2008 Hurricane Season - Tropical Depression Arthur

Damn that didn't take long. Here is the technical skinny...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARTHUR ADVISORY NUMBER 7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012008
1000 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008

...ARTHUR DISSIPATING BUT POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES...

AT 1000 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF DISSIPATING TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ARTHUR WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 17.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.3 WEST...OR NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN BORDER
BETWEEN GUATEMALA AND MEXICO ABOUT 95 MILES...150 KM...
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CIUDAD DEL CARMEN MEXICO.

THE DISSIPATING DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 6
MPH...10 KM/HR. THE REMNANTS OF ARTHUR ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARD AND REMAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ARTHUR IS DISSIPATING INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

ARTHUR AND ITS REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF BELIZE...
GUATEMALA...AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 15
INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

REPEATING THE 1000 PM CDT POSITION...17.4 N...91.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.




So what are we looking at? That dense ass rain ball climbing on the land there. I gotta say thats probably going to be the theme of this season. Rain. Get you some boots now. Before some one corners the market on them and you end up paying to much. I had a feeling about this storm back in the day. Glad to see my storm instincts are still kickin. Kind like riding a bike i guess.

So over the weekend, we had a line of thunderstorm roll over us a few times. Down here in SoCo we had 3 such storms over the weekend. It was pretty darn fun. That stuff that came over Saturday was creepy. It looked and felt all tropical. And that sunset last night was blood red. Creepy part 2. Both were spectacular to see. I found a new way to be a storm junkie. I got this bad ass phone. It is more like a mini computer than a phone. But you can make calls on it so its a phone. And so much more. It can do all that crap the iphone does. I just don't get the hype over the iphone. Anyway this website has a mobile service that kicks ass for doppler on the mobile device. I was loving it. I could tell when the front was coming over to the 5 to 10 minute range. When the dense rain was coming. All that jazz. It was a learning experience. But thats what life is all about, the experiences. And I like to experience weather. And live to tell about it.