Texas Summer 2012

[aggiecutter]

Portastorm and his Omega Block:

Texarkana Regional-Webb Field
Lat: 33.46 Lon: -94 Elev: 361
Last Update on Jun 25, 2:53 pm CDT
Fair
102 °F

[Portastorm]

Portastorm and his Omega Block:

Texarkana Regional-Webb Field
Lat: 33.46 Lon: -94 Elev: 361
Last Update on Jun 25, 2:53 pm CDT
Fair
102 °F

You bet ... at 3 pm, we have 102 at Camp Mabry and 101 at Austin Bergstrom. The Omega Block lives!

[Portastorm]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
253 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NOON
TUESDAY UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY...
.UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD
TO TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO ABOVE 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 102 TO 107...WITH HEAT
INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 90S
AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER...LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL FALL
ONLY TO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S
TO NEAR 104.

TXZ171>173-183-190>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.HT.Y.0002.120626T1700Z-120627T0200Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-
KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-
MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-
LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
253 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 107. HEAT
INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
AND HEAT STROKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911.

&&

$$

[Texas Snowman]

Interesting AFD out of Fort Worth this afternoon:

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
327 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MORNING UPPER AIR DATA INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF A 597DM UPPER
RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS RESULTING IN VERY HOT
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL US. THIS FEATURE
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ALTHOUGH SOME
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
IS STILL POSITIONED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST GULF WHICH LEAVES
NORTH TEXAS IN A PRIMARILY EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW REGIME. THIS IS
USUALLY A MORE MOIST FLOW BUT PARCELS COMING OUT OF THE CENTRAL US
AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ARE QUITE DRY...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES
TO WARM UP SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SUBSIDENT PATTERN. CLEAR SKIES AND
LIGHT WINDS ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL ALSO ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL
QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET.

THERE IS A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE WEST INTO TEXAS DURING THE
DAY TOMORROW. AT THE SAME TIME A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH
INTO THE SOUTHERN US. THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL
MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH WEAK ASCENT
FROM THE UPPER DISTURBANCE AND POSSIBLY SOME FORCING ALONG THE
BOUNDARY...A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING PEAK
HEATING. THE GFS ADVERTISES SOME RIDICULOUS INSTABILITY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS...BUT THIS APPEARS GROSSLY OVERDONE DUE TO
BAD DEWPOINTS. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS SUGGEST ONLY MODERATE
INSTABILITY WITH SUB PAR LAPSE RATES. NONETHELESS...LARGE T/TD
SPREADS WOULD SUPPORT AN ENHANCED DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP. WILL HAVE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST MAINLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...LACK
OF MORE APPRECIABLE HUMIDITY PRECLUDES THE NEED FOR A HEAT
ADVISORY AT THIS TIME.

BEYOND TOMORROW...UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE ALTHOUGH IT MAY GET
NUDGED WEST A BIT IN RESPONSE TO MORE TROFFING IN THE EASTERN US.
THIS WOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL BY A FEW DEGREES BY THE END
OF THE WEEK. THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE A WEAKNESS THAT DEVELOPS IN
THE MID LEVELS BY THE WEEKEND WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR MORE SCATTERED
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME...WILL LEAVE THE FORECAST
DRY AND MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL.

[aggiecutter]

All time record high for this date in Texarkana. The previous record was 103. The good news is that there is only 2 more months of this heat, at least I hope it doesn't last more than 2 more months.

Texarkana Regional-Webb Field
Lat: 33.46 Lon: -94 Elev: 361
Last Update on Jun 25, 3:53 pm CDT
Fair
105 °F

[Texas Snowman]

I found the talk (in the Fort Worth NWS discussion I posted above) about a dry NE flow to be interesting, especially the part about temps dropping quickly after sunset due to the air's dryness. That was what was so disturbing to me about last summer is that there never was ANY relief from the heat, even in the middle of the night.

Also found the comment about the GFS advertising some "ridiculous" instability across Central and North Texas a bit amusing. Especially in light of the GFS and its "ridiculous" forecast with Debby that actually verified!

And finally, perhaps some hope for the heat to lessen by the weekend and the chance for scattered thundershowers to increase.

[Portastorm]

I've said it before on here and I'll say it again, day in and day out I think the NWSFO in Fort Worth has the best forecast discussions. I think those guys and gals just do an outstanding job!

[Shoshana]

At 5:48pm our gauge was registering 107.3F

As usual, we're hotter than Bergstrom and Mabry. The ground here is really dry.

[~FlipFlopGirl~]

103 in Waco today- please tell me a tropical wave is headed our direction- surely by Nov- TX will get lucky

[Rgv20]

Officially at Rio Grande City we had a high of 105 today

[vbhoutex]

102f across the board at official sites and here at the house in Houston. Galveston hit 100f for the first time ever in June. 2nd day in a row for a record for them.

[underthwx]

I've said it before on here and I'll say it again, day in and day out I think the NWSFO in Fort Worth has the best forecast discussions. I think those guys and gals just do an outstanding job!

yup......evening Port......

[weatherdude1108]

Portastorm and his Omega Block:

Texarkana Regional-Webb Field
Lat: 33.46 Lon: -94 Elev: 361
Last Update on Jun 25, 2:53 pm CDT
Fair
102 °F

You bet ... at 3 pm, we have 102 at Camp Mabry and 101 at Austin Bergstrom. The Omega Block lives!

105 officially at Mabry

[weatherdude1108]

I've said it before on here and I'll say it again, day in and day out I think the NWSFO in Fort Worth has the best forecast discussions. I think those guys and gals just do an outstanding job!

yup......evening Port......

I echo that also. So professional and technical!

[horselattitudesfarm]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
253 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NOON
TUESDAY UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY...
.UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD
TO TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO ABOVE 100 DEGREES AGAIN ON TUESDAY.
AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 102 TO 107...WITH HEAT
INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 90S
AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER...LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL FALL
ONLY TO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S
TO NEAR 104.

TXZ171>173-183-190>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.HT.Y.0002.120626T1700Z-120627T0200Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-
KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-
MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-
LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
253 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 107. HEAT
INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION
AND HEAT STROKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911.

&&

$$

Its pretty bad if we are talking about breaking records from last year

[horselattitudesfarm]

102f across the board at official sites and here at the house in Houston. Galveston hit 100f for the first time ever in June. 2nd day in a row for a record for them.

Its scary to me that we are breaking records after last year's summer. I'm starting to feel like we are all frogs sitting in pots of water. If we weren't measuring the temperature of the water we might not realize its about to boil soon and might just think everything is normal

[horselattitudesfarm]

This is getting scary......Sci-Fi scary!!!!!

All-Time Record Highs Fall in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska

The outrageous heat wave baking the nation's midsection reached unprecedented levels in some areas on Monday.

At least six all-time record high temperatures fell in parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado as the heat wave reached its crescendo to start the workweek.

Denver, Colo., was among the cities to make history, tying the all-time record of 105 degrees, reached only two other times since the beginning of records in the city, 1872 (July 20, 2005 and Aug. 8, 1878).

The Mile High City has a shot at tying or perhaps breaking the record again today. The official AccuWeather.com forecast calls for the temperature to rise to 105 once again!

In addition to tying the all-time high, Monday's 105 was also a record for the month of June. Nearly a dozen other cities from Colorado to Arkansas established new all-time records for the calendar month.

A couple of 113-degree readings in Kansas on Monday nearly claimed the top spot for the hottest temperature on planet earth! Only six other observing stations in the Middle East were hotter on Monday, with Makkah, Saudi Arabia, leading the pack at a blistering 117.

A cooperative weather station near Tribune, Kan., which set an all-time record high of 109 on Sunday, turned around and beat the new record by a full 2 degrees on Monday.

Like I said before.....it could be worse. So much for going to Colorado to get some heat relief. OREGON,.....here I come!!! Sorry Colorado.

[Rgv20]

It's 10:15AM and its already 94! If the forecast high of 108 were to verify we would break the record for this date which is 107..

[weatherdude1108]

It's 10:15AM and its already 94! If the forecast high of 108 were to verify we would break the record for this date which is 107..

You have us beat. We're ONLY 91 at 10:15AM.

[weatherdude1108]

This is getting scary......Sci-Fi scary!!!!!

All-Time Record Highs Fall in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska

The outrageous heat wave baking the nation's midsection reached unprecedented levels in some areas on Monday.

At least six all-time record high temperatures fell in parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado as the heat wave reached its crescendo to start the workweek.

Denver, Colo., was among the cities to make history, tying the all-time record of 105 degrees, reached only two other times since the beginning of records in the city, 1872 (July 20, 2005 and Aug. 8, 1878).

The Mile High City has a shot at tying or perhaps breaking the record again today. The official AccuWeather.com forecast calls for the temperature to rise to 105 once again!

In addition to tying the all-time high, Monday's 105 was also a record for the month of June. Nearly a dozen other cities from Colorado to Arkansas established new all-time records for the calendar month.

A couple of 113-degree readings in Kansas on Monday nearly claimed the top spot for the hottest temperature on planet earth! Only six other observing stations in the Middle East were hotter on Monday, with Makkah, Saudi Arabia, leading the pack at a blistering 117.

A cooperative weather station near Tribune, Kan., which set an all-time record high of 109 on Sunday, turned around and beat the new record by a full 2 degrees on Monday.

Like I said before.....it could be worse. So much for going to Colorado to get some heat relief. OREGON,.....here I come!!! Sorry Colorado.

Thanks for the uplifting news!