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Whats the latest? I'm about to drive from baton rouge to brenham. Any thoughts on how wet the ride will be? Will probably be in Houston in 4 or 5 hours. Partly cloudy with no rain here in Louisiana right now.
Only advise is I have seen with this system that radar does not seem to accurately indicate the strength of tropical storm rain. Where a typical radar signature for heavy rain is red with thunderstorms, this storm has produced extremely heavy rain during green radar scans. There must be a disconnect in what radar is measuring versus the amount of rain these bands are producing.
I'm no radar expert, but I think it has to do with the thickness of the storm. These systems are so broad that it dulls the radars look into the storm to see the true intensity.
I think it's much like driving down the highway and looking for hazards ahead. Your sight distance becomes limited in foggy conditions. The thicker the fog, the less you are ahead until eventually you can see no more.