- July 25th, 2020, 9:44 am
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While everyone has been pandemic obsessed, the tropics are heating up like they haven't in the past. Gonzalo may dissipate in the Eastern Caribbean hurricane graveyard, but it is the earlest formed 'G' storm on record.
Meanwhile down in South Texas, which might as well be Argentina for most of you folks, Hanna is strengthening rapidly and is a full force hurricane striking the Gulf Coast this weekend. My LU classmate Randy Ahrens is a degreed and sealed meteorologist living in Corpus Christi. He has his hands full the next 48 hours covering the storm.
My next door neighbor just spent this past week fishing in the Gulf. He came back concerned because the Gulf waters offshore mid-Texas Coast were already in the 88-89 degree range with a week left in July. Those are temps we typically don't see for another month in the Gulf. That means any storms that successfully enter the Gulf are going to pick up major steam and Category 5s are highly likely for the next couple of months.
Meanwhile down in South Texas, which might as well be Argentina for most of you folks, Hanna is strengthening rapidly and is a full force hurricane striking the Gulf Coast this weekend. My LU classmate Randy Ahrens is a degreed and sealed meteorologist living in Corpus Christi. He has his hands full the next 48 hours covering the storm.
My next door neighbor just spent this past week fishing in the Gulf. He came back concerned because the Gulf waters offshore mid-Texas Coast were already in the 88-89 degree range with a week left in July. Those are temps we typically don't see for another month in the Gulf. That means any storms that successfully enter the Gulf are going to pick up major steam and Category 5s are highly likely for the next couple of months.