Please check the 7:00 a.m. advisory just below this report and also pay attention to the attached NHC track forecast. It is interesting to note that the eventual track will turn eastward as it crosses Mississippi and reaches West/Central Alabama in the very early hours Saturday. We are not sure yet how that will impact our Saturday forecast, but we still look for improving weather as the day goes on, especially over North Alabama.
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
6.17 inches of rain at Beaumont
5.03 at Galveston
Sulphur, LA…37 mph gusts
Houston…cloudy, wind west 6
Galveston…cloudy wind west 12
Sea Rim State Park…west 25, gusts to 30
You can see from the above reports that the weather has greatly settled down along the Upper Texas coast after Humberto moved inland.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS
McFadden Wildlife Refuge (South LA)…gusts to 75 mph
Sea Rim State Park…gusts 85 mph at 2:29 a.m.
Beaumont…gusts 84 mph
Odom Academy in South Beaumont…gusts 74
Port Arthur (Jefferson County Texas)…widespread power outages, streets flooded, 75,000 people with no power. Part of an apartment complex had roofing torn off, which landed on 4 vehicles.
Vidor (Orange County Texas)…I-10 westbound was closed at old US-90 due to high water.
In Mississippi, a Flash Flood Watch covers about 80% of the state. Only counties near the Tennessee border and the extreme SE not included in the Watch.
ANOTHER SIGN OF THE SEASON
A Freeze Warning for tonight for most of North Dakota and the west 2/3 of South Dakota. Their growing season will end and all of the mosquitoes that remain will be wiped out.
