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

[srainhoutx]

Only a "brief" shower with no thunder for now as the wind picks up. Man does it feel "tropical" out though.


Edit to add I now have CG and much heavier storm again.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Radar suggests a moderate to heavy shower has reached my lawn.

[jasons2k]

Keeping an eye on it...and it looks like the eastern-most cell just might track right up along I-45 and miss me to the west, leaving me once again in the middle. We'll see...

Edit: Well, according to the radar I am getting some rain, but nothing too special. Just some greens and a blip of yellow.

[southerngale]

I've heard thunder off and on throughout the day and the radar has looked like I was likely going to get something substantial several times, but I think it's *just* missed me every time in every direction. I'm hearing thunder now as some really heavy stuff passes to my north. I did see a tad bit of water dripping off the roof, but the pavement isn't even wet, so it couldn't have been much!

Some spots have been getting pounded!

While we could still use some rain, it's not all bad. We're remodeling our attached garage and making it into a room, adding a pantry/laundry room, etc. so while they're working inside at the moment, a lot of the materials are outside. We have some tarps handy, but I'm sure it's easier if it just doesn't rain.

[Flyinman]

Looks like the ghost struck again. All day cells to the South and then it skipped over the area now all is to the North. I think we need som cloud seeding around here!!!

[Yankeegirl]

We didnt get any rain here today either.... East Texas looks quite busy....

[jasons2k]

I managed a whopping .03". Hardly enough to settle the dust...maybe better luck tomorrow. Who woulda thought the DFW area would be having so much rain this month....my trek through bizarro world continues.

[vbhoutex]

Yes, there is some rain along the Katy Freeway corridor moving NNE. If - IF - it can hold together - I will finally get my first rain in 8 days....

*on knees praying*

I aimed it towards your house. I guess my aim needs improvement. Total for the day 0.70" from two storms.

[CajunMama]

I managed a whopping .03". Hardly enough to settle the dust...maybe better luck tomorrow. Who woulda thought the DFW area would be having so much rain this month....my trek through bizarro world continues.

Get the ark out!

[srainhoutx]

Frontal boundry is a bit closer to us (between Austin and Waco) this morning. Just perhaps we will see a bit more wide spread rain today for those that have not had rainfall as of late.

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southplains_loop.php

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/sa ... g&itype=wv

Edit: Adding Aviation Update from HGX...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
724 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

.AVIATION...
STARTING OUT WITH A SCATTERED TO BROKEN 2000 FT LAYER AND A LAYER
OF HIGH CIRRUS BLOW OFF FROM STORMS TO THE NORTH. LOWER DECK
SHOULD MIX OUT QUICKLY...BUT EXPECT CU DEVELOPMENT BY LATE MORNING
MUCH AS YESTERDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTRMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SOME INHIBITION WEST...WITH BEST
COVERAGE LIKELY NORTH OF I 10 AND EAST OF I 45. BASED ON
THIS...THINK CLL...GLS...AND LBX LEAST LIKELY TO SEE A
TSTRM...WITH A BETTER CHANCE AT UTS...CXO...AND POSSIBLY
HOU...IAH. FOR THE MORE LIKELY SITES...HAVE GONE WITH VCTS MAINLY
AFTER 18Z. ELSEWHERE...JUST A MENTION OF CB. TOYED WITH GOING WITH
TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDER THIS AFTERNOON FOR CXO AND UTS...BUT NOT
CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT STORMS WILL HIT THE TERMINALS...MAY
BE MORE HIT OR MISS...BUT CAN SEE AMENDMENTS IN THAT DIRECTION AS
STORMS BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE ON SATELLITE AND RADAR. 46

[jasons2k]

Morning update from Jeff Lindner:

Heavy rainfall ongoing this morning over NE TX….where models progged late last week to be over SE TX.

Models have not handled the current situation well over the past few days with ridge over SE TX not giving as much ground and axis of heavy rainfall remaining over N TX and LA. Feel today will be no different than yesterday with models trending too much toward climo and not handling the extreme to exceptional drought in progress. Pressure gradient is up this morning resulting in decent south winds already…which will hamper a good seabreeze formation. Also watching outflow from NE TX storms…but strong southerly inflow may keep this well NE of our area.

Expect scattered storms to develop across the area once trigger temperatures are reached and exceeded. Hard pressed to find anything good to fire on and soundings show increasing capping at CRP so will favor the areas along and NE of a line from CLL to Katy to Galveston for best chances. Will likely see nothing down around Matagorda Bay. With this said…will at least need to keep one eye out to the NE in case a rough MCS develops and attempts a run at the area in NNE flow aloft.

Pattern beyond today shows lowering rain chances confined mainly to the afternoon seabreeze as winds weaken allowing a better Gulf circulation to develop. Ridging builds slightly each day so rain chances drop and afternoon high push back toward the upper 90’s and low 100’s into the weekend.

[Flyinman]

Not really what I wanted to read this morning, however it does appear our area is subject to some rain today if it the line develops. Guess we will just wait and see. There was a nice shower that moved through the middle of the Woodlands but I was to far west and the office was too far east.

[srainhoutx]

Not giving up "hope" just yet. HGX Update offers a glimmer of hope for some rain...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1000 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED 1ST PERIOD OF ZFPHGX MAINLY FOR REST OF MORNING PORTION
LOWERING POPS FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CWFA REFLECTING SHORT TERM
PROJECTED TREND. WATER VAPOR INDICATE JET STREAK PUSHING ACROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF OK WHILE VSBY LOOP INTERESTINGLY SHOWING
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES MOVING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TX.
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ONGOING OVER EXTREME NE TEXAS EXTENDING INTO
NORTHERN LA AND SOUTHERN AR. COOLER AIR OUTFLOW MAY PUSH SOUTH
ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON FIRING UP CONVECTION AND THIS
IS REFLECTED W/CURRENT FCST. 37

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/sa ... &itype=vis

[jasons2k]

After the run I'm having, I just can't get my hopes up either. My best hope might be when I move back to Florida in 2013 (target date)....

[jasons2k]

On satellite, it looks like a line of TCU developing from near Huntsville to Brenham.

I'm guesstimating location on a satellite pic with no labels, so I could be off by a few miles... It is moving slowly SE. Let's see if it can develop any storms...

[srainhoutx]

On satellite, it looks like a line of TCU developing from near Huntsville to Brenham.

I'm guesstimating location on a satellite pic with no labels, so I could be off by a few miles... It is moving slowly SE. Let's see if it can develop any storms...

Yeah, been watching the semi gravity wave sink south. Looks like a "cool pocket" settling S behind the NE TX/LA MSC. Might be the trigger we have been looking for in our area. Although, our winds are up a bit on the NW side from yesterday. Here's hoping.

[jasons2k]

A picture says 1,000 words:


Shot at 2009-07-28

[vbhoutex]

I thought I would be able to change the title of this thread a few times during the summer, but so far nothing has changed enough to put something different there.

[Yankeegirl]

I know! it has been a very hot summer.... Im sick of it...

[HouTXmetro]

OT, can someone explain why the maps divide Texas into 3 and California into 2? Have we seceded or something? lol

http://www.storm2k.org/weather//images/ ... utlook.png