Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Hurricane update - 15 August

Tropical storm Dean is the talk of the town in the Caribbean and the US, but the US would do better to focus on tropical depression 5 which has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, 365 miles east southeast of Brownsville, Texas. It will make landfall TOMORROW with winds of 40 knots, that is 45 mph or force 9 on the Beaufort scale, with higher gusts.

PLEASE RELAY IMMEDIATELY

Local hurricane statements are in force for
Brownsville,
Corpus Christi
Houston / Galveston

Flossie is passing Hawaii, but winds in the upper atmosphere are now at loggerheads with the cyclone, weakening it considerably. It is now a tropical storm, south of the Big Island, but a tropical storm warning remains in force for the Big Island, with winds up to 60 mph possible.

Supertyphoon Sepat is just that: a very nasty piece of work that will impact southern Taiwan on Friday with winds of 145 to 180 mph. Ouch.
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  1. Anonymous15 August 2007 at 15:29

    Yep, Corpus Christi is where she lives.  I'll give her a shout, just in case (but she stays fairly aware of things).

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  2. Anonymous15 August 2007 at 15:42

    Well that should give me a good bit of weather, I'd imagine.... I'm about 4 hours away from Corpus Christi...

    I tell you...I leave Florida thinking I'm getting away from hurricanes, and then they follow me here to Texas.  eesh...

    ~Amy

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