SE TX/SW LA weather: Much cooler and WET after Tuesday

[Shockwave]

If the heat is bad here in TN (Like it is today and will be this whole week), no telling what it feels like for you guys down in TX and LA. I've been to Slidell, LA before. I LOVED it, but not the heat and humidity!

[Ed Mahmoud]

Double Post Alert from futile Northern GOMEX Blob Watch Thread:


Cloud tops are warming, as 12Z GFS prediction of poof-ation seems well underway for blob watch system in North Central GOMEX.




Lawn watering without interruption, 2 to 3 times weekly, seems to be in the cards for Southeast Texas for probably two weeks or more to come.

Last week's inch of rain from a distant Dolly already wiped by mid to upper 90s temps (35ºC), full sun, and lower than normal dewpoints.


12Z GFS shows no appreciable rain in HOU before August 11th, (ditto the 18Z GFS, BTW). By appreciable, I mean anything over a tenth in a day, which ain't that appreciable. And if it takes two weeks for the GFS to drop a total of about a half an inch of precip, my waterbill is in trouble.

[Ed Mahmoud]

SE TX/SW LA weather: Lots of tropical moisture... rain!

If the thread title stays unchanged for a few weeks, it'll eventually become appropriate again.

[CajunMama]

Nothing had better happen. I'm flying out of NO friday morning and flying back in on tuesday.

[srainhoutx]

SE TX/SW LA weather: Lots of tropical moisture... rain!

If the thread title stays unchanged for a few weeks, it'll eventually become appropriate again.

Extreme moved to FL, I guess he lost interest.

[PTrackerLA]

Well we keep missing the tropical thunderstorms around here and only picking up .10" or less when it does rain. We're about 4" below for the month and with the intense heat of July we've gotten really dry around here. The last time we had over a half inch of rain was on July 6th. Hopefully we get another wave to move in next week as this weekend looks hot and dry again . We usually get our first "cool" front by mid-late September and it can't come any sooner!!

[Yankeegirl]

Have we moved to the face of the sun without anyone telling us? This heat is just terrible!! I wish it was November....

[Ed Mahmoud]

See Gulf of Mexico some models (not all) develop a non-tropical mid-level feature into a hybrid or tropical cyclone, and then either rain or don't rain on us early next week thread.


We may get some beneficial rain and cooler temperatures.


Or maybe we won't.

[CajunMama]

Have we moved to the face of the sun without anyone telling us? This heat is just terrible!! I wish it was November....

You should be here in las vegas. Dry heat??? It's still HOT! I don't think there's a difference. Hot is hot!

[southerngale]

It's hot out there! We're supposed to hit 100F the next few days.

[srainhoutx]

It's hot out there! We're supposed to hit 100F the next few days.

Tell me gale. We're taking the "evacuation vehicle" to friends on Galveston Bay tomorrow. The dogs will enjoy the "big pool".

[Yankeegirl]

Ooooh.... thats gotta be fun to fill up! Have fun at the coast!! Perfect weekend to go!!

[Ed Mahmoud]

It's hot out there! We're supposed to hit 100F the next few days.

Tell me gale. We're taking the "evacuation vehicle" to friends on Galveston Bay tomorrow. The dogs will enjoy the "big pool".

You flee Rita in that?

I guess, if one must spend 24 hours on the road to San Antonio or Dallas, a fridge and a flush toilet would make life more pleasant. I sure wouldn't trust a high profile vehicle like that as a place to stay in a hurricane, but it would make evacuating easier.

[srainhoutx]

It's hot out there! We're supposed to hit 100F the next few days.

Tell me gale. We're taking the "evacuation vehicle" to friends on Galveston Bay tomorrow. The dogs will enjoy the "big pool".

You flee Rita in that?

I guess, if one must spend 24 hours on the road to San Antonio or Dallas, a fridge and a flush toilet would make life more pleasant. I sure wouldn't trust a high profile vehicle like that as a place to stay in a hurricane, but it would make evacuating easier.

Well Ed, If you look closely in the background that is not TX. We did buy it after Rita passed the Lower Keys during our time down there. And thankfully we were on a 30 day maiden trip back to TX when Wilma hit. It sure made the trip more bearable and we were able to bring in supplies for our neighbors after Wilma. When we had to run 7 times with 3 dogs during 2004/2005 seasons, we needed some accomidations that allowed pets. That has all changed since then. Yankeegirl, it is tough to fill it it up with the price of deisel, but alas it is a home away from home for our family. But it does get 14 mpg and the 4 slide outs make it very roomy and the 8KW generator certainly is handy.

[southerngale]

Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1257 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS
AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 6 PM...

.A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS
BUILDING INTO THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES
RISING TO NEAR 101 DEGREES. TRAPPED TROPICAL MOISTURE NEAR THE
SURFACE WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 108 AND 112 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

LAZ027>033-TXZ180>182-201-022300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.EH.W.0001.080802T1757Z-080802T2300Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE...
JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON
1257 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES
IN THE SUMMER THUS FAR WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 108 TO
112 DEGREES.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

$$

SWEENEY

[Diva]

Holy Crap! Forget about 91L! That line of storms that is moving through right now has some incredible wind!!! I was awakened by the howling wind and small debris hitting the house. The flag hanging on the front porch was standing straight out....backwards!
Gotta love those t-storms that come outta the E!

[Diva]

Weather Station at Deweyville HS shows gust of 46 mph. I say...ummm... AT LEAST!

[Smurfwicked]

Weather Station at Deweyville HS shows gust of 46 mph. I say...ummm... AT LEAST!

Yeah I'm in Beaumont and the wind is really strong out there now, most def over 30mph here now!!!

[Diva]

Yeah I'm in Beaumont and the wind is really strong out there now, most def over 30mph here now!!!

And it looks like the line of storms is trying to wash out, or at least not be quite as strong, as it reaches BMT too. At least we are getting some temp relief!

[southerngale]

I hear ya! I lost power for a few hours this morning. Woke up to thunder and lightning and a really dark house, so I called Entergy and set the alarms on the cell phones, and went back to sleep without covers.

Before I went to bed, I saw that massive line headed this way, but wasn't certain if it was going to reach us. NWS forecast was Mostly Clear overnight, so I guess it was a surprise to them as well.