ALEX Has Strengthened to a Cat 3C Hurricane, Making Landfall in NE Mexico
Hurricane ALEX – IR Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.
HURRICANE ALEX — Summary of Status At 01:00UTC – July 1, 2010
[Source: Fire-Earth Estimate]
- Time- Date: 01:00UTC July 1, 2010
- Location: 24.5N, 98.1W
- Distances
- About 80km (50 miles) NE OF LA PESCA, Mexico
- About 160km (100 miles) SE of Brownsville, Texas
- Max. Sustained Winds 204km/hr (127 MPH)
- Currently Movement: W (270) at 19km/hr (12 MPH)
Hurricane Warning [Source: NHC]
- Coast of Texas south of Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande
- Coast of Mexico from the mouth of the Rio Grande to La Cruz
Tropical Storm Warning
- Coast of Texas from Baffin Bay to Port O’connor
- Coast of Mexico south of La Cruz to Cabo Rojo
Satellite Imagery:
Satellite Imagery (GOES 12 Floater/NOAA/SSD)
- Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Water Vapor
- Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Visible
- Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Infrared
- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean – Infrared
- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean – IR (Aviation Color Enhancement)
- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean – Water Vapor
- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean – Visible
- Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean – Visible (Colorized)
- Gulf of Mexico – Infrared
- Gulf of Mexico – IR (Aviation Color Enhancement)
- Gulf of Mexico – Water Vapor
- Gulf of Mexico – Visible
- Gulf of Mexico – Visible (Colorized)
Loops/ Satellite Animations (GOES 12; NOAA/SSD)
- Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Water Vapor
- Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Visible
- Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Sector – Infrared
Satellite Images Taken by MODIS
Hurricane Alex as it hovered over the western Gulf of Mexico. Image taken by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite at 12:10 p.m. Central Daylight Time on June 30, 2010. Source: NASA E/O. Download large image (6 MB, JPEG)
Hurricane Alex covering the Gulf of Mexico, from the Yucatán Peninsula to the Louisiana coast. Natural-color image taken by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on June 29, 2010. Source: NASA E/O. Download large image (5 MB, JPEG)
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