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

[mcallum177]

I think that is a gustfront infront of the cells, temperatures before the rain were 100-103 and after 82 in Plano, And we are creeping back into 90.

[vbhoutex]

Only reached 105º here at the house today!! If I do a naked rain dance in the middle of the street will it attract those red spots on the radar?

Edit: Oops, forgot to add that the official high today was 104ºf and all time high for June eclipsing even the 103ºf June record set during the 1980 heat wave.

[CajunMama]

We are in our 4th hour of 101 temp. And our 5th hour of 100+ temps. This is just truly miserable.

NWS climate reports that we broke our record high of 99 that has been held since 1930. Today's high was 102.

[jasons2k]

I had a high today of 107.4F at my house - I think that's the hottest temp. I've experienced in many years.

[Yankeegirl]

Look! There are little red and green and yellow dots on the radar to the north of Houston moving south!! Everyone, Rain dance in the front yards!!

[southerngale]

snippet from one of the evening Lake Charles NWS updates:


QUITE A HOT ONE TODAY WITH RECORD HIGHS AT ALL OFFICIAL CLIMATE
REPORTING SITES...AND INTERESTING ENOUGH...ALL SITES REPORTED THE
SAME HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102F DEGREES.

[angelwing]

Maybe everything melted at 102 degrees

[srainhoutx]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
322 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

.A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS THE HEAT
INDEX HAS REACHED ABOVE 108 DEGREES YESTERDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO
REACH ABOVE 108 AGAIN TODAY. THESE SAME CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
FRIDAY.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-252030-
/O.EXT.KHGX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090627T0000Z/
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY...
BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...
COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN...
CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...
FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...
HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON...LAKE SOMERVILLE...
LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...MADISONVILLE...
MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PALACIOS...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...
ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...
THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...WHARTON...WILLIS...
WINNIE
322 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF A HEAT
INDEX OF 108 OR ABOVE IS EXPECTED. THE HEAT INDEX MUST FALL...OR
BE FORECAST TO FALL...BELOW 105 DEGREES BEFORE THE ADVISORY IS
CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. YOUR BODY CAN LOSE UP TO A GALLON OF WATER AN
HOUR THROUGH PERSPIRATION. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO AVOID
DEHYDRATION. ALCOHOLIC AND CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES CAN INCREASE THE
RATE OF WATER LOSS IN YOUR BODY...INCREASING THE RISK OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION OR STROKE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED...LOOSE-
FITTING CLOTHING. WEAR A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN...
AND USE A SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
242 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

...OPPRESSIVE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RETURN...

.A ZONAL STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST NORTH OF COLLEGE
STATION TEXAS TO JUST NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS. THIS SHALLOW FRONTAL
SYSTEM SEPARATES DRY CONTINENTAL AIR NORTHWARD FROM MOIST GULF AIR
SOUTHWARD. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND GULF MOISTURE
WILL GENERATE APPARENT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES.
LATE AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER AND GULF BREEZES WILL LOWER HEAT
INDICES TO LESS DANGEROUS LEVELS.

LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ201-215-216-252100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.HT.Y.0002.090625T1700Z-090626T0000Z/
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-HARDIN-
JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...
LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...
MORGAN CITY...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
242 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND GULF MOISTURE
WILL GENERATE APPARENT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES.
LATE AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER AND GULF BREEZES WILL LOWER HEAT
INDICES TO LESS DANGEROUS LEVELS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.

[HouTXmetro]

IAH-Houston already reporting 97 at 11AM
HOU-Houston 94
Sugar Land 94

[HouTXmetro]

11:53AM Houston Stations

Houston IAH 98
Houston HOU 96
Sugar Land 97

[Ed Mahmoud]

New GFS MOS from my AccuWx PPV site:


0.04 inches of rain the next two weeks, (the first 0.02 falls July 4), and several more 40º + ( 104ºF or higher) days at 18Z (1 pm CDT) in the future at IAH.


I watered the lawn again last night, about an hour each front and back.

[southerngale]

It was already 96° with a heat index of 109° at the last BPT airport update, 11:53am.

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-251900-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

...ANOTHER HOT DAY ON TAP...

CURRENT TEMPERATURES AROUND LOUSIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEFORE THE NOON HOUR.

ALEXANDRIA 94 DEGREES... HEAT INDEX 97 DEGREES
LAKE CHARLES 95 DEGREES... HEAT INDEX 102 DEGREES
LAFAYETTE 94 DEGREES... HEAT INDEX 102 DEGREES
BEAUMONT 94 DEGREES... HEAT INDEX 103 DEGREES

DRIER AIR PUSHED INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA YESTERDAY KICKING OFF A FEW ELEVATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RESULT IS THE HEAT INDEX THIS MORNING IS A BIT
LOWER FOR ALEXANDRIA...WHILE ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR WERE THE BOUNDARY
STALLED HAS HIGHER DEW POINTS AND THIS IS WHERE THE HEAT INDEX IS CURRENTLY
ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN PLACE FOR PARISHES AND COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
I-10 CORRIDOR TODAY WHERE THE HEAT INDEX IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO 108 DEGREES
OR ABOVE THIS AFTERNOON. THAT DOES NOT MEAN AREAS NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR
WILL NOT SEE HEAT STRESS AS THE HEAT INDEX WILL HOVER FROM 104 TO 106 DEGREES.

ALL PERSONS OUTSIDE...SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS ALONG WITH DRINKING PLENTY OF
FLUIDS.

THE HEAT INDEX WILL FALL BELOW THE CENTURY MARK DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
TOWARDS SUNSET.

$$

K. KUYPER

[HouTXmetro]

New GFS MOS from my AccuWx PPV site:


0.04 inches of rain the next two weeks, (the first 0.02 falls July 4), and several more 40º + ( 104ºF or higher) days at 18Z (1 pm CDT) in the future at IAH.


I watered the lawn again last night, about an hour each front and back.

I don't remember 80 beecause I was barely one years old, but is this worse?

[Tireman4]

New GFS MOS from my AccuWx PPV site:


0.04 inches of rain the next two weeks, (the first 0.02 falls July 4), and several more 40º + ( 104ºF or higher) days at 18Z (1 pm CDT) in the future at IAH.


I watered the lawn again last night, about an hour each front and back.

I don't remember 80 beecause I was barely one years old, but is this worse?

I do remember 80 ( I was 15) and this (if it keeps up) could approach it.

[Ed Mahmoud]

I see a shower trying to form just North of Conroe, near the Walker/Montgomery county line...

[srainhoutx]

And IAH dropped a degree to 98 with a HI of 105 @ 2PM CDT.

[HouTXmetro]

And IAH dropped a degree to 98 with a HI of 105 @ 2PM CDT.

Yeah, looks like some storms developing off the North beltway near IAH.... official Houston might just get a drop or two of rain and break the 30+ day rainless spell...

Anyways 2pm temps
Houston-IAH 98
Houston-HOU 100
Sugarland 100

[vbhoutex]

New GFS MOS from my AccuWx PPV site:


0.04 inches of rain the next two weeks, (the first 0.02 falls July 4), and several more 40º + ( 104ºF or higher) days at 18Z (1 pm CDT) in the future at IAH.


I watered the lawn again last night, about an hour each front and back.

I don't remember 80 beecause I was barely one years old, but is this worse?

I do remember 80 ( I was 15) and this (if it keeps up) could approach it.

Definitely running a close second so far. We had a 1 year old at the time and it was tough to keep the house below 80º even with AC.

Currently 102ºf at the house with a HI of 110ºf.

Edit to add this snippet from Jeff Lindner:

If the temperature does not fall below 84 by midnight tonight the low today of 84 is the warmest ever recorded in Houston history dating back to 1895.

[HouTXmetro]

3PM

Houston IAH-98
Houston HOU-101
Sugar Land-101

[srainhoutx]

afternoon e-mail from Jeff Lindner...

Temps. cracking 100 at several sites again this afternoon with CLL already reaching 104 as of 157pm. IAH has been hovering around 98 with a nearby thunderstorm…in fact the airport might have gotten wet breaking the 31 day string without rainfall…we will see on the evening climate report.



Within the last hour the radar has shown a rapid increase in shower and thunderstorms across the area…so maybe more of us will see a brief wetting shower this afternoon. Should continue to see development into the evening hours as heating destabilizes the air mass.



Note:



If the temperature does not fall below 84 by midnight tonight the low today of 84 is the warmest ever recorded in Houston history dating back to 1895.