Hurricane Beatriz slams into Mexico; heavy rains, tornadoes hit the Midwest
Hurricane Beatriz plowed into the Pacific coast of Mexico near La Fortuna this morning as a Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds, bringing very heavy rains and mudslides to a 200-mile stretch of coast. Acapulco reported 5.20" of rain yesterday, and one injury due to a falling free. Hurricane-force winds extend outwards 25 miles from the center of Beatriz, and these winds are likely to cause moderate damage along a 200-mile stretch of the Mexican coast today as the storm moves northwestwards towards Cabo Corrientes. However, the primary threat from the storm will be heavy rain, and the expected rains of 6 - 12" are likely to cause very dangerous flooding and mudslides today and Wednesday morning. Satellite loops reveal that Beatriz weakened significantly over the past few hours, once the eye moved over land. The mountainous terrain of coastal Mexico will continue to tear up the storm today, and Beatriz will likely be a weak tropical storm by the time it moves back out to sea on Wednesday.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Hurricane Beatriz over the Pacific coast of Mexico taken at 9:30am EDT June 21, 2011. Image credit: NASA/GSFC.
Tornadoes, heavy rain slam the Midwest
Severe thunderstorms rumbled through a wide section of the Midwest yesterday, generating numerous tornadoes, baseball-sized hail, and heavy flooding rains. The storm also brought heavy snow to the mountains of Colorado above 9,500 feet, an unusual occurrence for so late in June. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center logged 43 preliminary tornado reports yesterday in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Texas, and North Dakota. The tornadoes mostly avoided populated areas, and only sporadic damage was reported. Perhaps the most significant impact of the storm was the large area of 1 - 4 inches of rain it dropped on Nebraska and South Dakota. This rain will run off into the Missouri River, further aggravating the flooding that has breached two levees and overtopped two other levees in the past week. The large, slow-moving low pressure system responsible for the rains and severe weather will bring additional heavy rains of 1 - 3 inches over portions of the Missouri River watershed today, and will touch off a new round of severe weather today and Wednesday as the storm progresses slowly eastwards. However, the Storm Prediction Center is issuing only their "Slight Risk" forecast for severe weather for both days.
Figure 2. Radar reflectivity image of a supercell thunderstorm with a classic hook echo. The storm spawned a tornado that hit Elm Creek, Nebraska yesterday. The tornado ripped the roofs off of several houses and tore down power lines.
The Atlantic is quiet
The Atlantic is quiet, with no tropical cyclones predicted over the next seven days by the reliable computer models.
Jeff Masters
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If that can scoot a little more to the right, a lot of people will be happy.
Wow thats pretty sick, don't you think?
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/
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Velocity's on radar are pretty scary.
I have 2 45 gal barrels that I bought from Lowes for about 40 a piece. They hook up directly to your downspouts, complete with overflow control. As for the "shingle gravel" the lids are removable and you just hose them out. Also have a spigot to hook a garden hose to.
Very pretty!
Well, it might not rain that hard for that long, but if I am correct, you could pick up more than an inch in 30 minutes to an hour with moisture as high as it is.
Here in Florida, 2 to 3 inch per hour rainfall rates are common. During the wet season when we get tropical waves combining with sea breeze convergence, the extremely moist air can produce 5 inch per hour rain rates or more. But these periods of extreme rainfall are usually short lived because we usually don't have the dynamics in the air to support storms hanging around very long so we end up with in actuality, a 15 to 30 minute down pour dumping rain in the 1 to 3 inch range.
We had 15 inches in 3 hours a few years back, that was scary, thankfully drainage is good and we are close to the coast here in the Tampa Bay area so it never flooded the house, but still, that was crazy. I have seen other stuff like that before but that is rare even here.
AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME DAMAGING
WINDS OF LOCALLY 80 TO 100 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WATERMAN TO HINCKLEY TO NEWARK TO 8 MILES SOUTH
OF SENECA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
But if it were to scoot more to the left, a lot more people would be happy.
Could that make it into the BOC and become something for TX?
Ouch, defintely an area to watch, TY!
Beatriz is nearing her death, there will be no re-intensification of the system. I'll believe there will be when we start seeing unicorns and pigs start flying.
Not all the models, just the GFS, CMC, and NGP.
Most of the area to the SW of Chicago is under a tornado warning!Link
Wow, dead animals repeatedly shown on power lines...yeah, I guess your right that is news.
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Yep, one of my permanent tabs.
Or this one. Just click on the warning you want to view one the bottom of the screen and it will bring up all active warnings.Link
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAMPSHIRE TO AURORA TO
SHOREWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE GREATET CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA.
Well, hope this doesn't actually pan out.
Yeah its amazing how that kind of rain up there makes everything beautiful and green, but the dry season here is 2.5 to 3.5 inches a month. It all depends on how the climate is adjusted to, type of foliage as well as soil. The wet season we average 7 to 10 inches a month. sometimes less during some years years, and sometimes it can be way more during others. I have seen us get 15 to 20 inches in August and September several times before since Ive lived here. But then there's last year, which was very dry, and we only had 4 to 5 inches both months, which was considered bad for us. I have seen us get a foot of rain sometimes in June, and years like this, we have only had 1 inch so far. The good news is, climate forecasts are calling for lots of rain the rest of the rain season.
The way it works in the subtropics of Florida. We either get slammed for a while with rain, or we get real dry for a while. Also, most of the days it rains, we also get lots of sun, some of our heaviest rain days we manage to squeeze out several hours of sun, hence why they call us the sunshine state. Being a weather freak and an athletic/outdoorsman, its the best Climate in the U.S. to me.
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAPLE PARK TO NORTH AURORA TO
OSWEGO TO COAL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WEST CHICAGO...WARRENVILLE...ST. CHARLES AND SHOREWOOD AROUND 820
PM CDT.
WINFIELD AND WAYNE AROUND 825 PM CDT.
GILBERTS...WOODRIDGE...WHEATON AND ROMEOVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
DARIEN...YORK CENTER...WESTMONT AND STREAMWOOD AROUND 835 PM CDT.
VILLA PARK AROUND 840 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS
INCLUDE PINGREE GROVE...SOUTH ELGIN...CRYSTAL LAWNS...GLENBARD
SOUTH...CREST HILL...PRESTON HEIGHTS...GLENDALE HEIGHTS...FAIRMONT...
BLOOMINGDALE AND WILLOWBROOK.
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Interesting site. You can listen listen to rain falling while browsing or listening to a song. It's quite enjoyable with a few songs.
Beatriz is dead, I pulled her life support plug out last night before going to bed.
I might bookmark that for later, still getting over 15in of rain last week here.
Must be bad out there.
But when you do get the chance, it's cool, very soothing.
No problem, glad you're enjoying it!
Winds at 25 knots and pressure at 1002, Id say its pretty much gone.
Thanks for all the rain wishes. Much appreciated. :)
Yes, but remember, they could just as easily flip back in the other direction.
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