[Karren_Hutton]

Tim Ballisty, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
9:46 a.m. ET 7/23/2008

As landfall nears, Hurricane Dolly is strengthening and is now packing maximum sustained winds of 95 mph; a high end category one hurricane.

With its slow movement over the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Dolly remains over the warm waters allowing it to further intensify this morning. Attaining category two status before landfall is becoming likely. The center of Dolly's eyewall is expected to make landfall near S. Padre Island, Texas around 11 or 11:30 a.m. CT.

As of 8 a.m. CDT, the center of Hurricane Dolly was located about 40 miles east of Brownsville, Texas. Dolly is moving very slowly toward the northwest at just 8 mph. The storm's pressure, measured by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance plane, has now fallen to 967 mb.


Source - http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hu...ate/index.html

[KatJ]

Thanks for keeping us up to date Karren. I hope we got some rain out of it.