Hurricane Ike- what does this forecast mean for Austin? (San Marcos: university, living)

[centralaustinite]

If we are to the far west of the hurricane, then you can get the heat compression effect and we'll have high temps. Usually the northeast quadrant has the heaviest rain, and the whole east side is likely to spin off tornados.

Sometimes, the only thing that can break a drought is the heavy rain of a tropical storm. I'd say that we are at least 1-2 days ahead of knowing what to expect. Check out the weather underground to stay informed, especially Jeff Master's blog.
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[Austin Newby]

LOL!!! El Paso is even listed. I suspect it's so the city can get funding for shelters and such.

Austin traffic is gonna suck this weekend. I'm staying home. I wonder if the stores will run out of bottled water like it did when Rita was coming?

[neddy]

The SA board has a great explanation for the thing from Rick Perry, basically it opens up money to make it easier to get special needs type of folks out of the danger zone to those other counties.

[Austin Newby]

If we are to the far west of the hurricane, then you can get the heat compression effect and we'll have high temps. Usually the northeast quadrant has the heaviest rain, and the whole east side is likely to spin off tornados.

I remember when Rita hit, it was really really HOT here; we headed to the river for a swim that day. I hope we are not on the east side; a lot of rain would be good though.

[Austin Newby]

I found the SA thread earlier (where I learned about the Rick Perry announcement). If you go read the latest, apparently a meteorologist in SA is saying they could see 100 mph+ wind gusts and a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane. Looks like folks in San Antonio are starting to panic already. Isn't it a bit early to start such panic? I haven't seen our local news yet so I don't know what they are saying for us.

I keep telling myself it's smart to have some supplies on hand in case of an extended power outage (Central TX storms) but never get around to buying it. I at least have some bottled water and a 12 pack of Capri Suns.

[artifice]

We really won't know until later as The Loop Current can turn a TS into a Cat 5 in mere hours as it did with Rita. The Loop Current will be under Ike as it moves to Texas. The loop comes in at the Yucatan strait up to the Texas coast and then turns back to Florida and outflows at the Keys and this warm body of Agua has be responsible for some of the quickest intensification of storms on record. All we can do is wait and hope for rain...The rain does seem to not like Austin very much.

[southdown]

Anyone know what generally happens when a football game gets cancelled due to weather - it's Longhorns vs Arkansas this weekend and I have tickets!

[Eastender67]

Originally Posted by artifice

We really won't know until later as The Loop Current can turn a TS into a Cat 5 in mere hours as it did with Rita. The Loop Current will be under Ike as it moves to Texas. The loop comes in at the Yucatan strait up to the Texas coast and then turns back to Florida and outflows at the Keys and this warm body of Agua has be responsible for some of the quickest intensification of storms on record. All we can do is wait and hope for rain...The rain does seem to not like Austin very much.

Have you been inhaling too much "pollen" or something?

[southdown]

Originally Posted by artifice

We really won't know until later as The Loop Current can turn a TS into a Cat 5 in mere hours as it did with Rita. The Loop Current will be under Ike as it moves to Texas. The loop comes in at the Yucatan strait up to the Texas coast and then turns back to Florida and outflows at the Keys and this warm body of Agua has be responsible for some of the quickest intensification of storms on record. All we can do is wait and hope for rain...The rain does seem to not like Austin very much.

b....body....loop...bb......... what????

[jread]

The same thing that always happens when a hurricane gets anywhere near us:

1. Weather channel says we will get lots of rain

2. Absolutely nothing happens (no wind or rain) and we end up having weather that's even HOTTER and DRIER due to the hurricane sucking all the moisture out of the air.