SE TX/SW LA Discussion Thread - Mid 80's and sunny this week

Ptarmigan · #61 Postby **Ptarmigan** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:45 am

I was first awoken by distant thunder before 4:00 AM. Then, the thunder gets louder and it starts to rain and heard wind blowing.

CajunMama · #62 Postby **CajunMama** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:12 pm

Won't be long until it hits lafayette. Nice shades of red and orange coming my way but unfortunately areas of breakup are occuring in the storm. I washed my car yesterday to get all the pollen and bird poo off (i park underneath a 100+ year old live oak tree at work). I should wash it more often!

KatDaddy · #63 Postby **KatDaddy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:50 pm

Hey Jason is that a radio on the table?? It must have gotten drenched.

PTrackerLA · #64 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:24 pm

Well the line held together pretty well as it moved through Lafayette and we got a nice soaking. Looks like we'll have light to moderate rain for the rest of the day and it might become heavier as storms are redeveloping towards the coast.

Extremeweatherguy · #65 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:44 pm

new storm cells popping up west of me right now. I have heard some thunder in the last few minutes.

Yankeegirl · #66 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:56 pm

im not hearing anything.... yet?

#67 Postby **jasons2k** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:56 pm

KatDaddy wrote:Hey Jason is that a radio on the table?? It must have gotten drenched.

Yeah that's a radio. It wasn't that bad as the roof keeps most of the rain out - unless it's blowing sideways...

#68 Postby **jasons2k** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:57 pm

Extremeweatherguy wrote:new storm cells popping up west of me right now. I have heard some thunder in the last few minutes.

Yeah me too - raining pretty good here now

Ptarmigan · #69 Postby **Ptarmigan** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:04 pm

Extremeweatherguy wrote:new storm cells popping up west of me right now. I have heard some thunder in the last few minutes.

Not as impressive on radar.

Yankeegirl · #70 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:10 pm

i am too south for the new storms that are forming up to the north... oh well..... i had enough this morning!!!

Extremeweatherguy · #71 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:22 pm

Interesting April Weather coming up...

Late Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. West wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 58. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Thursday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 73.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 71.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Saturday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 72.

Looks like tomorrow will be a one day only break from the rain and clouds, but with that also means heat. Highs tomorrow will likely hit the middle 80s. Then, Monday through Wednesday, we have a 20-40% rain chance each day/night. With these isolated to scattered storms, a few may become strong, and more heavy rain could fall on a few spots (best rain chances likely in southern areas). The biggest change starts next Thursday though, when we will jump a few weeks back in time and actually get a decent cold front (or two). High temperatures Thursday through Saturday will only be in the 69-73 degree range, and low temperatures could reach as low as the 40s by Friday night! Going to be a really nice change for a few days. By the week after though, I would expect a reverse back to more typical April-like weather with highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s and probably more chances of storms.

JenBayles · #72 Postby **JenBayles** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:44 pm

Blonde question: what mechanism is driving those little storms moving back north already from the coast?

Extremeweatherguy · #73 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:07 pm

JenBayles wrote:Blonde question: what mechanism is driving those little storms moving back north already from the coast?

I'm not sure, but it has been showering here off and on for the past few hours. I had expected it to have cleared by now.

Extremeweatherguy · #74 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:47 pm

Video I shot during this morning's storm:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGttnCrat9Y[/youtube]

JenBayles · #75 Postby **JenBayles** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:56 am

Lo how the forecast doth change! By the time I went to bed last night, it was "all clear on Sunday." Now I see a 50% chance of rain before 1:00 p.m., and the radar lighting up once again. :lol:

Johnny · #76 Postby **Johnny** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:12 am

Well it's 10 after 9 here in Conroe (am) and I was greeted with blue skies when I opened up the door. Wow, thanks for the heads up Jen! I just checked the radar after reading your post and their is ALOT of convection firing off just to my north. That fooled me because I've got nothing but blue skies over me...for now.

Extremeweatherguy · #77 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:16 am

I don't think there is anything firing to our north. The stuff that looks like stormy weather on the NWS radar is probably just a radar error. Take a look at the weather.com radar, it shows nothing to our north...

[web]http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/map/interactive/77379?from=36hour_map_large&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar[/web]

My guess is that most of us likely do not see any more storm activity until tomorrow (except people on the coast).

Johnny · #78 Postby **Johnny** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:39 am

Look at the beginning of this frame EWG. This is what I was seeing earliar?

http://www.khou.com/images/weather/dop320_a.gif

Extremeweatherguy · #79 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:04 am

Johnny wrote:Look at the beginning of this frame EWG. This is what I was seeing earliar?

http://www.khou.com/images/weather/dop320_a.gif

yeah, I think there were some false echos being picked up by the radar. Seems like they have disappeared now though.

KatDaddy · #80 Postby **KatDaddy** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:24 am

We dont need anymore rain in League City. We are saturated but it looks like more rain on the way:

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1001 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2007

.DISCUSSION...
SFC OBS AND RADAR LOOP INDICATES LEFTOVER BOUNDARY ALONG THE
COAST IS BEGINNING A SLOW TREK BACK INLAND. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SCT PRECIP TODAY ACROSS S/SE PORTIONS OF
THE CWA TODAY. LLJ BECOMES MORE SWLY WITH TIME SO MOISTURE FEED
ISN`T EXPECTED TO MAKE IT MUCH PAST CNTRL ZONES. JUST SOME MINOR
TWEAKS TO THE ONGOING FCST BASED ON LATEST TRENDS. GENERALLY JUST
NUDGED POPS UP ACROSS CNTRL ZONES A TOUGH. 47

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