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

[southerngale]

Nada here. The few storms that I did see on radar were well north of here.

[vbhoutex]

If we don't get some of the predicted rain this weekend we will quickly be heading back into the extreme to exceptional drought in our area. Even at my house where I probably had more rain than most recently, my yard is starting to go back into . Will need to pull out the soon. 102ºf at the house today and the HI was up around 108ºf and it felt like it!!!

[srainhoutx]

HGX update offers a little hope today concerning rainfall. I could again smell rain last evening and got a sprinkle or two as the seabreeze moved by. Hopefully better chances through the weekend with some tropical wave/Upper Level energy nearby...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1009 AM CDT FRI AUG 7 2009

.DISCUSSION...
DECIDED TO ADD ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO A COUNTY OR
TWO INLAND OF THE COASTAL AREAS. SEABREEZE ACTIVITY WAS ALREADY
BEGINNING AND IS A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD THAN EARLIER THOUGHT.

ANOTHER ITEM TO CONSIDER IS THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS. THE
06Z GFS BUFR AND 12Z NAM BUFR MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR IAH HAVE AN
INVERTED V PROFILE FOR THE 21Z TIME PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON.
COMBINING THAT WITH WHAT HAS OCCURRED SO FAR INDICATES ISOLATED
CONVECTION WITH THE OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A STRONG STORM RESULTING
FROM COLLIDING OUTFLOW...SEABREEZE...AND BAY BREEZE BOUNDARIES.
THE FORECASTED PW/S RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 1.9. THUS...EXPECT MOST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO REMAIN BELOW A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH AN
OUTSIDE CHANCE OF UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS
AND RATHER SLOW MOVEMENT.

WILL ISSUE AN UPDATE FOR THE NEW WEATHER AND POPS GRIDDED FORECAST
ITEMS.

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[SaskatchewanScreamer]

Today I had two Texans (husband and wife) standing in front of my desk.

I grinned and said they must be loving their visit here re our weather (they are from San Antonio). If they smiled much bigger I think it would have really hurt.

The high today here was 21 degree Celsius = 69.8 degree Fahrenheit (with a very gentle rain falling).

We however are looking forward to the *somewhat* warmer temps they keep promising us.

[SaskatchewanScreamer]

Must say I enjoyed hearing their Texas drawl ........ I also noticed their ears perked up when a Hutterite farmer came in (his accent must have been just as unique to them as theirs was to us).

[SaskatchewanScreamer]

I should've said while you folks have been parbroiling we've (some areas in Saskatchewan) have had a summer with snow, frost in the spring growing season (x2), and near frost at the end of July and more than a few record breaking lows. The few warm/hot days we've had came with tornadoes and hail. The jet stream however saved us from what Alberta has gotten frost (x2), extreme drought (they are also in the 2nd from worst red zone), then record breaking temps, softball sized hail, derechoes, lots of tornadoes, flooding and whatever else a demented mother nature can come up with.

I'd gladly send down some of our coolness for a *little bit* of your warmth (we have a crop that has to mature prior to our upcoming, and up here that happens relatively early, frost......and given this summer that could happen very soon ).

[jasons2k]

The tables are more readable at the link:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate/rev ... 809pns.txt

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
837 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009

...HEAT CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

...SOME RELIEF ON THE WAY...MAYBE???...

MOISTURE LEVELS INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY
RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES ONLY 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL VERSES THE 5
TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THAT THE AREA HAS FACED SINCE MID JUNE.
COLLEGE STATION STILL MANAGED TO REACH 100 DEGREES TODAY. THIS IS
THE 41ST DAY THIS SUMMER THAT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE MANAGED TO
REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AT EASTERWOOD FIELD IN COLLEGE
STATION. WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW INQUIRIES REGARDING 100 DEGREE DAYS
AND HOW OFTEN THEY OCCUR. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE YEARS WITH THE
MOST HUNDRED DEGREE DAYS AND THE MONTHS OF OCCURRENCE FOR BOTH
COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON:

COLLEGE STATION

MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT TOTAL YEAR

0 10 22 26 0 58 1917
1 11 28 10 1 51 1998
0 20 25 4 0 49 1913
0 0 13 27 8 48 2000
0 13 21 14 0 48 1925
0 11 11 21 4 47 1948
0 7 14 23 3 47 1937
0 0 12 27 5 44 1951
0 7 24 9 3 43 1980
0 11 23 7 - 41 2009

WARMEST TEMPERATURE ALL TIME WAS 112 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4 2000.

HOUSTON

MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT TOTAL YEAR

0 8 18 5 1 32 1980
0 2 14 8 0 24 1998
0 0 10 5 5 20 2000
0 10 0 9 0 19 1902
0 0 7 7 2 16 1909
0 7 4 3 - 14 2009
0 0 0 14 0 14 1993
0 1 2 8 2 13 1907
0 0 0 10 0 10 1999
0 0 4 1 4 9 1995

WARMEST TEMPERATURE ALL TIME WAS 109 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4 2000.

THE AREA HAS SUFFERED RELENTLESS HEAT SINCE MID JUNE AND THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FROM JUNE 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 REFLECTS THIS. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT COLLEGE STATION BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND AUGUST 7
HAS BEEN 87.7 DEGREES. THIS IS NOW THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THIS TIME FRAME IN RECORDED HISTORY. IT IS THE SAME STORY FOR
HOUSTON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE
1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 HAS BEEN 86.7 DEGREES AND THIS IS NOW THE
WARMEST PERIOD IN CITY HISTORY. HOW ABOUT SOME MORE TABLES WITH
NUMBERS?

COLLEGE STATION
JUNE 1 - AUGUST 7

AVERAGE AVERAGE PERIOD
HIGH LOW AVERAGE

99.6 1998 76.7 1902 87.7 2009
99.5 1917 76.2 2009 87.6 1998
99.2 2009 75.5 1998 86.3 1925
98.9 1934 75.1 1906 86.2 1996
98.2 1925 74.4 1925 86.0 1934
98.1 1996 74.3 2008 85.7 2008
98.1 1913 74.3 1996 85.6 1958
97.6 1937 74.1 2007 85.5 1980
97.6 1914 74.0 1981 85.4 1902
97.5 1958 74.0 1932 85.3 1951

HOUSTON
JUNE 1 - AUGUST 7

AVERAGE AVERAGE PERIOD
HIGH LOW AVERAGE

97.7 1980 77.0 1963 86.7 2009
97.1 1998 76.9 1958 86.3 1980
96.9 2009 76.8 1962 86.1 1998
95.4 1890 76.5 2009 85.2 1958
95.3 2008 76.5 1964 84.8 2008
95.1 1902 76.4 1965 84.8 1944
94.9 1982 76.3 1953 84.6 1962
94.2 2000 76.3 1951 84.5 1963
94.0 1994 75.9 1960 84.4 1953
94.0 1909 75.9 1944 84.4 1951

THE FIRST 8 DAYS OF AUGUST HAVE BEEN DRY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS
BRIEFLY IMPROVED TOWARD THE END OF JULY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE
AREA. EXCEPTIONAL TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. GROUND FUELS REMAIN DRY OVER THE
WEST AND SEVERAL SPOTTY WILDFIRES WERE REPORTED OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS. RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE STILL EXTREME AT PALACIOS...ANGLETON
AND BAY CITY. ANOTHER TABLE WITH NUMBERS FOLLOWS THIS NARRATIVE
WITH THE LOWEST RAINFALL TOTALS FOR HOUSTON...COLLEGE STATION...
GALVESTON AND HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7:

LOWEST RAINFALL MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7

HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON
STATION HOBBY

3.49 2009 1.08 1998 1.95 1956 3.86 1934
4.76 1915 1.47 1934 2.38 1958 4.71 1998
5.15 1931 3.11 1925 2.44 1897 5.18 1931
5.36 1998 3.30 1917 3.17 1930 5.67 2009
5.59 1958 3.83 2009 3.23 2009 5.82 1964
6.15 1964 3.86 1977 3.24 1996 6.60 1932
6.35 1935 4.03 1913 3.77 2008 6.67 1957
6.47 1917 4.82 1996 3.81 1948 6.93 1988
6.57 1896 4.89 1963 3.84 1960 7.11 1955
6.73 1937 4.99 1931 3.93 1954 7.33 1971

IT DOES APPEAR THAT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE COUPLED WITH SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO HIGHER RAIN CHANCES FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION MID MONTH.

[srainhoutx]

Our earlier thoughts of memories of 1980 around here are not too far off. I just hope we do not see a repeat of the tropical trouble (1980) that broke that heat wave/drought.

[jasons2k]

Shot at 2009-08-09

[vbhoutex]

Seabreeze is definiteley moving in and picking up. Lots of rumbling just to my East and South. Not sure if I am going to get it or not. Depends whether the apparent filling in to my South continues or not.
edit-Another look at radar tells me it is going to bypass us to the West and East. It is almost past us on it's way North. Sprinklers on standby if we don't get anything today.

[Tireman4]

Raining here in Humble

[Yankeegirl]

Thunder and "spitting" rain here.... Lots of nasty looking clouds moving in from the South.... and very windy....

[Yankeegirl]

....and the power just flickered off.....

[CajunMama]

We've had some nice hit & miss showers coming out of the gom. I like these afternoon showers. They cool things off nicely.

[Tireman4]

Overcast most of the day in Humble. Welcome relief from the heat, although I fear the heat is coming this week.

[jasons2k]

Overcast here most of the afternoon with some sprinkles and distant thunder. No measurable rain though.......

[southerngale]

Lots of thunder earlier this afternoon with nearby storms passing on each side of me... got a few sprinkles, but nothing measurable here, either. It looked promising for a while. Oh well.

[vbhoutex]

Seabreeze is definiteley moving in and picking up. Lots of rumbling just to my East and South. Not sure if I am going to get it or not. Depends whether the apparent filling in to my South continues or not.
edit-Another look at radar tells me it is going to bypass us to the West and East. It is almost past us on it's way North. Sprinklers on standby if we don't get anything today.

Not a drop here at the house, but it had poured 6 blocks West of the house. Out come the sprinklers! I was out in Yankeegirl's neighborhood when those storms rolled through. Actually did a mini-chase due to the very strange nature/look of the clouds. Actually did a u-turn after noticing them/the storm in my rear view. I will try and get the pictures to my comp from my phone and see if they are good enough to post. Wife and daughter were fortunately in the store during the downpour in the area they were in.

[Yankeegirl]

Those clouds did look quite nasty, didnt they VB??? I almost got out my camera too!! We got a good amount of rain here yesterday, it was nice!!

[srainhoutx]

We had over a half inch from 3 showers yesterday. I'll take it.