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7/18/2008 2:34:07 PM

7/20/2008 8:39:53 AM

Im pretty sure Cristobal has to be one of the most worthless systems ever. What its going to make for a breezy day at the beach, hell there is barely even any clouds associated with the damn think right now much less rain lol.

7/20/2008 8:58:17 AM

I'm sure we'll find a way to make gas go up 5 cents because of it.

7/20/2008 10:05:41 AM

7/20/2008 4:22:49 PM

Another year, another snoozefest season. I hope I end up eating these words. (And yes I know the peak of hurricane season is August and September so don't try to lecture me, youngins'.)

7/20/2008 4:30:18 PM

Will see how Dolly does after it reemerges back into the warm water, its been looking pretty strong coming across the carribean so maybe it will hold together.

7/20/2008 5:43:09 PM

That doesn't do us here in NC any good.

7/20/2008 7:11:22 PM

Fuck no, I don't want storms while working for a utilities company. You know how much it sucks to be stranded 2 counties away from home?

7/20/2008 11:44:06 PM

looks like its going to miss houston

although i do love the storms out here

7/20/2008 11:50:31 PM

Out over the gulf now, nice warm temps and a favorable environment this one should start winding up pretty quickly. Pretty certain this will become a hurricane, how strong of one is the main question as well as will it get far enough north to hit Texas.

7/21/2008 3:16:51 PM

information boards on the highway today said

STORM FORMING IN GULF

FILL YOUR GAS TANK

7/21/2008 11:51:39 PM

now a hurricane...dolly is gonna hit brownsville tx.

7/22/2008 8:32:37 PM

Less than 18 hours left over water, waiting to see if she finds a way to blow up quick like several other recent gulf hurricanes.

7/22/2008 8:34:43 PM

That would be cool if she did like Opal...cept not die right before landfall

7/22/2008 8:46:37 PM

I have to admit that I have not been watching this storm very closely, but has anyone seen what stage of eye-wall contraction it's in or at least will be in by the time it projected to make landfall?

7/22/2008 9:16:10 PM

Dolly is barely a hurricane, and is still struggling to build a complete eyewall. Visible satellite loops show an eye developing, and heavy thunderstorm activity continues to increase near the core of the storm. Dolly has good upper-level outflow to the west and north, but restricted on the south side, where an upper level low pressure system is still interfering. Maximum surface winds measured by the SFMR instrument on the current Hurricane Hunter aircraft inside Dolly were 74 mph (65 kt), measured at 4:17 pm EDT. Brownsville, Texas long-range radar shows the eyewall is complete on Dolly's west side, but is struggling to get established on the east side.

7/22/2008 9:29:08 PM

Word. Please pardon my laziness.

7/22/2008 9:35:11 PM

No problem, I may not have majored in meteorology, but I should have/wish I had. So instead I spend countless hours watching these things for no real good reason other than enjoyment.

7/22/2008 10:00:11 PM

Looks a lot healthier this morning, its gonna run outta water though, if this had another 12-24 hours over the open water it would probably become a cat 3 easily.

7/23/2008 7:16:06 AM

^if you would have majored in meteorology, you would have looked at these things more in your spare time than in actual classes....

most of your classes would be looking at every greek letter known to man in some of the longest equations you've ever seen, and then solving them.

i wish we would have spent more time looking at actual storms and things, but we did most of that in senior level courses.

7/23/2008 7:59:50 AM

Sounds a lot like computer engineering then lol

7/23/2008 8:40:49 AM

Yep...meteorology is just engineering in the atmosphere.

All the equations are similar, just different values used for the variables.

7/23/2008 9:13:31 AM

Up to 95 mph winds with about 2 hours left over water, will likely come onshore with 100mph+ so now rain is not the only problem we will see from this one. I think they should feel lucky this thing didnt have a little more time over the water.

7/23/2008 9:24:28 AM

Cat 2 go!

7/23/2008 11:06:09 AM

I can totally understand the "looking more at equations than storms part though". Knowing how the atmosphere works (or at least knowing as much as we can) gives me a much better appreciation for what I am looking at when I see the same radar/satellite image that the average yahoo sees as well. It's nice knowing what is likely happening at the surface just by looking at an upper air map. Just some clown off the street would be hard pressed to do that. /weather snob.

7/23/2008 5:48:31 PM

Nice little storm. Still looks pretty on the satellite and radar.

On a side note there is a place of interest off the west african coast. We'll see?! I love me some cape verde storms.

7/23/2008 11:46:42 PM

not gonna make it

7/23/2008 11:59:51 PM

Yeah new wave coming off Africa is holding together pretty well and looking like it has potential.

7/24/2008 4:33:02 PM

been thunderstorming all day and all last night in houston

loving it! definitely took a nap today

7/24/2008 5:04:12 PM

Do you like Houston?

My sister lived there for 2 years and the first week she lived there they had 30" of rain... I'm not exaggerating either... EVERYTHING was flooded.

I visited twice and the time I did in the summer it was the most God awful city I've ever been to...

7/24/2008 5:29:25 PM

yeah i love it. cost of living is incredibly cheap, there is tons to do, lots of culture, i love thunderstorms and i also love warm weather so i don't see the heat as a negative.

gotta love the texan way of life too. and i'll never tire of seeing cowboy hats on truck drivers in my daily life

7/24/2008 5:36:59 PM

I know a girl from the houston area, she is baller as fuck

7/24/2008 6:03:27 PM

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

who broke the world?

7/29/2008 11:29:36 PM

Ed in the Gulf, gass prises will rise since it is going through part of the GOM that has lots of oil platforms.....



[Edited on August 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM. Reason : q]

8/3/2008 7:08:55 PM

can't we have one ride up the eastern states already. my grass is crispy

8/4/2008 3:29:03 PM

what up eduardo

went to the g-sto, lowes and filled the gas tank today. could be working from home for the rest of the week. almost planned a trip to louisiana then decided not to when i saw the tropical storm forming.

now my AC is acting up, although it wont matter if power gets knocked out.

nappy time

8/4/2008 5:51:51 PM

its really not gonna be that bad. you should go to Louisiana.

8/4/2008 6:55:30 PM

i have an unnatural fear of driving in the rain

i avoid it when i can and this time, i can

8/4/2008 7:00:21 PM

oic...good thing we're in a drought then huh?

8/4/2008 7:04:56 PM

i live in houston

im about to get smacked with a bunch of rain. i will be locked inside taking lots of naps

8/4/2008 7:08:46 PM

i just got soaked in the rain going outside to check my AC unit

8/4/2008 8:49:26 PM

sounds pretty hot to me [/chit chat]

8/4/2008 9:10:12 PM

everyone of those lines (just about) pass directly over my house

Its gonna be a weak ass storm though. Luckily, I got off work for tomorrow. Woohoo for government jobs.

8/4/2008 9:19:38 PM

Wolfy wear at in H-town are you?

8/4/2008 9:22:18 PM

Will we have a tropical depression today?

8/14/2008 12:37:04 PM

this thing, looking at it is definately a tropical storm by now. If its not official on the next update its just because they are not finding the winds but its a tight circulation and they also have to wait for 24 hours of constant convection which may be the case since it just really got its act together today.

8/14/2008 4:07:25 PM

We have Fay now btw

8/15/2008 9:11:39 PM

Will be interesting to see where the track on this unfolds, if it swings further west it will put it over the open water for an extra day at least and into the panhandle rather than the gulf coast of florida and coudl mean a big difference in strength at landfall

8/17/2008 1:08:25 AM

8/17/2008 12:29:02 PM