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

[vbhoutex]

I'm guessing tonight wasn't a good night to be at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands for a concert? My son and his cousin drove in for a concert.

That would depend on what time the concert is. Things had pretty much settled down in that neck of the woods by normal times for a concert, but there definitely were probably some good weather watching opportunities earlier.

[Tireman4]

Incubus. Not my cup of tea. LOL



http://www.woodlandscenter.org/eventdetail.aspx?eid=593

[jasons2k]

I had a total of .50" here. .40" from the first storm and only .10" from the second one. It pretty much fell apart.

I'll take it but I sure could use a good soaking of an inch or two.

CajunMama, I think the rain cleared in time for the conceert and I hope your son & his cousin had a safe trip

[Yankeegirl]

A little storm is passing me just to my West.... A lot of dark clouds some lightning and thunder.... I think its going to miss me just to the west.... Its all good, hubby just got finished detailing my car!!

[vbhoutex]

A little storm is passing me just to my West.... A lot of dark clouds some lightning and thunder.... I think its going to miss me just to the west.... Its all good, hubby just got finished detailing my car!!

I keep hearing the noise and see the dark clouds, but nothing here either, not that we need any after last nights blockbuster severe storm!!

[Yankeegirl]

OK, edit.... we got quite the downpour here a while back! Of course, my car is now dirty again....

[vbhoutex]

So much for our "cold front". The high today at the house was 102ºf before the clouds moved in.

[srainhoutx]

You weren't in the right spot. It was nice this morning on the NW side.

[vbhoutex]

:uarrow:
You weren't in the right spot. It was nice this morning on the NW side.

[Yankeegirl]

Yesterday was hot too, but felt a little cooler... Maybe there was less humidity or something? I was looking at the accuweather site, I really hope they are on to something, because the end of the month seems to be quite nice.... I dont usually go with their forecasts, but they are fun to look at....

[srainhoutx]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1958
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0209 PM CDT SUN AUG 23 2009

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL AND SERN TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 231909Z - 232045Z

AN ISOLATED THREAT OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. A WW DOES NOT APPEAR
NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.

EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WAS POSITIONED FROM ROUGHLY HOU NWWD TOWARD THE MWL
VICINITY. MID TO UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS RESIDE ALONG THIS
BOUNDARY...WHILE STRONG SURFACE HEATING TO ITS SOUTH HAS RESULTED IN
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TOWARD 100 DEG F. LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR
ASCENT IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAK THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG
BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION AND WEAK FRONTAL CONVERGENCE WILL
FAVOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...WHICH SHOULD QUICKLY
BECOME OUTFLOW DOMINANT GIVEN THE WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR PROFILES
PRESENT ACROSS THE REGION. AS LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO
STEEPEN DURING THE AFTERNOON...SURFACE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS WILL
EXCEED 30 DEG F...WHILE MLCAPE VALUES APPROACH 2000-2500 J/KG PER
RUC AND HRLY SURFACE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS DATA. THIS THERMODYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT AN ISOLATED THREAT OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS WITH THE STRONGER UPDRAFT CORES...BUT THE THREAT APPEARS TO BE
TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT A WW.

..GARNER.. 08/23/2009


ATTN...WFO...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...SJT...

[mpic]

That storm cell over Alvin just went by me with no results here. Bummer!

[Flyinman]

I am hoping the cells to the North hold together as they are heading this way. Otherwise I am still in the split stream..By the way, anyone heard anything about long term forecasts on fronts on if we may get more rainfall in the fall months. Believe it or not, Brown patch is setting in my yard already so the temps at night are falling a little.

[jasons2k]

Those cells today evaporated faster than I've ever seen. All because a much smaller one had formed earlier just to my south and dropped the temp down to about 75F, stabilizing things around here....

[Flyinman]

Yeah, tell me about it..They are still holding up going to the West though. I was in the middle of a huge downpour at Lowe's at lunch but I-45 was dry. Sure would like to get a hold of one of those downpours. Well, maybe over the weekend or so.

[jasons2k]

What is this?


Shot at 2009-08-25


Shot at 2009-08-25


Shot at 2009-08-25

[Yankeegirl]

Looks like ground clutter... Its very humid out there today....

[vbhoutex]

That looks llike an expanding ring of convection. I don't think it is but it sure looks like it. It looks almost like an outflow boundary.

[jasons2k]

Well, it was strange. I didn't have the frames before/after but if you saw it looped, it was a perfectly round ring that expanded. Basically, if an explosion was ever captured on radar it might look something like that.

It wasn't precip and it's not gound clutter...I dunno what it was...

[Tireman4]

Worm hole? LOL