Yesterday's rainfall throughout the area. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=FWRHYDHGX 000 SXUS74 KHGX 030736 RERHOU RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 0233 AM CDT SAT JUL 03 2010 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL... A RECORD RAI...

Here is one formula I found in Bryan Norcross's most recent book, Hurricane Almanac: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and Future . It is used in Hurricane Re-Analysis. Sustained Wind (MPH) = 9.615 * (1015 - Central Pressure in Millibars) ^ 0.6143 Another formula is: Sustained Wind (MPH) ...

Hurricane Alex wind swath.

ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/hwind/2 ... th_mph.pdf

so lets see..the EURO,CMC, GFS and NOGAPS to some extent show something in the GOM in 6 days approaching Texas or SWLA... hard to tell what feature they are bringing in...EURO seems the think somewhere around 60-65W...others form it up in the WCARIB....OH and the all knowing all seeing NAM shows so...

I would not be surprised if we see more rain late night and tomorrow.

Right. It's just a statistical anomaly created by our use of the calendar and time. A more significant way to look at the heaviest rainfall events would obviously be "event records" (such as Claudette in '79) rather than "daily records" as those are restricted by 12 am to 12 am....

Right, but I'm talking about the wettest days on record. The 10 in. at Hobby fell on two seperate days. 4.88" on the 25th and 5.51" on the 26th in 1979. That would definitely be the greatest two day event on record ;) True, but the Hobby one was during a 24 hour period from Claudette. ;) ...

IAH has recieved 5.28" of rain so far today (as of 6 pm). This is more rain than all of last month's total (3.75") and also more than March and April combined (4.69") We are now just under 1 in. below the normal amount for the YTD. Just saw that the wettest July day on record is 5.4&...

Mr. T wrote:IAH has recieved 5.28" of rain so far today (as of 6 pm).

This is more rain than all of last month's total (3.75") and also more than March and April combined (4.69")

We are now just under 1 in. below the normal amount for the YTD.

All I can say is Dios Mios!

Quite a rain event today. This likely the biggest rain even this year.

Rain slowly tapering off across the region this evening. 00z RAOB from CRP shows a PW value of 3.0''! I do not remember ever seeing precip water values that high before. LCH is currently sitting at a dry 2.44'' :lol: . The latest RUC mesoanalysis shows PW's in the 2.6-2.8'' range across southeast T...

Wet day today. I haven't seen a day this wet in a while. I know storms are dying in GOM. I think they will redevelop in the night, since it is tropical moisture.

Alex has 948 mb and 100 mph, that's almost in Ike's territory when it was over GOM.

I have seen radar and satellite images of Alex and it looks better than some major hurricanes I have seen. This is really crazy! Keep in mind, recon is only sampling the hurricane. It would not surprise me if Alex is stronger.

Alex likely has unusually low pressure due to developing in the eastern part of the North American Monsoon.

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... =#p2004478

Wilma formed from a monsoonal trough, which would explain the lower than normal pressure it had.

Impressive satellite image of Alex.

For some reason, I cannot resize, so here is a link. Sorry.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8677/ztempg.gif

Alex is quite an impressive hurricane. It looks like a major hurricane to me. 950 mb with 100 mph winds is not unheard of. Remember Ike? It had 944 mb and 100 mph winds. Alex and Ike were large.

Some guidance suggest an area of weak spin. We shall see. Brownsville long range radar appears to have an eye feature in the lower right of the loop... http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=BRO&product=N0Z&overlay=11101111&loop=yes Hmmmmmmmmm. Alex's eye is faraway for radar to be pick...

srainhoutx wrote:Some weak vorticity has been showing up via guidance offshore LA.

Hmmm........ Interesting. I would like to know more about that blob? I thought it was part of Alex.

SusieinLP wrote:Wow...that is one intense blob out in the GOM

I have wondered if the northern part of Alex's feeder bands will go over us.