C/S TX Weather: Seasonal with some rains

[Shoshana]

We tied the record low today, missed the record high of 103 by one degree.

So I guess we're at 33 days 100+ at Mabry

[Shoshana]

Got a couple of Dolly showers today. Nothing major so far - just enough to keep it coolish.

[Portastorm]

Yes Shoshana, we had nice some showers from Dolly in the last 2 days. Appears precip amounts across Travis County range from .50 inches to 1.50 inches. In my part of the county (southwest), we had about 1.50 inches. Very welcomed! But it probably won't be long now until we're back in our typical summer heat.

[Shoshana]

Yup - we needed that bit of rain we got from Dolly too.

Including today, I think we're up to 36 100F+ days this year.

Without any break in sight since we're now getting into the traditionally 'hot' part of summer.

I feel sorry for all the roofers working out there - so far half the houses on our street either have or are getting new roofs from the June 21 hailstorm. Our insurance guy will be out next week to check ours. They're still sealing with repairs from the May 14 storms...

[Portastorm]

The onslaught continues ... based at the ASOS site at Camp Mabry, we're now in the fourth hottest summer ever! (at least in terms of number of 100-degree or higher days):

Number of 100+ days at Mabry
1. 69 - 1925
2. 66 - 1923
3. 42 - 2000
4. 40 - 2008

[Shoshana]

Seein' how it's 103F at Mabry right now and supposed to be the same tomorrow we should at least tie #3 ...

[Portastorm]

Courtesy of the News8Austin website, here are some statistics that rub it in, IMHO, as far as how hot is has been for us in the Austin metro area:

…Heat Stats Since May 19…
Camp Mabry:
43 triple-digit days
Highest: 105 (Aug 3)

ABIA:
18 triple-digit days
Highest: 103 (Aug 3)

Most 100+ days in any year at Camp Mabry:
1. 69 - 1925
2. 66 - 1923
3. 43 - 2008

Also, if you look at the latest drought index, most of our area is in the "extreme" or "exceptional" drought category ... the two worst categories. Edouard earlier this week was a pathetic joke which produced a few raindrops for us at best.

[Shoshana]

46 days now over 100. Registering 104 at our house right now.

We moved here in '98. I have never seen it this dry. We're watering twice a week and that's keeping the trees and bushes alive and keeping a ring of grass around the house - so it's keeping the foundation watered. I hope enough! The grass in the middle of the back yard, where there's no shade, is pretty much dead and crunchy. Even the weeds are struggling.

The fence posts look drunk - the ground is so dry some are starting to lean. I have to go buy fill dirt because even with watering, we're getting some really big deep cracks in the yard and I'm afraid our pup Peanut will break a leg or something!

[Portastorm]

Well as of today (Aug. 16th), we're at 49 days at or above 100 degrees at Camp Mabry and 23 days at or above 100 degrees at ABIA. With the alleged upper low now forecast to drop south into north Texas, our chances for rainfall appear good. That being said, I watched two precipitation shields last week approach Austin and simply fall apart as they reached us ... so I will believe this when I see it!

Meanwhile the beat and heat goes on ...

[vbhoutex]

Well as of today (Aug. 16th), we're at 49 days at or above 100 degrees at Camp Mabry and 23 days at or above 100 degrees at ABIA. With the alleged upper low now forecast to drop south into north Texas, our chances for rainfall appear good. That being said, I watched two precipitation shields last week approach Austin and simply fall apart as they reached us ... so I will believe this when I see it!

Meanwhile the beat and heat goes on ...

I can't believe the heat you guys in Austin have had this year!! It has been very hot here too, but nothing like what you have had. I watched one of those precip shields approach us yesterday and one today with nothing from either one. Did you send them our way???

[vbhoutex]

Wow!! Just watched video on the news of a tornado and its damage we had here in Houston near downtown this afternoon around 1 pm. It definitely wasn't straight-line winds as the tornado was very clear in the video. From the damage I'm sure it was an EF0, possibly low end EF1. No injuries reported.

[Bunkertor]

How about trading 10 ° + Josh Howard.

OK, - Rafer

[Portastorm]

Well as of today (Aug. 16th), we're at 49 days at or above 100 degrees at Camp Mabry and 23 days at or above 100 degrees at ABIA. With the alleged upper low now forecast to drop south into north Texas, our chances for rainfall appear good. That being said, I watched two precipitation shields last week approach Austin and simply fall apart as they reached us ... so I will believe this when I see it!

Meanwhile the beat and heat goes on ...

I can't believe the heat you guys in Austin have had this year!! It has been very hot here too, but nothing like what you have had. I watched one of those precip shields approach us yesterday and one today with nothing from either one. Did you send them our way???

Been raining this evening at least in the southern parts of Austin and Travis County. I guess I'm now a believer!

Edit update: Yeah, well it .10 inches of rain. Sheesh.

[Shoshana]

Up to 50 days. The cloud cover has made it 2 (3 including today) in a row where it's only been in the 90s.

We didn't get enough rain to measure at our house in far NE Austin. We got a light sprinkling. I ran the sprinklers today. It's currently overcast but no rain.

The weather guys were beside themselves about this system causing flooding rains... we do have rain chance all week...

[Portastorm]

Woke up to an hour-long moderate rain shower ... and the sounds of the grass, flowers, and trees singing "Hallelujah!" We still have a long ways to go to erase our double digit precip deficit but hey, it's a start, right?!

[Shoshana]

We got *some* rain up here too The sun's back out now though.

Yesterday was the first day since we starded hitting 100+ that it never got to 90F. 90 days of abouve average temps

[Portastorm]

I believe we received between a half inch and three quarters of an inch of rainfall yesterday (on Tuesday) just southwest of the downtown area.

[Shoshana]

Interesting tidbit- wunderground.com in the forecast for Austin has on Tuesday Sept 2

"Tropical Storm Gustav"

Huh?

[Portastorm]

Interesting tidbit- wunderground.com in the forecast for Austin has on Tuesday Sept 2

"Tropical Storm Gustav"

Huh?

Yeah really ... do they know something we don't?! From all accounts, we're going to be hot and dry as we remain on the west side of the storm. That being said, I have noticed that once hurricanes make landfall, they often don't move/act like the models predict them to. So who knows but someone in Texas is going to end up with bucketfuls of rain later this week.

[Shoshana]

Yup. And I think it's going to be east Texas ... where Rita dumped so much rain...

I could be wrong, but I don't think we'll see much here