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

[Tireman4]

Hopefully this is Summer's last gasp.....

[StormClouds63]

Unfortunately, this heat wave will likely increase GOM sea surface temperatures by a couple of degrees. Bonnie illustrated that water temperature, by itself, is not a catalyst for tropical development or intensity. However, if the westerlies and wind shear relax, and with water temperatures 88-90 degrees, the stage is set for a major hurricane in Caribbean or Gulf waters sometime in mid to late August. For us in the western GOM, the key will be the position of the high pressure ridge over the SE US. So far, the setup this year is more similar to 2007 than 2005 or 1969. Still uneasy, because there were 2 category 5 storms in 2007. Encouraging, though, in that both systems stayed well south with strong high pressure dominating the central GOM coast. Let's hope the ridge stays strong, or a trough sets up over the U.S. east coast. In 2006, that east coast trough turned nearly all storms into fish (out to sea) or weakened them significantly.

[southerngale]

The heat is on! Excessive Heat Watch issued, and a Special Weather Statement. SWS is repetitive... just posted the Excessive Heat Watch below. It may seem silly, but there are many heat-related deaths each year. If you're going to be out this weekend, as I will be, drink plenty of fluids.

Excessive Heat Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
340 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH THIS WEEKEND FOR EXPECTED OPPRESSIVE HEAT...

.HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH LIMITED
MOISTURE EXPECTED...PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND CLOUD COVER WILL BE
SLIM...ALLOWING FOR MAXIMUM HEATING POTENTIAL THIS WEEKEND.

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-301645-
/O.NEW.KLCH.EH.A.0001.100731T1600Z-100731T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.EH.A.0002.100801T1600Z-100801T2300Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
340 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BE SIMPLY OPPRESSIVE. WITH THE
STRENGTHENING HIGH OVERHEAD...AFTERNOON HIGHS ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY WILL REACH 100 ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR...WITH LOWER 100S
EXPECTED NORTH OF US-190. COUPLED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER
70S...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE 107 TO 111 DURING THE TIME OF
MAXIMUM HEATING. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FALL BELOW
80 DEGREES EACH NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

LANDRENEAU

[southerngale]

My updated forecast, a little hotter:





And a heat advisory...

Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
353 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN
OVER THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH LIMITED MOISTURE EXPECTED...
PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND CLOUD COVER WILL BE SLIM...ALLOWING FOR
MAXIMUM HEATING POTENTIAL.

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-310500-
/O.UPG.KLCH.EH.A.0001.100731T1600Z-100731T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.HT.Y.0004.100731T1600Z-100801T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KLCH.EH.A.0002.100801T1600Z-100801T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.HT.Y.0005.100801T1600Z-100802T0000Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
353 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A
HEAT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BECOME OPPRESSIVE WITH THE STRENGTHENING
HIGH OVERHEAD. AFTERNOON HIGHS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL REACH 100
ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR...WITH LOWER 100S EXPECTED NORTH OF US-190.
COUPLED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL
RANGE 107 TO 111 DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING. NIGHTTIME LOWS
WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FALL BELOW 80 DEGREES EACH NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED.
THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE
TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK
PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF
THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

K. KUYPER

Find a pool this weekend!

[southerngale]

Sunday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 104. Heat index values as high as 109. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 102. Heat index values as high as 110. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.


*ready for some snow*

[Tireman4]

:eek:

Sunday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 104. Heat index values as high as 109. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 102. Heat index values as high as 110. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.


*ready for some snow*

IT CAN NOT COME FAST ENOUGH GALE!!!

[CajunMama]

The heat index here was over/at 100 at 10pm!!!! That's crazy ridiculous!

Here it is shortly after 8am and it's already getting hot. Heat index already at 95 and supposed to get as high as 109. The birds are even quiet...not a single one chirping.

Edit to add 8/1 3:20pm 100 with a hi of 109. I feel sorry for my friends in lake charles whose a/c went out today.

[vbhoutex]

Currently 90f with a hi of 95f here in W Houston after a high of 102F. Official high was 99f at IAH as far as I know. Expecting heat advisories Tues. and Weds.

[srainhoutx]

99 today at the house. I will say the late evenings and early mornings have been very nice though.

[CajunMama]

Storms moving in from the east. 79F has never felt better!

[vbhoutex]

Storms moving in from the east. 79F has never felt better!

Currently drooling as I look at the radar of that precipitation. Can you put some Cajun mojo on it and send it this way please? Sitting at 93f with 102f hi right now and it will only get hotter. Actually a little cooler than yesterday, but not cooler enough!!! Need rain too, Hard to believe we are at normal or above precip wise since I HAD to water 2 days ago just to keep hotter areas of the yard alive.

[Flyinman]

The showers look like they are trying to make a little further west. Nothing heavy, but I would just take some cloud cover for a few hours!

[CajunMama]

It's your turn for the heat david! We had more than our fair share of heat indexes 105-110! And as for the rain? I'm going to be very selfish about it. We're -12.72" for the year.

[vbhoutex]

It's your turn for the heat david! We had more than our fair share of heat indexes 105-110! And as for the rain? I'm going to be very selfish about it. We're -12.72" for the year.

Well you did a good job today!! We didn't get squat!

[horselattitudesfarm]

I'm currently vacationing in Monument, Colorado for a family reunion. 73 degrees during the day and 56 at night - in a house that doesn't even have air-conditioning. I can smell the vanilla and butterscotch smell of the ponderosa pines whispering in the mountain breezes in the backyard. I guess I'll plan to stay here and enjoy the view of Pike's Peak instead of going back to Dallas! Thought I'd just rub it in a little:wink:

[vbhoutex]

Did someone say something?

[horselattitudesfarm]

Don't worry, I'm back in Dallas now enjoying the 104 degrees!

[Portastorm]

Don't worry, I'm back in Dallas now enjoying the 104 degrees!

... and already missing that 73-degree Colorado temperature no doubt!

[srainhoutx]

I got a nice heavy shower finally this afternoon. Not alot, but after nearly two weeks of nothing but HOT, I'll take.

[Garnet1995]

Great this is the beach house week!!!! I only get to go for a few days and I'm thinking I'd better go Mon, Tues WEd vs Thurs Fri Sat........ Why on my only vacation this summer!!!!! ARGGGGGGGGG
Any thoughts from those more weather wise than me?
Oh SW Houston just got a nice shower so my Sunday is made!!! Everything is watered already so now it pooltime!!