I'm going to try this a bit different this time so that I don't have a million posts with just one update about the tropical storms. All the information for Tropical Storm Edouard will be in this post. Unfortunately, I won't be talking much about how ridiculously hard to pronounce the names of hurricanes seems to be in recent years.

4:00PM 8/5/08

Well just as it started, Edouard is falling apart. It made landfall around noon today right around the Louisiana and Texas border. It was still a tropical storm at that point and became more of a big rain maker than anything else.

Currently, winds have calmed to 35 mph and probably will continue to weaken. Pressure has risen to 1003mb, which is another sign of weakening. Total rainfall looks to be at 3 to 5 inches, with a few areas of 10 inches possible.

Because Edouard formed right along the shore and never really got over open and warm waters it wasn't able to really get going. It made a quick landfall too. Had it held off another 6 hours or so it may have made it to hurricane strength. Thankfully it didn't.

4:00PM 8/4/08:

The current winds for the storm is at 45mph, which is still far below hurricane power. Pressure is at 1000mb which is not overly impressive. The storm did come out of nowhere and looks to be more of a rain maker than anything just yet.

Current forecasts have the storm making landfall right at Galveston, TX. Tropical Storm warnings are already up from the mouth of the Mississippi river to Port O'Connor, Texas. There is also a hurricane watch from Intercoastal City, LA to Port O'Connor. That is a large area for watches and warnings but it is mostly because the storm is moving along the coast to the west at a very slow 7 mph. Therefore a very slight turn could make landfall predictions very wrong.