C/S TX Weather: Seasonal with some rains

[Portastorm]

OK, at 1 pm yesterday we hit a high of 105. Today, at 1 p.m., we are 3 degrees warmer than yesterday. It is 102 degrees at 1 p.m. This is crazy!

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1134 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

...A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE COASTAL PLAINS THROUGH 7 PM SATURDAY...

.THE HEAT ADVISORY IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
JUST SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO TO JUST NORTH OF AUSTIN. VERY HOT
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES COMBINED WITH HEAT
INDICIES BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL MAKE FOR OPPRESSIVE HEAT
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IN ADDITION EARLY MORNING LOWS WILL
ONLY BRIEFLY DIP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80.

TXZ173-191>194-205>209-220>225-260300-
/O.EXT.KEWX.HT.Y.0002.090625T1700Z-090628T0000Z/
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...
BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...
LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...
GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
1134 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES COMBINED WITH
HEAT INDICIES BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL MAKE FOR OPPRESSIVE
HEAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IN ADDITION...EARLY MORNING LOW
ONLY BRIEFLY DIP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. THIS
COMBINATION WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS FOR ELDERLY WITHOUT AIR
CONDITIONING AND FOR PERSONS WORKING IN THE OUTDOORS FOR EXTENDED
PERIODS OF TIME.

[Shoshana]

105F right now at the house, 104 Mabry, 103 AUS.

Another record broken

I got the front sprinklers sorted out - now I have to figure out what's up with the backyard... it looks like we're growing hay. Already dry hay.

[Shoshana]

Austin Mabry TX 106F
Austin Bergstrom TX 107F

Official highs for today.

[Portastorm]

Yeah, and it felt every degree of it too, didn't it?! More of the same today.

What can we do to keep this high pressure ridge to the north or west of us?!

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

104 at my house about 15 miles inland from the coast on Thursday.

Finally got below 90 about 9:30 in the evening. No sea brezze at all.,

[Shoshana]

103.5 F @ 1:57 pm. (our house) What's the record for today? Doesn't matter, think it's toast!

[Shoshana]

Austin Bergstrom TX 105F
Austin Mabry TX 105F

Toast!

[Portastorm]

NWS forecasting a weak front and possible precip on Monday and Tuesday ... wouldn't that be wonderful?

[vbhoutex]

NWS forecasting a weak front and possible precip on Monday and Tuesday ... wouldn't that be wonderful?

Is Lucy around? Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[Stormtrack]

Wow....I wasn't expecting this! A cell formed up just east of us and ended up parking over us for a while. We ended up with 1.8" of rain. I found out that the downspout that I thought I had unplugged after a similar rain in May was still full of debris. The temp dropped from about 99 to below 80. We're in the northeast of Angleton, Tx.

[Shoshana]

lol send rain!

On a more serious note, our car thermometer was reading 111 (It was reading 122 when we first started which I knew was false, but I've never seen a false 122 either before!)

It's horribly hot out - I can tell when it feels over 105F because I'm ok running errands up until then, after that I feel like I do now.

I came home thinking the car has to be reading hot - and our home digital in the shade facing north readout is 110.2F... I think our house is in a pressure cooker!!!

I can't find anyplace else online that's registering near that high but what's odd is that our home reading is not usually all that far off ...

[vbhoutex]

lol send rain!

On a more serious note, our car thermometer was reading 111 (It was reading 122 when we first started which I knew was false, but I've never seen a false 122 either before!)

It's horribly hot out - I can tell when it feels over 105F because I'm ok running errands up until then, after that I feel like I do now.

I came home thinking the car has to be reading hot - and our home digital in the shade facing north readout is 110.2F... I think our house is in a pressure cooker!!!

I can't find anyplace else online that's registering near that high but what's odd is that our home reading is not usually all that far off ...

OUCH!!!!!

[Portastorm]

NWS forecasting a weak front and possible precip on Monday and Tuesday ... wouldn't that be wonderful?

Is Lucy around? Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

vbhoutex! Why I oughta ...

[Shoshana]

I waited and went back and checked personal weather stations near us and while I was posting, the 2 stations closest to us had high readings - 108.5 south of us and 112.9 north of us......

I don't know how accurate they are either but it's interesting that we all went really hot at the same time....

[Portastorm]

I waited and went back and checked personal weather stations near us and while I was posting, the 2 stations closest to us had high readings - 108.5 south of us and 112.9 north of us......

I don't know how accurate they are either but it's interesting that we all went really hot at the same time....

Those readings do seem a bit excessive but you know ... I suppose it is possible. It could be some type of urban heat island effect, maybe? Since all three locations (including your own) registered higher temps than what Mabry and Bergstrom were reporting, there has to be something to it. I did notice that the hourly readings on Saturday at Mabry showed nothing more than 101 but the 6-hour maximum was recorded at 105, so did Mabry also have some kind of temperature spike? Very interesting.

Regardless, it was/is scorching hot!

[mcallum177]

Heavy rain in DFW today! W00t

[Shoshana]

Looks like another record bit the dust today. Record was 102 at Mabry it's currently 105 at Mabry, 103 at Bergstrom, 106 at our house....

[Portastorm]

Woke up to thunder, clouds, and a threat of rain ... nice!

[Portastorm]

Non-stop thunderstorm in downtown Austin for the last hour with copious rains falling around the metro area. This is good stuff!

[Shoshana]

Raining here too!

Lightning too.

On a lighter note, the dog won't leave the patio. Guess she's waiting for the strange stuff falling out of the sky to stop? Dunno! Good thing she has an iron bladder tho.....