View of Tropical Storm Alberto from the satellite. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
At 10AM the National Hurricane Center officially upgraded “Potential Tropical Cyclone 1″ in the SW Gulf of Mexico to Tropical Storm Alberto!
Alberto had winds sustained at 40mph with a pressure of 995mb. The previous update had 998mb. Because the pressure has been dropping, this means Alberto has been strengthening.
Alberto is located in the SW Gulf of Mexico. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
Not only did the NHC upgrade the storm to Alberto, but they also gave an upgraded tropical track. The movement changed from WNW to due-west. The storm is still expected to make landfall in Mexico late tonight.
Our tropical impacts have not changed with the new name for Alberto. Most of the impacts in Texas will be from Corpus Christi to Brownsville and in our coastal areas.
Alberto will make landfall tonight. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
Alberto is the first name of our 2024 list in the Atlantic Basin. The next named system will be Beryl.
Here are the 2024 names for tropical systems in the Atlantic Basin. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
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Amanda Goluszka is a weather intern at KPRC 2. Hailing from Chicago and having studied at College of DuPage and Texas A&M University, she's focused on becoming a full-time broadcast meteorologist.
