Hurricane Alex

chris1232010-06-26 19:40 UTC

Ran the GIS analysis for the projected plot of Hurricane Alex and then the GRIB data from NOAA from today through next Sat. It does not look good for the Gulf given the spill's location. Looks like the early part of the week winds will be directed along the Texas Barrier Islands and then later in the week shifting to the Florida Panhandle with the secondary low passing right over the discharge area. This could get really interesting. ref 1: NOAA GIS webservice of the spill zone and affected areas http://gomex.erma.noaa.gov/erma.html#x=-90.42000&y=28.03000&z=6&layers=3796+4689+4805+4591+497 ref 2: zyGrib animation of same region from Sat through Sunday next week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vetpPkLy0yM -- /ch