Texas Summer - 2013

[vbhoutex]

Report from Jeff Lindner on today's heat in Texas.

Intense heat today has resulted in several new records being established across central and SE TX.

Combination of an approaching surface front and strong upper level ridge of high pressure from the SW US into TX resulted in widespread 100’s across the region with many locations reaching well over 100. W then N winds during the day helped pin the seabreeze front on the coast allowing no cooling affect from the Gulf. This is the same high pressure cell responsible for the incredible heat over the SW US including the 120-130 degrees forecast for Death Valley this weekend which is within 4 degrees of the world high temperature record of 134 in Death Valley set in 1913.

Records for June 29, 2013:

Bush IAH: 107 (broke all time June record of 105) (broke daily record of 103)

Hobby Airport: 105 (broke all time June record of 102) (broke daily record of 100)

College Station: 106 (broke daily record of 105)

Galveston: 94 (tied daily record of 94)

San Antonio: 108 (broke all time June record of 107) (broke daily record of 104)

Austin: 107 (broke daily record of 105)

Del Rio: 108 (broke daily record of 106)

Victoria: 109 (broke daily record of 102)

Corpus Christi: 107 (broke daily record of 99)

Brownsville: 102 (broke daily record of 100 from 1900)


Other Area Highs:

Ellington: 104

Tomball: 105

Sugar Land: 106

Angleton: 103

Huntsville: 103

Conroe: 103

Bay City: 105

Brenham: 108

Wharton: 105

Caldwell: 102

Cleveland: 103

Alice: 109

McMullen Military Range: 111

Weak front currently moving toward the area will end the record heat with highs on Sunday at least 10 degrees cooler than today.

[Portastorm]

:uarrow: So do I, Portastorm. I will be travelling to Houston on Tuesday, Austin on Wed- Fri and then to Caddo Lake on Fri-Sun. It would be so nice to travel across the state with some cool summer weather. Just me and the road, chillin. Highs in the 80's potentially for DFW early next week, with sun!!! How about that for July?

Be safe on those roadways, gpsnowman! Hope you have safe and pleasant travels ... with cooler weather.

[weatherdude1108]

Report from Jeff Lindner on today's heat in Texas.

Intense heat today has resulted in several new records being established across central and SE TX.

Combination of an approaching surface front and strong upper level ridge of high pressure from the SW US into TX resulted in widespread 100’s across the region with many locations reaching well over 100. W then N winds during the day helped pin the seabreeze front on the coast allowing no cooling affect from the Gulf. This is the same high pressure cell responsible for the incredible heat over the SW US including the 120-130 degrees forecast for Death Valley this weekend which is within 4 degrees of the world high temperature record of 134 in Death Valley set in 1913.

Records for June 29, 2013:

Bush IAH: 107 (broke all time June record of 105) (broke daily record of 103)

Hobby Airport: 105 (broke all time June record of 102) (broke daily record of 100)

College Station: 106 (broke daily record of 105)

Galveston: 94 (tied daily record of 94)

San Antonio: 108 (broke all time June record of 107) (broke daily record of 104)

Austin: 107 (broke daily record of 105)

Del Rio: 108 (broke daily record of 106)

Victoria: 109 (broke daily record of 102)

Corpus Christi: 107 (broke daily record of 99)

Brownsville: 102 (broke daily record of 100 from 1900)


Other Area Highs:

Ellington: 104

Tomball: 105

Sugar Land: 106

Angleton: 103

Huntsville: 103

Conroe: 103

Bay City: 105

Brenham: 108

Wharton: 105

Caldwell: 102

Cleveland: 103

Alice: 109

McMullen Military Range: 111

Weak front currently moving toward the area will end the record heat with highs on Sunday at least 10 degrees cooler than today.

My brother shared this with me today from Texas Storm Chasers. Basically everything you mentioned. I was out doing yard work. Felt like I was going to pass out. And this was at 8AM!
http://www.texasstormchasers.com/2013/0 ... set-today/

But, high of 90 predicted with a 40% chance of rain on the 4th!

[somethingfunny]

This might be a first time ever for DFW, we were only 98 (with mid-50s dewpoint and a decent northerly breeze) while y'all were breaking records!

[wxman57]

Great day yesterday! Spent much of the day working in my garage and attic. Didn't even have to wear a jacket. Started at 7am but had ad to quit around 2pm because my pants kept falling down. Possibly due to the 30 pounds of water I lost...

I see the GFS continues to advertise a significant surge of moisture out of the Gulf by Friday. Perhaps a very rainy weekend following the 4th.

[vbhoutex]

This might be a first time ever for DFW, we were only 98 (with mid-50s dewpoint and a decent northerly breeze) while y'all were breaking records!

We're cooling down to 101f today!! Currently 86f @ 8:30am. Is that really rain I see over WC Texas?

[ndale]

We had some morning thunder showers. Only received .2 inch of rain, but I am grateful for anything right now. The real benefit was cooling down from the record 108 we had yesterday.

[Tireman4]

[quote="wxman57"]Great day yesterday! Spent much of the day working in my garage and attic. Didn't even have to wear a jacket. Started at 7am but had ad to quit around 2pm because my pants kept falling down. Possibly due to the 30 pounds of water I lost...

Mother Nature, I beg of you. Please change the season right now. I sorta get 98 in June, but 107? I would like Fall to begin in August. Thank you. Of course, the Dark Lord Of Summer was able to work without long sleeves and a jacket for the first time this Summer. Oh, that just is just rich. I need a cave...LOL My run was just about toast. (It was inside, but it was SO hot that we had the thermostat on 78 with the dehumidifier going full blast and it will only able to cool to 80 until 6 pm). LOL

[Portastorm]

We had some morning thunder showers. Only received .2 inch of rain, but I am grateful for anything right now. The real benefit was cooling down from the record 108 we had yesterday.

Yeah ndale, we received about .35 inches of rain here at the PWC from that wonderful mesoscale system! Should see a little cooler temps today ... no egg frying on the sidewalks today.

[Ntxw]

Come to Dallas, Tireman4! You need to get away from Wxman57 during his greatest radiating prowess! Those record highs were pretty incredible and I'm glad we didn't join the party. I'm sure Portastorm is working diligently on a cold and snowy winter forecast during these times of need.

Looks like a few record lows will fall this week in Waco and DFW comes 1-3 degrees of them also. I think this is the first year (to date) in more than a decade that record lows have fallen more than there have been record highs overall in north Texas that I can remember. It's not saying much for the southern Texas folks but think cool thoughts!

Lastly for rain, Euro is the most happy regarding precipitation amounts than the GFS later in it's forecast

[srainhoutx]

Great day yesterday! Spent much of the day working in my garage and attic. Didn't even have to wear a jacket. Started at 7am but had ad to quit around 2pm because my pants kept falling down. Possibly due to the 30 pounds of water I lost...

I see the GFS continues to advertise a significant surge of moisture out of the Gulf by Friday. Perhaps a very rainy weekend following the 4th.

Good to see that you were able to get that 'little project' completed almost in 3 weeks ~vs~ 6 months. Get out and enjoy a nice bike ride!

[weatherdude1108]

Nice this morning after that 108 degrees yesterday! Received 0.40 of an inch!

[KatDaddy]

Its a chilly 98F here in Galveston County

[Ntxw]

A bone chilling 89F at 3pm on a mid summer sun at DFW airport with hardly a cloud and a steady north wind. Must send this to the Dark Lord of Summer!

[South Texas Storms]

Nice this morning after that 108 degrees yesterday! Received 0.40 of an inch!

SA also received about .40 inch of rain early this morning! I'm very thankful! It is currently cloudy here with a temperature of 81! Awesome!



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[Ntxw]

Some really interesting info out of the FW discussion this afternoon. To emphasize what they are saying this is about as great a pattern we will ever see in the summer for our region (regarding colder temps) and is truly a rare event.

***
THE ABNORMALLY COOL WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH AT
LEAST WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE
REGION. TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW RARE THIS WOULD BE FOR NORTH
TX...THE HPC REAL-TIME STANDARDIZED ANOMALY PAGE IS A GOOD SOURCE
TO REFER TO. THIS PAGE TRACKS VARIOUS FORECAST WEATHER ELEMENTS
AND GIVES A READOUT OF HOW LARGE OF A DIFFERENCE A PARTICULAR
FORECAST WEATHER ELEMENT IS FROM NORMAL. USING THIS PAGE...OUR 500
MB HEIGHT FIELDS RANK AS A MINUS 4 STANDARD DEVIATION OVER MOST OF
NORTH TX FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THAT IS ABOUT AS LOW AS YOU
WILL EVER FIND A 500 MB HEIGHT ANOMALY ON THIS PAGE...INDICATING
THAT THIS IS AN EVENT WE WILL NOT SEE AGAIN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AT ANY RATE...THE END RESULT IS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER TO START OUT THE
MONTH OF JULY...SO IF YOU CAN...GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY IT WHILE
IT LASTS!
***

Using the same standard deviations method this is equivalent/comparable to the Dec 1983 and Dec 1989 cold outbreaks, which were also in the 3-4 deviations below normal range of course in summer form. One front is extraordinarily rare JJA, but several in succession is truly amazing. This on the heels of an unusually chilly spring, will these freak intrusions from the north continue in the fall?

[gpsnowman]

What an absolutely gorgeous day today in DFW. The breeze and temp today reminded me of a September cool front giving us all relief from an awful summer. Several hours outside doing yard work and building the wife a garden is an indication of comfort. I took more beer breaks than water breaks today!!!! Usually it is the opposite! And the good thing is this weather should continue for several days. I just hope Houston and Austin can offer the same this week. Enjoy it while it lasts. Lots of summer to go. By the way wxman57, it should be good enough for you just to step outside or take a bike ride to feel scorching heat, but you accomplished attic and garage work while it was over 100!!!! You crack me up. Winter, please.

[Portastorm]

I hadn't seen the AFD out of Fort Worth but that sure is interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing, Ntxw. Three to four deviations below normal ... wow!

I'm hoping the wet-looking Euro verifies for next weekend. We here in south central Texas would love to see some ample summer rains.

[Cyclenall]

Great day yesterday! Spent much of the day working in my garage and attic. Didn't even have to wear a jacket. Started at 7am but had ad to quit around 2pm because my pants kept falling down. Possibly due to the 30 pounds of water I lost...

Did you get this on video?

Some really interesting info out of the FW discussion this afternoon. To emphasize what they are saying this is about as great a pattern we will ever see in the summer for our region (regarding colder temps) and is truly a rare event.

Using the same standard deviations method this is equivalent/comparable to the Dec 1983 and Dec 1989 cold outbreaks, which were also in the 3-4 deviations below normal range of course in summer form. One front is extraordinarily rare JJA, but several in succession is truly amazing. This on the heels of an unusually chilly spring, will these freak intrusions from the north continue in the fall?

You mean bad pattern? If it was comparable to Dec 1983 and Dec 1989 cold outbreaks for 500 mb height anomalies on the "page" (what is page again?), wouldn't the highs be like in the 60s and lows maybe high 50s? I have a feeling the flip of the front intrusions will occur around peak hurricane season as Equilibrium needs to occur (ridging in the south and east coast during September hasn't been prominent in a very long time).

[Ntxw]

I'll get in depth later about temps and the link but it is the rarity of this pattern that is the key and when it is occuring.

And oh my goodness taking a run this morning the north wind is going and cool air with no humidity feels spectacular here, it's like mother nature turned on her natural A/C. I honestly cannot remember experiencing this in July.