Tropical Storm Chris

[miamicanes177]

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[wzrgirl1]

Can i ask you all a question.....was watching the tropical update on TWC and noticed that they are only using the 3-day track and not the 5-day track...........why is that? Earlier in the day they were using the 5-day track for Chris.

[Innotech]

yes, that little lady is what I was htinking of. crazyl ittle bugger she was.

[jhamps10]

it looks like convection is trying to move towards the center.

[Brent]

Can i ask you all a question.....was watching the tropical update on TWC and noticed that they are only using the 3-day track and not the 5-day track...........why is that? Earlier in the day they were using the 5-day track for Chris.

I guess in case it dissipates... I noticed it too.

[HouTXmetro]

looking like a Brownsville, Mexican storm.

[JonathanBelles]

because chris has been such a hard system to forecast

[wzrgirl1]

Can i ask you all a question.....was watching the tropical update on TWC and noticed that they are only using the 3-day track and not the 5-day track...........why is that? Earlier in the day they were using the 5-day track for Chris.

I guess in case it dissipates... I noticed it too.

right I guess that makes sense

[Bailey1777]

Looks like the models are tightening up.

[Trugunzn]

Remember Hurricane rita was in the exact same spot as chris and was forcasted to hit northern cuba then the tren started north:

[jhamps10]

I have a sad feeling and not to wish a storm on anyone of y'all, but I think that the Houston metro area could be in the path, because chris has been moving WNW most if not all of this day, and thus takes a threat away from Brownsville-Corpus Christi.

[Stratosphere747]

There is a hint of convection trying to move more towards the NW.

Could just be a expansion of the the storms.

[Scorpion]

Wow, Chris is really fighting back. Go Chris!

[miamicanes177]

[Extremeweatherguy]

I have been hearing about a CF in the local Houston news that should be in northern TX by Sun/Mon. Could this help weaken the ridge in the western Gulf?

[Windy]

It's fun & all to try to guess where it'll be 6 days from now and point to Texas or Mexico or whereever, but let's be honest -- nobody really knows where it'll be then, if it even exists. Calling out citynames right now is just -removed-.

[KFDM Meteorologist]

Hey KFDM if did redevelop do you think it would stay south of the northern gulf coast with the ridge?

Yes. All models show the ridge building west next week. Still a South Texas issue if it comes back to life.

[jhamps10]

that's true windy, and then again I could be a good 400 miles off, I was not treating that as a landfall prediction, if it was took that way i sincernly apoligize.

[wx247]

It's fun & all to try to guess where it'll be 6 days from now and point to Texas or Mexico or whereever, but let's be honest -- nobody really knows where it'll be then, if it even exists. Calling out citynames right now is just -removed-.

It isn't -removed- if it isn't heading toward where you live. It might be better called "guessing".

[Windy]

that's true windy, and then again I could be a good 400 miles off, I was not treating that as a landfall prediction, if it was took that way i sincernly apoligize.

Oh, no need to apologize -- I just wanted to remind people what it is & isn't possible to know. I think this site gets an enormous number of people who browse in and gleam the forums for information whenever there is a possibility of a CONUS landfall. Just look at how many people are viewing the forum right now -- and it's nowhere near landfall! Hopefully we don't have any melt-the-servers storms this year!