Eyewall Coming Ashore…
Conditions are deteriorating rapidly on the Texas and Southwest Louisiana Coast as the eyewall of Hurricane Ike moves onshore.
The historic Brennan’s Downtown Restaurant in Houston is burning to the ground right now…
WTNT54 KNHC 130553
TCEAT4
HURRICANE IKE TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008
100 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
AT 1 AM CDT…0600Z…THE CENTER OF LARGE HURRICANE IKE WAS
ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 29.0
NORTH…LONGITUDE 94.7 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES…35 KM…
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE
EYE SHOULD BE MOVING OVER THE GALVESTON AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO.
THE NATIONAL OCEAN SURFACE STATION AT THE GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER
RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 85 MPH…137 KM/HR.
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FORECASTER BEVEN
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