Here
are the stats on Lee as of 11 am today: Max winds at around 45mph,
pressure is at 986 milibars, and movement is towards the ne at around 3
mph. It appears on the latest satellite that Lee is beginning to really
move out in the direction that the NHC and we have been talking about.
The motion is apparent on satellite and radar, and he is remaining
strong. This is the latest rainbow IR satellite as of around 1pm today,
shows right around the center o
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circulation some pretty intense convection which is a sign of a strong
Tropical storm. Even though Lee is not over the open waters of the Gulf
of Mexico, he is in the marshes and bayous of Louisiana which is just a
lot of grass and waters with not a lot of friction caused by hills and
such. So lee will continue to spin and rain and read in this direction. T
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unfortunate side of things is that while Lee will be bringing us some
very needed rainfall, Lee will also bring the threat for tornadoes.
Check out this radar image from the New Orleans site…. Notice all the
red boxes? Those are all tornado warnings….. They
are in the NE quadrant of Lee, and that is where we will be tomorrow.
So if there is a time for possible tornadoes with Lee, it will be in the
afternoon hours on LaborDay. If any do happen, they will not be the big
f-3 or f-4 tornadoes we see in spring, but a tornado is a tornado
right? This slight risk area will most likely be pushed into more of
central 
and north Georgia tomorrow. The next risk comes from flooding, and the NWS has us all undera flash flood watch in effect until Tuesday. There is a high likelyhood that parts of n. Georgia could see 2-6 inches of rain!!! Not a full blown drought buster, but it is a start. The rain is already moving into the metro Atlanta area and will continue on and off through sometime on late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The HPC (Hydrometeorological Prediction Center) has put out its forecast for rain amounts in the state through Wednesday and it is very impressive…. We could see 3-5 inches of rain in the Atlanta metro area with more to the north. The latest computer models are starting to disagree on where Lee is going to go and how fast he is going to move, so we are going to stick with our original forecast and move Lee out by sometime on Wednesday. We will have another update soon.
Tropical Storm Lee is finally moving out
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Oleh
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