Dolly's rains continue to inundate Texas and Mexico
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 14:41 GMT
Tropical Storm Dolly continues plowing west over South Texas, dumping huge quantities of rain. Radar-estimated rainfall amounts as high as 25 inches (Figure 1) have already been reported, and Dolly will probably rank as one of the the ten rainiest tropical cyclones to affect Texas. At its peak, Dolly delivered five inches of rain per hour to the coast at landfall. AIR Worldwide insurance company estimates that the total insured damage from Dolly will run $300 millio... Read More
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...
Issued by the National Weather Service Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL
Thursday, July 24, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Tropical Depression Dolly...centered about 30 miles south of Eagle pass Texas. Future information on Dolly can be found in public advisories issued by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center...under AWIPS header tcpat4 and WMO header WTNT4 kwnh...beginning at 10 pm cdt.
Elsewhere...tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
Forecasters: Roberts, Richard Pasch
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This is the official hurricane forecast center of the United States. If you visit one site, this is the place to go to get the latest official information. When a tropical feature has reached depression status, the front page will feature what you need to look at. Take a look at the "Public Advisory" which will appear on the front page under the heading of the tropical feature for easy to understand language. The site also features the expected track of the storm.
Navy Research Laboratory (NRL) Monterey Marine Meteorology Division: Tropical Cyclone Page
This is an excellent resource. It provides wonderful visible satellite images of current cyclones and developing disturbances. It has an incredible amount of other data. This is usually the first site you will want to visit to see if a storm is developing. Under the "Atlantic" heading in the left column, you will see something like "90L.INVEST," which is an area of disturbed weather that is being monitored. This is not yet located on the front page of the NHC site. The NRL site, often referenced as the "Navy site," will usually have these areas of investigation listed before any other site. They do not always develop. When storm reaches depression status, then it will be located on the NHC's site. These areas of disturbed weather are numbered 90 through 99. When the number 99 is reached, we go back to 90.