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09/06/2010 04:47 PM

Intensifying Hermine closes in on the Texas/Mexico coast

Steadily intensifying Tropical Storm Hermine is closing in on the coast near the Texas/Mexico border, and should move ashore late tonight. Hermine became a tropical depression at 11pm last night, and could become a minimal hurricane by 11 pm tonight. Hermine's rate of intensification from nothing to a strong tropical storm is one of the fastest on record. It turns out that the extreme southwestern Gulf of Mexico's Bay of Campeche, where Hermine formed, is prone to t... <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1610">Read More</a>

09/06/2010 11:15 AM

Hurricane watches for Mexico and Texas as Hermine suddenly develops

Hurricane watches are up for the Texas/Mexico border region as fast developing Tropical Storm Hermine steams towards the coast at 13 mph. Hermine was a tropical depression twelve hours ago, got its name just six hours ago, but already is a threat to intensify into a hurricane by tonight. It's remarkable how fast Gulf of Mexico disturbances can blow up into strong tropical storms, when the right mix of warm waters and low wind shear develops. Indeed, water temperatur... <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1609">Read More</a>

09/05/2010 10:17 AM

Gaston still a threat to redevelop

For the first time since August 22, when Danielle became a tropical storm, there are no named storms active in the Atlantic. An extratropical storm absorbed Tropical Storm Earl last night, bringing an end to the 11-day life of the 2010 season's longest-lived storm. While Earl was mostly a non-event for North Carolina and New England, the storm gave Nova Scotia a solid pounding, reminding us of what could have easily happened to New England had the forecast track dev... <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1608">Read More</a>

09/04/2010 11:30 AM

Earl hits Nova Scotia but spares New England; Gaston still a threat

Tropical Storm Earl roared ashore over western Nova Scotia late this morning, bringing heavy rain and tropical storm force winds to much of the province. The capital of Halifax recorded sustained winds of 51 mph, gusting to 75 mph at 12:48pm AST this afternoon, and the power is out to tens of thousands of residents in Nova Scotia. Winds were stronger at McNabs Island, in Halifax Harbor, where sustained winds of 64 mph, gusting to 76 mph, occurred at noon AST.Earl's ... <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1607">Read More</a>

09/03/2010 04:09 PM

Earl's rain bands move over New England; Gaston regenerating?

Hurricane Earl has remained roughly constant in intensity over the past six hours, as it heads north-northeast at 20 mph towards New England. The latest center fix from the Hurricane Hunters, at 1:14pm EDT, found the pressure had remained constant since late morning, at 961 mb. Long range radar out of Long Island shows that Earl's outermost spiral bands have already brought as much as one inch of rain to portions of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with lesser amount... <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1606">Read More</a>