Didnt want to start a new thread, but every day this week it has rained over here at work around 3 and it's doing it again today.. crazy stuff.. if it would only rain on the grass at home too
remember Gilbert?? that thing formed well off into the atlantic. that was our doomsday scenario. gulp.
At least I'm not a stupid "weather dog". WTF is up with that?!?!? That's gotta make our weather people the laughing stock of the country.
As the first to bring Ms. Vida to this site, you know I do buddy. But seriosuly, if this storms eye heads for say somewhere between Corpus and Freeport, how screwed are we? Where did Allison's eye end up hitting?
I think it's the south side that is considered the dirty side (even in weather!) but I'm not positive on that.
The dirty side is the North East side The circulation is counterclockwise so those who are to the East and North get the brunt.
There are some sites that are saying the right side is the dirty side, with 20% higher winds... Lokk like that is effectively the East / NorthEast side for us... Here's a pic of Alicia when it hit th Texas coast and Galveston / Houston was on the dirty side of that one...
Keep in mind that to really get hit severely by a hurricane, you must be within 50 or so miles of the eye. Most eyes are smaller than 30 miles in diameter. Hurricane Dennis had an eye that was under 10 miles wide. Mostly, hurricane force winds extend out less than 100 miles from the center. So, unless we are on close to a direct path from the storm, we'll probably get some elevated tides, some high surf, rain and maybe some wind. A storm the size of Emily will need to hit around Freeport to effect us in a significant way (assuming we are talking about Houston). South of there, we will get rain, some wind, etc, but not the serious storm surge or high winds. The tracks are still in pretty good agreement taking her right across the central Yucatan. High pressure is situated pretty well to the north both over the eastern and southwestern US, so the track they have now is probably pretty accurate, but we'll have to keep an eye on her for sure.
Another exactly. BTW- Houston is where I would go in the event of a direct hit on Freeport (I live just north of there). Houston would be a safe place.
I need Stephanie Abrahms in a white t-shirt reporting in a rainstorm to keep the Weather Channel from putting me to sleep, the same thing over and over.
