Alberto update #3
While I was at work, Alberto increased in strength a bit.
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph
Minimum central pressure: 997 mb
Despite 20-30 mph wind shear and a ton of dry air to the west, Alberto not only refused to die, but intensified. I checked the calendar. It insists that it is 2006, but it still feels like 2005 to me.
Alberto is forecast to reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall right in Florida's armpit. Since Alberto will probably make landfall in the morning and tropical systems like to intensify overnight, it will probably be at peak when it hits. Governor Bush has ordered evacuations of Florida's Gulf coast. The evacuations aren't so much for winds or even heavy rain (which most of Florida has already gotten or is getting now) but for storm surge, which is predicted to be a rather high 8-10 feet.
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph
Minimum central pressure: 997 mb
Despite 20-30 mph wind shear and a ton of dry air to the west, Alberto not only refused to die, but intensified. I checked the calendar. It insists that it is 2006, but it still feels like 2005 to me.
Alberto is forecast to reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall right in Florida's armpit. Since Alberto will probably make landfall in the morning and tropical systems like to intensify overnight, it will probably be at peak when it hits. Governor Bush has ordered evacuations of Florida's Gulf coast. The evacuations aren't so much for winds or even heavy rain (which most of Florida has already gotten or is getting now) but for storm surge, which is predicted to be a rather high 8-10 feet.
posted by SpakKadi at 5:48 PM
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