Texas Summer 2019

[Tireman4]

August 2019 in Texas: Return of the Death Ridge.

Gosh darn it Porta, stop it. Look on the bright side, it is not the year that we should not speaketh its name...

[Rgv20]

Heat Index of 114 does not feel too good...Patiently waiting for winter...

[Brent]

only 96 at DFW so far, more clouds than I expected today. There were storms in Oklahoma earlier

[bubba hotep]

only 96 at DFW so far, more clouds than I expected today. There were storms in Oklahoma earlier

Looks like officially 97F for the high. Another forecast bust low, now we nred these 3-4 degree low bust in the winter to flip 33 and rain in our favor lol

[bubba hotep]

Lots of clouds and rain up in Oklahoma this morning. I wonder if enough cloud debris will make it far enough south to keep DFW under 100F again today?

[lrak]

Heat Index of 114 does not feel too good...Patiently waiting for winter...

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Yep....freakin humidity with these temps bite. I road my bike last night and the feel like temperature was still 105

[ThunderSleetDreams]

Daily reminder that Summer still sucks!

23 days until September 1 and the FALL THREAD!

15 days until CFB kicks off

[Cpv17]

98 here feels like 111 here at my job in Rosenberg. And I’m stuck working in a bathroom with no ac or any fans. Talk about sweating buckets. Yay me!

[South Texas Storms]

Lots of clouds and rain up in Oklahoma this morning. I wonder if enough cloud debris will make it far enough south to keep DFW under 100F again today?

Nope. At least 100F at DFW today.

[Haris]

105 at Austin today. 18th triple digit day of the summer:

<insert Michael Scott saying ... NO ... NO ... NOOOOO.gif here>

[Brent]

Fall cant be soon enough

It appears after a possibly brief break mid week next week the heat will return i miss when we hadnt hit 100

the 0z GFS has zero rain the entire run

[Ntxw]

Ridge Of Death has taken a grip. Aside from maybe a hopeful blip here and there, it will be HOT through the end of August. 95-105 range, likely gets hotter before it gets better.

There is no such thing as too much rain. When it turns off...it turns off.

[hriverajr]

It's just terrible out there... and I don't see anything to break it. smh

[Rgv20]

The days are getting shorter....Winter is Coming!

PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 345 AM CDT Sat Aug 10 2019/

SHORT TERM (Today through Sunday): Same story...different day. The
devil is in the details...but even these seem fairly clear cut.
Aloft...a "Texas sized" (literally) core of the subtropical 500 mb
ridge at around 595 decameters is parked over the state...keeping
status quo conditions for the weekend. The only differences (as has
been discussed previously) is a decrease in surface winds as the low
level wind fields relax a bit. That said...the decrease is only
minimal as mixing should be able to generate a fresh breeze each
afternoon and early evening which will take a little edge off of the
heat by late afternoon each day...and at least allows some
ventilation.

The other subtle change...at least from the GFS...is a bit more low
level moisture on Sunday which could nudge dewpoints and RH up a
skosh which would push heat index values back into values seen on
Thursday.

Otherwise...expecting 2-3 hours of 111+ heat index this afternoon
but favoring the coastal counties. While McAllen and even Falfurrias
could touch 111 for an hour or so this afternoon, duration looks to
be similar to Friday which is shy of the 2 hour requirement for an
advisory there. With sunset now nearing 8 PM, daytime temperatures
are dropping a bit sooner than a month ago and will time out
advisory from 1 to 6 PM. Thanks for coordination...Corpus Christi.

[bubba hotep]

The thing about this time of year is that it's miserable during the day. However, having a beer and grilling this evening and it's actually pretty nice out.

[Brent]

The thing about this time of year is that it's miserable during the day. However, having a beer and grilling this evening and it's actually pretty nice out.

Yeah ive been going outside late at night after work(i work most afternoons/evenings) and its really not that bad

The wind seems to always be going which helps

[bubba hotep]

Pretty Please!

[funster]

I hope that happens! We should at least get a wind shift for a couple days and let some fresh air enter Texas.

[TheProfessor]

I know it's in the long range of the GFS but it is the middle of the Summer so I'm kinda shocked no one has mentioned this yet(unless I missed a post.) Well the GFS has been showing a pretty strong cane moving north or northwestward in the EPAC near the coast of Mexico and up to the Baja Peninsula. In this scenario the storm kind of does 2 things on the GFS, One of which is that the ridge get pushed into the Pacific leaving Texas out of the 594 and 591 dm that's currently occurring and looks to continue for the next week or so.

Another thing that a potential EPAC hurricane could do is make the conditions in the western Gulf unfavorable for intensification of tropical cyclone. The GFS does seem to bring temps back down to the mid 90s towards the end of the month, it will be interesting to see how these next 6-8 weeks go in the tropics before it becomes less likely for western gulf storms and more likely for re-curving EPAC storms.

[bubba hotep]

The 18z GFS and 3k NAM actually look pretty good for some rain across N. Texas next week.

Also, the EPS is starting to charge up our source region early!