EX TC Don- Inland near Baffin Bay "Don Is Dead"

[TexasBreeze]

Hardly a swirl of light rain and drizzle down there.

[Ptarmigan]

Tropical Storm Don goes down as probably the wimpiest tropical storm in some time. Even Edouard in 2008 was better. We got rain at least, the steady kind. That dry air is enough to dry up Tip-sized storm.

[tireman4]

Don, we hardly knew ye.. I swear I have never seen that. It was like watching water go down a drain. Unbelievable. What a year so far...

[jeff]

I have seen some weak storms cross the TX coast, but never one without any kind of rainfall structure. Looking at CRP and BRO reflectivity it is almost impossible to find any kind of LLC, although there is one in the surface obs over S TX. Even the repeat of Ivan in 04 had a few bands around the center.

[tireman4]

I have seen some weak storms cross the TX coast, but never one without any kind of rainfall structure. Looking at CRP and BRO reflectivity it is almost impossible to find any kind of LLC, although there is one in the surface obs over S TX. Even the repeat of Ivan in 04 had a few bands around the center.

Jeff,

Did the High Pressure Ridge of Death do him in? I mean, I watching the radar loops from then to now and wow, I mean wow. Just soaked him up like a sponge in record time.

[sleetstorm]

Okay, as of 11p.m. EDT, Don was declared a Tropical Depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 m.p.h. by KHOU's Hurricane Central.

[Snowman]

Don is just a little disgrace.


Thanks Don,

For nothing.

[Andrew]

Never in my life have I seen something disappear like Don did. Wow!

[mckinne63]

Wow! That was amazing. I was watching the radar and it just went poof!

[vbhoutex]

Definitely the weirdest thing I have ever seen with a TC. As NHC said it happened without mountains interfering with the circulation. I would guess there was a sudden gulp of dry air along with the already dry environment of Texas that basically robbed Don of his moisture. Strange things happen when there is an ongoing EXTREME drought. I hope if we have any more TCs to the TX coast that they don't do the same. I'm almost to the point I'll take the rain along with whatever else comes with it. Did I just say that? Ouch!