Hurricane Alex

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Winds are now up to 65 mph as of 11 PM EDT, and the central pressure has dropped to 985 mb.  Alex may become a hurricane in a matter of hours from now.  The hurricane watch that was issued earlier today has been upgraded to a hurricane warning for the same locations.

[WeatherWitness]

Here are some maps of the Hurricane Warnings/TS warnings in effect for northern Mexico and southern Texas (easily accessible here...you don't have to go to weather.com to see them ).




I wish TWC would update the Alex storm track, though...that info is still from 7 PM CDT.

[TWCToday]

From the latest recon its just about at Hurricane strength. I imagine tomorrow morning or at 11am it will be

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Updated Video

Urgent Update: Brownsville, TX under *Hurricane Warning* for Alex

Notice the Radar loops at the bottom right

[WeatherWitness]

Geez, the red track from Martin's post takes Alex right through the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It's hard to tell what the storm is going to do...the projected paths sure keep changing in both direction and intensity at landfall.

[TWCToday]

I expect by the next NHC update we see Hurricane Alex

[WeatherWitness]

Yeah. Is there something hindering the strengthening of Alex? I thought it was going to strengthen a lot faster and become stronger, but now it's already out over the open waters.

EDIT
To prove my point, look at TWC's newly-updated projected path map. Alex is not expected to have winds above 85 mph now, and hurricane status is expected tomorrow morning, not tonight. I guess the more southerly track that this storm is taking is responsible for the lack in strength.


Map courtesy of The Weather Channel

I guess this should be good news for those residents in southern Texas and northern Mexico, though.

[TWCToday]

Yeah. Is there something hindering the strengthening of Alex? I thought it was going to strengthen a lot faster and become stronger, but now it's already out over the open waters.

There is quite a bit of dry air wrapped in the system

[Localonthe8s]

I don't think Alex will be that  bad. If anything, the US will barely be affected by this.

[UC Davis Meteorologist]

NHC states on TWC that Alex is already a hurricane but they are just waiting for data from Aircraft Recon to confirm.

[UC Davis Meteorologist]

Confirmed recon found winds @ 65 knots...conclusive for Hurricane Alex @ 75 mph next update!

[Stephen]

I don't think Alex will be that  bad. If anything, the US will barely be affected by this.

I wouldn't say that. There's still more time to go before it reaches the coast, so things could change. There's a reason they have Hurricane Warnings issued for that area of Texas - the possibility is obviously there.

[WeatherWitness]

I don't think Alex will be that  bad. If anything, the US will barely be affected by this.

I wouldn't say that. There's still more time to go before it reaches the coast, so things could change. There's a reason they have Hurricane Warnings issued for that area of Texas - the possibility is obviously there.

Yeah, according to Chris, Jim, and Dr. Knabb on WC tonight, because of Alex's enormous size, flooding and even high wind impacts will certainly be something that south Texas will be experiencing. In fact, I think Jim said that some impacts in some places could be worse than Dolly.

BTW, is Stephaine in Brownsville yet? I thought she said she was going there yesterday...maybe she will be there tomorrow.

[TWCToday]

Hello Hurricane Alex

[Anistorm]

NHC finally confirmed that Alex is indeed a hurricane just now.