At 4:05 PM, the National Hurricane Center issued a special update on Tropical Storm Chris indicating that Air Force Recon had found a much strong storm than had been estimated using satellite techniques:
WTNT63 KNHC 012106
TCUAT3
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032006
505 PM AST TUE AUG 01 2006
BASED ON A RECENT REPORT FROM THE AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT...THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN CHRIS HAVE INCREASED TO
NEAR 60 MPH. A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY...
PRIMARILY TO MODIFY THE INITIAL AND FORECAST INTENSITY. NO CHANGES
IN WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
We'll be watching Chris intently this week and even over the weekend. If he continues on a west-northwest track, he'll likely end up in the Gulf where water temperatures are between 83 and 89 degrees F on average. A hurricane only needs 78 F water to sustain itself.
CLOSER TO HOME...
A few isolated heavy downpours are showing up on radar around Alabama at 4:25 PM. Most of them were in eastern Alabama over DeKalb County, but one heavy downpour was on US 278 between Piedmont and Hokes Bluff in Calhoun/Etowah Counties.
Other showers were less intense over Coosa County. Those showers are along an outflow boundary that could produce a few more t-storms in Chilton or Talladega Counties shortly.
If you aren't seeing rain, which most of us are NOT, then it's hot out there! Four o'clock temperatures ranged from 88 at Alexander City to 95 in Gadsden, where the high so far has been 97, and the heat index is between 103 and 107!
WTNT63 KNHC 012106
TCUAT3
TROPICAL STORM CHRIS TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032006
505 PM AST TUE AUG 01 2006
BASED ON A RECENT REPORT FROM THE AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT...THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN CHRIS HAVE INCREASED TO
NEAR 60 MPH. A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY...
PRIMARILY TO MODIFY THE INITIAL AND FORECAST INTENSITY. NO CHANGES
IN WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
We'll be watching Chris intently this week and even over the weekend. If he continues on a west-northwest track, he'll likely end up in the Gulf where water temperatures are between 83 and 89 degrees F on average. A hurricane only needs 78 F water to sustain itself.
CLOSER TO HOME...
A few isolated heavy downpours are showing up on radar around Alabama at 4:25 PM. Most of them were in eastern Alabama over DeKalb County, but one heavy downpour was on US 278 between Piedmont and Hokes Bluff in Calhoun/Etowah Counties.
Other showers were less intense over Coosa County. Those showers are along an outflow boundary that could produce a few more t-storms in Chilton or Talladega Counties shortly.
If you aren't seeing rain, which most of us are NOT, then it's hot out there! Four o'clock temperatures ranged from 88 at Alexander City to 95 in Gadsden, where the high so far has been 97, and the heat index is between 103 and 107!