Edouard This Afternoon

FIRST, A FEW SPOT REPORTS BASED ON 1 PM OBSERVATIONS
Beaumont…cloudy, wind south 21, gusts 37
Houston/Bush…steady rain, wind NW 21, gusts 28
Houston/Hobby…steady rain…wind west 20, gusts 26
Galveston…cloudy, wind west 24, gusts 32
Buoy 30 miles south of High Island…wind SW gusts 36, 8 foot seas

RAIN REPORTS SO FAR TODAY
2.50 inches at Houston/Bush Airport
1.84 at Houston/Hobby

Edouard made landfall at 7 this morning and continues to move toward the WNW, The latest track forecast indicates a steady movement toward the WNW and NW through the heart of Central Texas. That has been the projection all along.

Next named storm will be Fay.

Here is the latest advisory
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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008
100 PM CDT TUE AUG 05 2008

…EDOUARD PUSHING FARTHER INLAND…

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA
WESTWARD TO SAN LUIS PASS TEXAS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA…INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS…PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 100 PM CDT…1800Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH…LONGITUDE 94.8 WEST OR ABOUT 35
MILES… 55 KM…EAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS.

EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH…16
KM/HR…AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO…TAKING EDOUARD ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 50 MPH…85
KM/HR…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS
EDOUARD CONTINUES MOVING FARTHER INLAND…AND EDOUARD IS EXPECTED
TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES…110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB…29.49 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES IN SOME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COASTAL PARISHES AND
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 100 PM CDT POSITION…30.0 N…94.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD…WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…999 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 400 PM CDT.

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FORECASTER FRANKLIN

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