Hurricane Alex – Day 5
Position: 24.3N 97.7W [ 9 PM CDT 0200 UTC].
Movement: West [260°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 115 mph [185 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 947 mb ↓.
It is 35 miles [55 km] North of La Pesca, Mexico.
“National Weather Service Doppler radar from Brownsville Texas and Air Force Reserve unit hurricane hunter observations indicate that the eye of Hurricane Alex made landfall around 9 PM CDT…0200 UTC along the coast of Mexico in the municipality of Soto La Marina about 110 mi…180 km south of Brownsville. Maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated to be 105 mph…165 km/hr…a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.”
Hurricane Warnings have been issued from South of Baffin Bay on the Texas coast to La Cruz on the coast of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Warnings from Baffin Bay North to Port O’Connor, Texas and from La Cruz South to Cabo Rojo, Mexico.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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