Alberto Goes for STYLE

Anyone besides me remember that cheesy 80's commercial?

Tropical Storm Alberto is a stylish-looking storm this morning on the Enhanced Infrared Satellite.

The storm has dropped over 5 inches of rain on land and over 10 inches in the Gulf. Below is a 48-hour Doppler-estimated precipitation map ending this morning. It's pretty rare to see heavy amounts near the outside of the radar scope, because the lowest tilt of the radar beam is 15,000 feet in the air that far out (read more about NEXRAD limitations here). But that's just what we see looking at the Key West radar totals. You can also see this morning's Doppler-Estimated storm total maps from Key West and Tampa.

The storm is still expected to move into northwest Florida this week. Below is our latest risk map, which will be updated later today if necessary. Right now we're predicting the storm to move up the East Coast all the way to Canada. For a long-range path, check out our Forecast Eye Path map (PREMIUM | PRO), which I have added in miniature on the left hand side of this blog.

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Drivers turn their lights on in heavy rainfall as the effects of Tropical Storm Alberto pass over Miami Beach, Fla. Sunday, June 11, 2006. Alberto is the first named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season which developed Sunday from a poorly organized tropical depression in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)