Hurricane Alex. 40 Miles NNE of La Pesca. 100 MPH/948MB

[srainhoutx]

Perhaps we should start focusing on the potential heavy rainfall in our July Discussion thread as Alex is well inland in MX...A big shout out to all that contributed to the Alex thread...

http://forums.khou.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=253

[Ptarmigan]

Hurricane Alex wind swath.

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

[Scott747]

Well I missed what sounds like a eventful chase for my partner Josh and Jorge with hurricane Alex. Hard to complain against sipping rita's and getting a bikini line going @ Lake Havasu. However it was mucho hot out that way. Yearned for the Texas heat!

Anyways...

Josh has a full report up at Eastern for anyone interested. As usual it's a great description of the events. Jorge also has some stellar images of Monterrey a few dozen posts before the chase report. Not surprising that the US media under reports what the effects were in Mexico.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php ... &p=4960985

[Ptarmigan]

Well I missed what sounds like a eventful chase for my partner Josh and Jorge with hurricane Alex. Hard to complain against sipping rita's and getting a bikini line going @ Lake Havasu. However it was mucho hot out that way. Yearned for the Texas heat!

Anyways...

Josh has a full report up at Eastern for anyone interested. As usual it's a great description of the events. Jorge also has some stellar images of Monterrey a few dozen posts before the chase report. Not surprising that the US media under reports what the effects were in Mexico.

http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php ... &p=4960985

It's just the start. Expect much longer nights.

[Ptarmigan]

000
ABNT30 KNHC 011127
TWSAT
MONTHLY TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT THU JUL 01 2010

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

HURRICANE ALEX WAS THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE OBSERVED DURING THE
MONTH OF JUNE AND THE FIRST JUNE ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SINCE
1995. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST CATEGORY TWO JUNE HURRICANE SINCE 1966.
ON AVERAGE...A TROPICAL STORM OCCURS IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN IN JUNE
EVERY OTHER YEAR...AND A HURRICANE ABOUT ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. ALEX
MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST MEXICAN COAST IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF SOTO LA MARINA LATE ON 30 JUNE AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.

REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL CYCLONES...WHEN COMPLETED...ARE AT THE WEB
SITE OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...USE LOWER-CASE
LETTERS...HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/2010ATLAN.SHTML

SUMMARY TABLE

NAME DATES MAX WIND (MPH)
----------------------------------------------------
H ALEX 25 JUN- 105

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FORECASTER BLAKE

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/tw ... _jun.shtml?

Number of storms and ACE are not always related. They are strongly correlated though. 1936 had 16/7/1, but an ACE of 108. On the other hand, 1961 had 11/8/7, but an ACE of 205. Higher ACEs are largely from hurricanes and major hurricanes.

[Hardcoreweather]

I still expect this one to get upgraded after the season is over to a Cat 3

[srainhoutx]

I suspect that 90 kts will stand for Alex. Still may be retired due to the flood damage in Monterrey.