ATL: TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALEX - DISCUSSION

[SunnyThoughts]

Very impressive, and no recon to tell us any realtime stats. argggggg

[jaxfladude]

*June 29th, 2010*, whomever guessed this date, for the date of the first hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, congrats.

Prayers for those that have been/will be impacted by "Alex".

Stay safe y'all.

[bahamaswx]

Still hasn't given up bursting some incredible convection in the outer bands while really lacking anything comparable in the CDO.

[Gustywind]

But the titles of the threads wont change until is official at 10 PM CDT.

[HURAKAN]

Wilma:

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...16.5 N... 80.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 977 MB.

If Alex has 75 mph with a pressure of 973 mb, then it beats Wilma at that intensity!! LOL

[SFLcane]

Posting from my iPhone...I've Been useing the Brownsville radar but was wondering if someone can post any other radar sites availiable in the area.Thanks much appreciated.

[CrazyC83]

If the eye is on radar, then advisories should be every 2 hours with position estimates on other hours.

[ozonepete]

Still hasn't given up bursting some incredible convection in the outer bands while really lacking anything comparable in the CDO.

Yes. BIG symmetry problems. It's the large circulation that is allowing it to ingest some mid-level dry air and also prevents the wind energy from wrapping around the core and ramping it up. I can't see this getting to cat 2. 80 knots at best, unless the envelope contracts.

[South Texas Storms]

is there any chance of a texas landfall now? or is it going to mexico for sure?

[ozonepete]

Wilma:

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...16.5 N... 80.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 977 MB.

If Alex has 75 mph with a pressure of 973 mb, then it beats Wilma at that intensity!! LOL

Really wild. Very low ambient pressures this year have to be due in large part to the high SSTs over the entire Atlantic basin.

[HURAKAN]

Latest radar

[gone2beach]

Posting from my iPhone...I've Been useing the Brownsville radar but was wondering if someone can post any other radar sites availiable in the area.Thanks much appreciated.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tr ... ml#a_topad

[cycloneye]

Does anyone has a graphic of the Mexican coastline? It would be good to know if the eye of Alex is going to make landfall north or south of Tampico where over a millon people live.

[wx247]

This is what I was able to find:

[clfenwi]

Does anyone has a graphic of the Mexican coastline? It would be good to know if the eye of Alex is going to make landfall north or south of Tampico where over a millon people live.

I don't have a good compact image of the coastline, but I will note that Tampico's lat/lon is around 22.2 N 97.9'W; Alex ought to make landfall well to the north of that.
I suspect that Alex will make landfall somewhere to the south of where Emily ('05) made on second landfall.

[hurricanefloyd5]

hurricane alex now offical

[lebron23]

stationary?

[ozonepete]

Does anyone has a graphic of the Mexican coastline? It would be good to know if the eye of Alex is going to make landfall north or south of Tampico where over a millon people live.

Here's one from Google earth. Tampico noted with the "A".

[baitism]

stationary?

I noticed that too. Pretty sure it has slowed. Not quite ready to say stationary.

[Annie Oakley]

Rio Grande Valley Thanks Hurakan for the Radar