All Gomers keep an eye at area SE of Galveston and Houston

#1 Postby **cycloneye** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:20 am

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/GMEX/IR4/20.jpg

An area with interest for all gomers and that is the area at the pic where convection is gathering SE of Houston and Galveston.There is a weak low pressure that has comed out of Texas and Tom pointed that yesterday in his thread.So it is that time as august is here so watch the area.

southerngale · #2 Postby **southerngale** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:56 am

Hmmm...thanks cyc....hadn't even noticed that. What are the chances of something developing here?

#3 Postby **cycloneye** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:57 am

Kelly conditions are marginal meaning 50/50 so that is why all gomers have to watch this.

Guest · #4 Postby **Guest** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 7:19 am

I'll watch it closely. It was quiet a thunderstorm complex when it moved through Houston yesterday.

Patricia

Stormsfury · #5 Postby **Stormsfury** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 8:15 am

The thunderstorm complex yesteday through Texas was an MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) and one of the longest lived MCS I've seen in quite some time. It had its origin riding on the NE'ern side of the Dome of High Pressure in the SW which started in CO/OK and dove SE around that high. The thunder from that system according to OtherHD was the loudest he's ever heard and there are reasons for that. First, positive lightning strikes (many bolts originating from the highest reaches of the MCS, which are generally much stronger than the shallow negative strikes from the base of the cloud. Second, the energy of the MCS itself. Indecies from the yesterday's outbreak indicated that CAPE/KI/LI were all about maxed out and the amount of lift sustaining the MCS was unbelievable. The excessive heat also allows thunder to travel easier. The warmer the atmosphere, the faster the speed of sound.

SF

#6 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 8:29 am

I'll back OHD on that THUNDER!!! IT RATTLED THE HOUSE FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR-LITERALLY!!! We had winds to around 40 mph and 3/4" of rain from it in W Houston. What is strange is that as the MCS approached us from the NW it looked like it was starting to dissipate, but as it came into the Metro area it started building again somewhat rapidly till it filled in over most of SE TX near the coast. We will be watching this one and the tropics closer this week with the models starting to "target"(loosely used term) the GOM in the mid term. 36 hours ago I would have said no way on any TC development in the GOM-now the pattern is much more conducive to the possibility of development with the Western high retrograding out of here and finally cooling us down to "normal" or even below normal temps for the week along with much needed rain.

Lindaloo · #7 Postby **Lindaloo** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 9:20 am

at least you got some much needed rain over there in tx.

southerngale · #8 Postby **southerngale** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 11:32 am

Yeah, good for ya'll

.....................not a drop here though.

Rainband · #9 Postby **Rainband** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 2:42 pm

Doesn't look that impressive :o ..I am confused??? :lol:

Johnny · #10 Postby **Johnny** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:13 am

I live out in the sticks West of Conroe and we got hit with some nice winds and some heavy rain mid-day Saturday. I had a bunch of people up for barb-q and swimming. I live on 13 acres and the pool is about 75 yards behind the house. We were all out there when the winds picked up and blew some chairs off of the deck. Also the pine trees were bending and pine needles were flying everywhere. It was pretty sweet. This complex raced towards the South and went through Houston and then into the Gulf. Convecton died off yesterday BUT as of late, there is a flare up of convection just South of Brownsville. It's probably nothing but worth mentioning.

wrkh99 · #11 Postby **wrkh99** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:19 pm

It was quiet a thunderstorm

Whats that ticka ?

#12 Postby **wx247** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:07 pm

The convection needs to sustain itself a while longer. No imminent development here IMHO.

#13 Postby **cycloneye** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:10 pm

No Garrett nothing imminent there but you never know if something comes out of that complex of clouds and storms.

southerngale · #14 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:12 pm

Right Garrett...it is on the increase though.

Hey! Trying to get some juicy info on me, huh? NEVER!!

#15 Postby **wx247** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:12 pm

Very true Cycloneye.

And I forgot to mention a thanks to Storms for the info. on that complex. Very informative! :multi:

All Gomers keep an eye at area SE of Galveston and Houston

All Gomers keep an eye at area SE of Galveston and Houston

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