Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Allison Forms 2001...

Today is the anniversary of Tropical Storm Allison back in 2001, a slow moving storm that never became a hurricane bu still had her name retired for the prolific rains she produced during her 15 day run, or should I say, crawl across the Southern Gulf States.  Alvin, TX outside of Houston received over 43"(yep 3 1/2 feet) with some unbelieveable flooding all around Houston.  As Allison staggered across south LA, Thibodaux drowned with nearly 30" with much of metro N.O. getting 10-20".  No signs of any thing developing in the Gulf right now, but I'm reminded that Hurricane Audrey (Cat. 4) formed in June back in 1957. 

Computer models have been having a difficult time with an old cold front that is slowly drifting towards the Gulf Coast.  Where that boundary settles will determine our rain chances the next 2-3 days.  If it pushes off the coast, most showers will be south of N.O.   If not, we could get stormy with daytime heating.  Along with heavy downpours & gusty winds & small hail, those storms also bring down some cooler temps.   An upper disturbance could bring even higher rain chances for this weekend.

2 comments:

Bourbon St. Blues said...

Is it my computer, or there has not been a weather update forecast from your news in about 2 months.

Bob Breck said...

How you mean Bourbon? I've been updating 4-5 times a week. R U not getting them?