Arlene to Drench Drought Stricken Mexico
The Latin American Herald Tribune is reporting today that Mexico is experiencing its worst drought in 70 years.
Tropical Storm Arlene may alleviate some of the drought, although many mountainous regions may experience flash floods because of the amount of rainfall associated with the tropical storm.
Tropical Storm Arlene, Image: NOAA
The satellite presentation became much more impressive in the overnight hours, most likely due to the lack of wind shear in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Thunderstorms started sprouting up in the southern and eastern section of the storm early this morning. It’s possible Arlene could reach just below hurricane strength before making landfall between Tampico and Poza Rico. The topography in this section of Mexico makes it susceptible to flooding rains.
Although Arlene doesn’t have much time to strengthen, it could be just below hurricane strength before making landfall between Tampico and Poza Rica. For complete tropical storm coverage, visit TV stations in coastal towns of Texas like Houston and Corpus Christi.
Dawn Brown, FOX 8 New Orleans
Watching the Gulf… Heavy Rain Expected
Heavy Rain Moving to Texas/Louisiana
The National Hurricane Center has now noted that area in the western Gulf of Mexico with the potential for development. Currently it has a less than 30% chance of development in the next two days. The NHC gives tropical waves and disturbed weather either a low, medium or high chance for development. Over the next few days it’s going to encounter some high wind shear as it remains stationary in the western Gulf. Both Texas and Louisiana are expected to see some high rainfall numbers even if the showers and thunderstorms remain unorganized.
Just because I’ve tracked down all the links to all the TV stations across the US, let’s take a sneak peek at what folks in Corpus Christiare saying about this area of showers and storms! By the way, the link takes you to the weather page, then look for the box that says video forecast. On this website, scroll down past the 7-day forecast.
If you want to see what the global computer models have to say, follow my link for Tracking Hurricanes.
Talk to you tomorrow… Dawn Brown
P.S… I’m not really following Fred anymore. He’s losing steam, and will decay in the next couple of days. Plus, he’s way the heck out in the Eastern Atlantic!