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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tropical Storm Hermine (Gulf of Mexico)

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This visible image from the GOES-13 satellite at 11:31 UTC (7:31 a.m. EDT) on Sept. 7, 2010, shows the large extent of Tropical Storm Hermine's clouds stretching north into Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas, and south into northern Mexico. Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project

NASA Saw Strong T-storms in Quick-Forming Hermine's Center, Warm Water to Power It

September 07, 2010 - Tropical Storm Hermine formed very quickly yesterday in the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and northeastern Mexico and southeastern Texas are now bearing the brunt of the storm. Infrared imagery taken from NASA's AIRS instrument showed a quick organization of strong thunderstorms around Hermine's center of circulation and very warm Gulf waters that powered her up.

At 11 p.m. EDT on September 6, Hermine made landfall as a strong tropical storm producing heavy rains over northeastern Mexico and South Texas.

This morning there's a tropical storm warning in effect from Bahia Algodones, Mexico Northward to Port O'Connor, Texas as Hermine is continuing to move inland in a north-northwest direction at 17 mph. At 8 a.m. EDT, Hermine's maximum sustained winds had decreased from their peak of 60 mph to 45 mph now that she's over land in south Texas. She's centered near 27.7 North and 98.2 West, which is about 35 miles southwest of Mathis, Texas. Mathis is about 171 miles north of Brownsville, Texas, the southernmost city in the state. Minimum central pressure is 991 millibars.

Tropical Storm Hermine formed quickly in the extreme western Gulf of Mexico on Labor Day in the U.S., Monday, September 6. On Friday, Sept. 4, forecasters were watching a low pressure area, and two days later, even close to the coast tropical depression 11 formed and quickly strengthened into a tropical storm.

Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite instrument the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) captured Tropical Storm Hermine right after she formed on Sept. 6 at 19:53 UTC (3:53 p.m. EDT), showed strong convection and strong, high thunderstorms around the center of circulation indicating an organized tropical storm. AIRS data also showed that that sea surface temperatures where Hermine formed yesterday were about 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius), way above the 80F threshold needed to power a tropical cyclone.

A large threat from Hermine is extreme rainfall. She's expected to produce between 4 and 8 inches of rain with isolated totals up to 12 inches from southern Texas northward through northern Texas and into central and eastern Oklahoma. The National Hurricane Center noted that the rains are expected to continue spreading northeastward into Kansas, northwestern Arkansas and Missouri over the next few days and could caused life-threatening flash floods.

The visible satellite image from the GOES-13 satellite at 11:31 UTC (7:31 a.m. EDT) on Sept. 7, 2010, showed the large extent of Tropical Storm Hermine's clouds stretching north into Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas, and south into northern Mexico. GOES-13 is one of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites operated by NOAA. NASA's GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Md. creates images and animations from GOES satellite data.

Meanwhile, tropical-storm force winds are expected in the warning area, and isolated tornadoes are possible across portions of southeast Texas through today.



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..HERMINE STILL A TROPICAL STORM...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
TEXAS...

SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

LOCATION...29.9N 98.7W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM WSW OF AUSTIN TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB...29.41 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

AT 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.7 WEST. HERMINE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR. A TURN TO
THE NORTH AND THEN NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS WERE REPORTED IN THE
SAN ANTONIO AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

WIND...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER A SMALL AREA NEAR
THE CENTER OF HERMINE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

STORM SURGE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL GRADUALLY
RECEDE...BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...FROM THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST NORTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS.

TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.




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continental United States graphical weather forecast September 6, 2010



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

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September 7, 2010 infrared satellite image, Atlantic

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM HERMINE...LOCATED INLAND ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

1. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF GASTON. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WESTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE AGAIN DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

2. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 350 MILES WEST OF THE NORTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE LOW MOVES WESTWARD NEAR 10 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

3. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE. DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.



Tropical Storm HERMINE

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tropical storm Hermine when speed probabilities

HERMINE MOVING FARTHER INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS...STILL A TROPICAL
STORM...

SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

LOCATION...28.3N 98.2W
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM NW OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF BAFFIN
BAY TEXAS.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
BAFFIN BAY NORTHWARD TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

AT 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.2 WEST. HERMINE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND A GENERAL NORTH
TO NORTH-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS...AND HERMINE IS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE EAST.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH TEXAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY.

STORM SURGE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL GRADUALLY
RECEDE...BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...FROM THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST NORTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND MISSOURI DURING
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS.

TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.



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Western Pacific

TROPICAL STORM 10W (MALOU)

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1. TROPICAL STORM 10W (MALOU)

ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC

   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE

   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
  
   WARNING POSITION:

   071200Z --- NEAR 35.4N 131.9E

     MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 070 DEGREES AT 16 KTS

     POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM

     POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY A COMBINATION OF
     SATELLITE AND RADAR

   PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:

   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 035 KT, GUSTS 045 KT

   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY

   BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL

   REPEAT POSIT: 35.4N 131.9E
   
   FORECASTS:

   12 HRS, VALID AT:

   080000Z --- 35.9N 136.2E

   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 030 KT, GUSTS 040 KT

   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY

   EXTRATROPICAL
   VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 085 DEG/ 20 KTS
   
   24 HRS, VALID AT:
   081200Z --- 36.0N 141.2E
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT
   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
   EXTRATROPICAL
   VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 080 DEG/ 24 KTS
  
   36 HRS, VALID AT:
   090000Z --- 36.5N 147.0E
   MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 020 KT, GUSTS 030 KT
   WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY
   EXTRATROPICAL
  
REMARKS:

071500Z POSITION NEAR 35.5N 133.0E.

TROPICAL STORM 10W (MALOU), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 190 NM WEST OF
KYOTO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 16 KNOTS OVER THE
PAST 06 HOURS.

ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT TS
10W CONTINUES TO UNDERGO EXTRA-TROPICAL TRANSITION (ETT) WITH DEEP
CONVECTION SHEARED NORTHEAST OF THE LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER
(LLCC).

TS 10W IS INTERACTING WITH A BAROCLINIC ZONE SITUATED OVER
THE SEA OF JAPAN AND HAS BEGUN TO ATTAIN A FRONTAL SIGNATURE IN
SATELLITE IMAGERY. RECENT AMSU CROSS-SECTIONS INDICATE A RAPIDLY
WEAKENING WARM CORE. BASED ON THIS EVIDENCE, THE SYSTEM HAS CLEARLY
COMMENCED ETT AND IS NOW TRACKING WITHIN STRONG MIDLATITUDE WESTERLY
FLOW UNDER 30-40 KNOTS OF VERTICAL WIND SHEAR.

CURRENT INTENSITY OF 35 KNOTS IS BASED ON THE LOWER END OF DVORAK
ESTIMATES, WHICH RANGE FROM 30-45 KNOTS. TS 10W IS FORECAST TO
ACCELERATE EASTWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE ETT WITHIN THE NEXT
06-12 HOURS. MALOU SHOULD ALSO WEAKEN SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT TRACKS
ACROSS THE JAPAN ALPS, SO EXPECT A 20-25 KNOT EXTRA-TROPICAL LOW TO
PASS JUST NORTH OF THE KANTO PLAIN BY 08/09Z. THE MODEL GUIDANCE
REMAINS TIGHTLY-CLUSTERED AND SUPPORTS THIS TRACK. THE SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF
REGENERATION. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 071200Z IS 13
FEET.

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