Alex Becomes First Atlantic Hurricane Of 2010 Season
Late in the evening on Tuesday, June 29, Tropical storm Alex became the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Alex is the first Atlantic hurricane in the month of June since 1995. Overnight, Hurricane Alex grew to a powerful Category 2 storm as it neared Mexico’s Gulf coast and south Texas today. While the storm was far from the Gulf oil spill, cleanup vessels were sidelined by its ripple effects, as it whipped up high waves that frustrated oil-spill cleanup efforts and delivering tar balls and globs of crude onto already soiled beaches.
The latest Hurricane Alex update from the National Hurricane Center indicates:
ALEX IS A LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES…110 KM…FROM THE CENTER…AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES…335 KM PRIMARILY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH…17 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO later this evening.
LOCATION…24.3N 97.5W
i.e. ABOUT 40 MI…65 KM NNE OF LA PESCA MEXICO
or ABOUT 110 MI…180 KM S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…100 MPH…155 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 270 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…17 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…948 MB…27.99 INCHES
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR… * THE COAST OF TEXAS SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE and also for THE COAST OF MEXICO FROM THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE TO LA CRUZ
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN IN EFFECT FOR… * THE COAST OF TEXAS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR and also for THE COAST OF MEXICO SOUTH OF LA CRUZ TO CABO ROJO
