Tropical Storm Alex as of 5:00AM
Location: 19.7 North Latitude, 91.6 West Longitude.
Maximum Sustained Winds: 50 mph.
Movement: Northwest at 6 mph.
Minimum Central Pressure: 990 millibars
Tropical Storm Alex made landfall over the weekend as a tropical storm and quickly deteriorated in a tropical depression upon landfall. Alex has since then regained tropical storm status as it reached the waters off the Bay of Campeche. Alex is expected to reach Category 2 status with winds up to 110 mph by landfall between eastern Mexico and western Texas by Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. There are some models that are not in agreement with the location of landfall, but at this moment those models are the outliers.
I believe that Alex will each Category 3 at landfall (115 – 125 mph) and continue to add to his lists of first's (first tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane) and become the first major hurricane of the season because the waters are warm along his path and the environment is conducive for further development. Also the National Hurricane Center (NHC), is usually off when estimating the potential strength of a hurricane. So when their predictions borders the next category, I go up to the one.
Since this storm will not affect us, I will not constantly post information regarding Alex. My next post will be tomorrow morning.
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