain??? We had rain????

*scratches head and looks out the window*

Nothing done here....nothing. But, I'll take it. One of these days I'm gonna pay for griping about how you guys keep getting the rain up there and I sit here high and dry.