OBSERVATIONS OF A TROPICAL STORM
IN WEST TEXAS
Todd Lindley
Alexander Lyster
Rebecca Gould
NOAA / NWSFO - Midland / Odessa, Texas
Figure 11
| Figure #11...Meteogram showing the magnitude of the sustained wind speed (yellow) and wind gusts (green) at the Terrell County Airport ASOS site as Tropical Storm Claudette passed south of Dryden, Texas, on 16 July 2003. The distance from the storm’s center to the ASOS site (red) is also plotted along with the wind data. The graph shows that sustained winds in excess of tropical storm criteria accompanied Claudette’s closest approach the airport. |