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| Last map update: Sun, Sep. 7, 2008 at 1:58:33 am CDT |
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UPDATE -
Tue Sep 02 2008 10:12 AM EXPERIMENTAL
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August 2008 Highlights
- The Atlantic Basin saw three
tropical cyclones in July. Dolly
was the first hurricane since Bret
in August 1999 to make landfall along the Deep
South Texas barrier islands. Bertha
was the longest lived July hurricane on record (7 3/4 days),
beating out the previous record holder (Emily in 2005) by
just under one day. Bertha was also the longest-lived tropical
storm on record for both July and for so early in the season.
Bertha was the fourth longest lived named storm since 1950
to have formed in any month and was the farthest east forming
tropical storm and hurricane for so early in the season. July
2008 ranks as the 5th all-time for number of July named storms.
July 19th goes down as the only time on record that three
July tropical storms (Bertha, Cristobal and Dolly) were active
on the same day in the Atlantic basin.
- With the peak of the hurricane season just around the corner, you still have time to
familiarize yourself with our evacuation zones
(including potential evacuation routes), tidal flooding information and hurricane plan
checklists. Additional and very informative information can be found on the
National Hurricane Awareness Week website.
- Don't forget to check out our Experimental Southeast Texas Weekly Weather Briefing usually updated
at least once a week by Monday morning. Any feedback on this product
would be greatly appreciated.
- August climate normals, means and extremes are available for Houston,
Galveston and College Station.
- The Top Ten wettest, driest, warmest, and coolest Augusts are available for
Houston,
Galveston and
College Station.
- Extremes, Normals and Annual Summaries (monthly averages for 2000 through August 2008) are available. Find out...
Houston,
Galveston and
College Station.
- August 2008 climate datum are now available.
- Our Summer 2008 issue of "Storm Signals" is available
here.
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