Monday, June 15, 2015

Tropical Storm Bill

They haven't named it yet, but it's close.  From the National Hurricane Center:

Surface observations and preliminary data from an Air Force Reserve Unit Hurricane Hunter aircraft currently investigating the area of low pressure located about 200 miles southeast of the middle Texas coast indicate that the center has become better defined since earlier today.  If these trends continue, advisories will be initiated later this evening on Tropical Storm Bill
 1. Data from the aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds with the low are near 50 mph.  Interests in and along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico should continue to monitor the progress of this system as it moves northwestward toward the Texas coast.  Regardless of tropical cyclone formation, tropical storm conditions are likely along portions of the middle and upper Texas coast, and possible in extreme southwestern Louisiana, tonight and Tuesday. The system is also likely to bring heavy rainfall with possible flooding across portions of eastern Texas and western Louisiana.  For additional
information, please see High Seas Forecasts and products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent
The map is here:

 So, for all my friends in southeast Texas, get ready for some more rain.

Just Damn!

1 comment:

6ShotsOr5? said...

Slow moving tropical storms can dump a lot of rain, like Allison for example. This is also bad news for those on the Trinity and Red River watersheds, because it is supposed to dunp a lot of rain in North Texas and Eastern Oklahoma.