Meet your first Hurricane of the Season, Alex

[SaltwaterServr]

Max gusts were measured around 78 mph at 10 pm. Max sustained of 59 mph. 2 days ago there was one or two tracks taking it into Texas. That's changed a bit.

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[Signals]

Hi Alex.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Hi Alex.

Funny that you are catching his rain right now, so I guess he's saying hi back.

 

[Signals]

Funny that you are catching his rain right now, so I guess he's saying hi back.

Yeah, it rained quite a bit here tonight. Amazing, it's got to be at least 2000 miles from Tampa, and were still getting rain from Alex.

 

[kristie]

thank god i don't live in a state that prone to hurricanes.

if any storm is headed towards florida especially tampa then my husband & i get worried because my sister-in-law lives there.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Newest Spaghetti Models. The next fly-thru is 4 am. He's just shy of being a hurricane at the midnight pass. Expect him to strengthen in the early hours and be born officially.

 

[Hoofbite]

He won't hit my area but guaranteed I get a **** ton of humidity from it.

**** you, Alex.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

One of the reasons I am glad I moved out of Corpus Christi. Alex can suck an egg.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I wish it would make it this far north. We need the rain.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I wish it would make it this far north. We need the rain.

So do we

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

So do we

There's a drought in Halle Berry's Dreams?

 

[Signals]

This thread reminds me of a roommate I had about 8 years ago in Dallas. He was born and raised in New Orleans and had taught himself meteorology. During Hurricane season we a giant plastic coated chart in the living room wall where he would chart all the hurricanes of the season.

It was astounding how much knowledge this unassuming restaurant manager had. He would collect his data and update his charts multiple times a day, and the funny thing was he was often better and more accurate than the meteorologist that worked for the networks. :laugh2:

It was pretty cool having someone like that hangin' around the crib.

 

[Doomsday101]

Living on the gulf coast I will clearly be keeping an eye on it but feel pretty confident that it will not be an issue for the upper Texas coast. This is not our 1st rodeo when it comes to Hurricanes.

 

[big dog cowboy]

It was astounding how much knowledge this unassuming restaurant manager had. He would collect his data and update his charts multiple times a day, and the funny thing was he was often better and more accurate than the meteorologist that worked for the networks.

That is the exact reason I can't watch any national weather forecasters. I can just look at the weather maps and be more accurite in predicting what will happen then they are. Living here almost my entire life it isn't hard to figure some of that stuff out. The local weather guys are pretty decent. but national guys really miss the mark.

 

[Chief]

I can look at that map and predict that the Clay Walker Fourth of July concert here will be rained out.

 

[Seven]

This thread reminds me of a roommate I had about 8 years ago in Dallas. He was born and raised in New Orleans and had taught himself meteorology. During Hurricane season we a giant plastic coated chart in the living room wall where he would chart all the hurricanes of the season.

It was astounding how much knowledge this unassuming restaurant manager had. He would collect his data and update his charts multiple times a day, and the funny thing was he was often better and more accurate than the meteorologist that worked for the networks. :laugh2:

It was pretty cool having someone like that hangin' around the crib.

That would be pretty cool. I think it's cool Saltwater shares this stuff. I've learned a thing or two. Thanks, man.

 

[Duane]

I can look at that map and predict that the Clay Walker Fourth of July concert here will be rained out.

His dad is a good guy. He used to come by our sheet metal shop and get some stuff done on occasion.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Living on the gulf coast I will clearly be keeping an eye on it but feel pretty confident that it will not be an issue for the upper Texas coast. This is not our 1st rodeo when it comes to Hurricanes.

Looks like y'all are going to get hammered this evening when that outlying feeder band hits shore. Somewhere between 5:30 and 7:00 I would guess.

 

[Doomsday101]

Looks like y'all are going to get hammered this evening when that outlying feeder band hits shore. Somewhere between 5:30 and 7:00 I would guess.

We could use some rain. I just hope this is on land before the 4th of july weekend. I plan on being on the golf course sat and mon.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Well, that one is over and done.

Folks in Florida, Mississippi and Alabama have a low pressure system sitting in the NE GOM now to worry about. Its not common for Tropical Depressions to form following hurricanes in the GOM, but they do happen and drop a LOT of rain where ever they go.

For what it's worth, this was the first June hurricane in the last 15 years. A Category 2 storm this early in the hurricane season is a rarity as well.

Newest predictions with the latest Pacific currents and heating system information along with the African rainfall patterns have been out for a few days now. All data points to the potential for one of the worst hurricane seasons in history.

I cannot remember the year it was, but we hit Gamma or Delta in the last say 5-7 years. When the NWS runs out of names for cyclonic storm events, they start using Greek letters.