C/S TX Weather: Seasonal with some rains

[Portastorm]

And indeed it didn't as AUS hit 100 degrees or more several times this past week.

Here's hoping for a few of those 20% showers/storms to reach us this weekend.

[Portastorm]

After a high temperature yesterday of 105 degrees here in AUS, we had some nice showers/storms roll through around dinnertime. Rains were welcomed as was the temperature drop of some 25 degrees. Hoping for more today!

What was not so welcomed was the wind damage ... here is an initial storm report:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1135 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2010

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0645 PM TSTM WND DMG BASTROP 30.11N 97.31W
08/16/2010 BASTROP TX EMERGENCY MNGR

MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
MODERATE DAMAGE TO ROOF OF BASTROP SHERIFFS... ALONG
WITH A GAS LEAK FROM AC BEING DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWERLINES DOWN.

0645 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E BASTROP 30.11N 97.29W
08/16/2010 BASTROP TX BROADCAST MEDIA

CVS PHARMACY AT INTERSECTION OF SH95 AND SH71 HAD
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY THUNDERSTORM WIND.

0658 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 WNW LA GRANGE 29.95N 97.01W
08/16/2010 FAYETTE TX EMERGENCY MNGR

WOMAN HAD REPORTED HOUSE ROOF BLOWN OFF FROM HIGH WINDS

0717 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE CEDAR PARK 30.49N 97.81W
08/16/2010 WILLIAMSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA

PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE OF THE LIFETIME FITNESS CENTER

[somethingfunny]

At DFW:

Greatest Consecutive 100° Days
Rank # of Days Dates
1 42 Jun 23 - Aug 3, 1980
2 29 Jul 6 - Aug 3, 1998
3 25 Aug 2-26, 1952
4 24 Jul 28 - Aug 20, 1999
5 20 Jul 9-28, 1954
6 19 Aug 8-26, 2006
7 18 Jul 2-19, 1978
8 17 Jul 31 - Aug 16, 2010 *
8 17 Aug 2-18, 1956
10 14 Aug 9-22, 1993

* still active

No end in sight either.

[Portastorm]

Hey somethingfunny, thanks for sharing that. I guess I hadn't been paying too close attention to what was going on in North Texas. Y'all have been frying up there this summer, wow!

[horselattitudesfarm]

Some cool thoughts. I'm up in the Keystone/Breckenridge area on business this week and actually saw frost on the roof next door! The low this morning was 35 and the high, 70. No ozone alert days and heat advisories like in my hometown, Dallas. Maybe some of this Rocky Mountain air will decide to move down Texas' way. Now that August is over half way over hopefully it won't be long. I'll try to bring some of it back with me

[Portastorm]

Some cool thoughts. I'm up in the Keystone/Breckenridge area on business this week and actually saw frost on the roof next door! The low this morning was 35 and the high, 70. No ozone alert days and heat advisories like in my hometown, Dallas. Maybe some of this Rocky Mountain air will decide to move down Texas' way. Now that August is over half way over hopefully it won't be long. I'll try to bring some of it back with me

Yes, please do that!!

[somethingfunny]

It ended today!!!!! Thanks to some shower activity that moved through this morning....we only topped out at 96 degrees!!!! It was steamy enough to cook pasta outside, but that's okay!

Eighteen days - tied for seventh place all time. We'll probably begin a new streak tomorrow...but with August already halfway over it's unlikely we'll make another run for the top ten list.

Dallas/Fort Worth - Annual and Consecutive 100° Days

Rank # of Days Dates
1 42 Jun 23 - Aug 3, 1980
2 29 Jul 6 - Aug 3, 1998
3 25 Aug 2-26, 1952
4 24 Jul 28 - Aug 20, 1999
5 20 Jul 9-28, 1954
6 19 Aug 8-26, 2006
7 18 Jul 2-19, 1978
7 18 Jul 31 - Aug 17, 2010 (tie)
9 17 Aug 2-18, 1956
10 14 Aug 9-22, 1993


Waco's is still ongoing though....they hit 103 today.

Rank # of Days Dates
1 42 Jun 23 - Aug 3, 1980
2 30 Jun 27 - Jul 26, 1969
3 29 Jul 6 - Aug 3, 1998
4 26 Jul 29 - Aug 23, 1987
5 24 Jul 22 - Aug 14, 1910
6 23 Aug 3-25, 1952
7 20 Aug 8-27, 2006
7 20 Jul 2-21, 1978
9 19 Aug 3-21, 1999
9 19 Jul 31 - Aug 18, 1951
9 19 Jul 31 - Aug 18, 2010 *

[srainhoutx]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
321 PM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010

TXZ229>234-239>247-010500-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS...
LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...
GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO...
ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...
INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...
WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA
321 PM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT
AHEAD AND ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT...

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOISTURE...A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW
AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...MAINLY ACROSS THE
VICTORIA CROSSROADS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTH
TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE
STRONG WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RAPIDLY MOVE SOUTH AND MOVE OFF THE COAST THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

[Portastorm]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
354 AM CST THU NOV 18 2010

...A FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ADJACENT TO THE HILL COUNTRY...

.COLD DRY AIR PUSHING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL
SETTLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR
SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO
FALL RAPIDLY TONIGHT. LOWS WILL DIP TO NEAR FREEZING BY SUNRISE
FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

TXZ172-173-191>194-202>208-182100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FZ.W.0005.101119T0600Z-101119T1400Z/
BURNET-WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-
BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...
AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...
SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART
354 AM CST THU NOV 18 2010

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CST FRIDAY.

COLD DRY AIR PUSHING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL
SETTLE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR
SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO
FALL RAPIDLY TONIGHT. LOWS WILL DIP TO NEAR FREEZING BY SUNRISE
FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PANDALE...TO BRACKETVILLE...TO
HONDO...TO SAN ANTONIO TO SEGUIN AND BASTROP. LOW LYING AREAS WILL
BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO A FREEZE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
QUICKLY ABOVE FREEZING AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY WITH A WARMING
TREND OVER THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

[Shoshana]

I kinda feel like I'm necroposting, but this is where it goes I guess!

It was 103 at Austin Bergstrom today.

I went out with the dog, and it's over 105 out there (here) - I can tell because I can deal with the heat up till 105, then after that I start feeling sick really quick. I came in and checked - it's 107.3F at our house.

I'm turning the sprinklers on so they go off later this week - just in the front yard cause the back yard is already toast. I don't want to kill the trees and bushes out front...

I can't believe we went thru the 'rainy season' with hardly any rain!

[Portastorm]

I kinda feel like I'm necroposting, but this is where it goes I guess!

It was 103 at Austin Bergstrom today.

I went out with the dog, and it's over 105 out there (here) - I can tell because I can deal with the heat up till 105, then after that I start feeling sick really quick. I came in and checked - it's 107.3F at our house.

I'm turning the sprinklers on so they go off later this week - just in the front yard cause the back yard is already toast. I don't want to kill the trees and bushes out front...

I can't believe we went thru the 'rainy season' with hardly any rain!

I'm here Shoshana! Although, it may be just the two of us!

107? Wow! I clocked 103 in the car on my way home from work at about 6 pm and that was on 290 going westbound near Sunset Valley.

At 12 noon, Mabry is running four degrees cooler than yesterday but the dew point is also four degrees warmer.

[Shoshana]

Thank you for changing the post title!

My car thermometer is wildly inaccurate - either that or it's sitting too close to the engine cause it was reading 114 yesterday ... in the garage.

I think I live in a heat island or something. I have used other thermometers and they are all saying the same thing. We tend to run 3F hotter than the airport and lately even more than that. We don't have a lot of trees up here and I think that makes a difference plus our yard is pretty much dried out. The creek dried up too....

Right now it's reading 104F. And the airport says 97. I don't know what to think. Maybe the sensor is in a bad place? It's abt 5 ft off the ground attached to the N side of the house in the shade.

Jim Spencer (KXAN) has a blog up The heat wave of 2011 begins…

I hope it doesn’t go into the history books that way, but judging by what is happening right now, it won’t surprise me if the heat wave that has developed over the last two weeks ends up being so prolonged and historic that it is known by such a moniker.

In fact, it already has made history. Monday’s high of 103 degrees at ABIA was the earliest in the season the temperature ever reached 103 at the airport, where records have been kept since World War II.

In Austin, at Camp Mabry the high also reached 103. The only hotter day ever recorded so early in the year, was May 24, 1925, when the temperature reached 104 degrees. So, yesterday’s 103 at Camp Mabry is the 2nd earliest on record that we have ever recorded an afternoon temperature that hot.

More record heat is possible Tuesday afternoon, with the forecast high of 100 degrees.

What’s causing it? It’s actually very simple. It’s the drought. We are experiencing our hottest spring on record because Texas has just experienced its driest spring on record. When there is soil moisture, and greener vegetation, heat is absorbed through the evaporation process. When there is none, the heat is simply reflected. And, when there is no soil moisture, there less atmospheric moisture for potential rain development. It’s a vicious cycle–a feedback loop.

In Austin, it would take almost 15 inches of rain to just return us to “normal”. That’s the deficit since this drought began last October–the 2nd driest such period in Austin history.

So how bad could it get? This is really kind of scary. We’ve already had five 100 degree days, with summer still two weeks away! We’ve broken or tied high temperature records 7 of the last 13 days.

In the drought of ’07-’09 we experienced one of the hottest summers on record in 2009, with 68 days of triple digit heat. The record is 69. The average is 12. And that summer, we didn’t even reach our first 100 degree day until June 13th.

So, it doesn’t look good. Barring a rare summer pattern change, or a land-falling tropical storm or hurricane that moves into Central Texas, we may be looking at one of the most brutal summers, if not the most brutal, in history.

That isn't makin me feel cooler! Thank goodness for a/c.

[Portastorm]

Geez, now I'm REALLY depressed after reading that Jim Spencer blog!

[Shoshana]

blech. Day 6 over 100. I hate that I am already counting!

eta OK, Weather Underground says high was 100, haven't seen it at NWS site yet. So maybe it didn't officially get to 100.

eta 100 at Mabry today

[Rgv20]

Does deep south texas count in this thread? haha anyway being doing the rain dance but so far no luck...maybe I'm dancing to the wrong beat lol.

Anyway it hit 97F at my house no to hot being that the average high is 96.

[Portastorm]

Does deep south texas count in this thread? haha anyway being doing the rain dance but so far no luck...maybe I'm dancing to the wrong beat lol.

Anyway it hit 97F at my house no to hot being that the average high is 96.

Of course you count in this thread! Maybe I should change the title to "C/S TX Weather"??

I love the Valley. Anytime I get a chance to go for work, I enjoy it. Great food, great people!

Anyhow ... I think our only hope at this point is the tropics.

[Shoshana]

Yeah, S TX is in the same boat we're in!

[Rgv20]

Thanks for the warm welcome Portastorm and Shoshana no pun intended..lol.

It hit 97F at my house again same as yesterday.

[Rgv20]

Interesting to note that ECMWF EPS Control run has printing out rain in South Texas from 19 to the end of its run June 23. It keeps a 500mb low meandering in south texas during that same time frame.

Its going to be interesting what future runs show..........I know its very very long range but hey one can hope.

[Portastorm]

Yeah Rgv20 ... those TUTT lows can sometimes meander for days and give plenty of rainfall in certain areas of the state. Seen it happen time and time again.

Keep (rain) hope alive!