August in the Gulf

Just when you think you know, you don't know & you may never know (Coach Mora) !  Yep, went to bed last night feeling confident that nothing was happening in the Gulf as all of the showers & T-Storms on radar & satellite views diminished and surface pressures were not falling.   Oh silly me!   With the Gulf's waters hovering in the upper 80s to near 90, the fuel for Tropical Development is at its usual August-September high.   So when we start receiving daylight (visible) pictures, whoa... what do we see?   A well defined swirl/rotation of LOW LEVEL clouds about 150 east of Corpus Christi.   NHC quickly has scrambled the Hurricane Hunters out of Keesler AFB to fly & see if something (Trop. Depression) is forming.   The good news for us is this system is drifting to the west.  The better news is it could bring some much needed rainfall to south Texas the next 2-3 days.  I'll have my usual update tonight.  Stay tuned!