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UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite
Tropical Storm Alex currently at 55 mph and building after leaving the Yucatan Peninsula.
It is a very large storm and at this point I believe it remains unpredictable.
It has a 'twin vortex' east of the Bahama Islands.
I would not underestimate Alex or its twin in the Atlantic.
Texas begins preparing for Tropical Storm Alex
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer © 2010 The Associated Press
June 28, 2010, 7:37PM
McALLEN, Texas — Beachgoers began canceling hotel rooms for the busy July Fourth weekend Monday as officials prepared emergency shelters and sandbag distribution with Tropical Storm Alex gaining steam in the Gulf and possibly headed for Texas.
A hurricane watch stretched from Baffin Bay, near Kingsville, down the Texas coast and into northern Mexico. A tropical storm watch extended from Baffin Bay north to Port O'Connor, on the tip of Matagorda Bay. Alex had sustained winds Monday evening near 60 mph, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami expected the storm to become a hurricane Tuesday.
It was projected to make landfall as a moderate to strong Category 1 hurricane, said Barry Goldsmith, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Brownsville. The path was expected to take Alex very near the Mexico-U.S. border sometime Thursday.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7085151.html
