Texas Summer - 2014

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Great great rain for you guys, think it makes it to SE Texas? I think it will and possibly slow up as it approaches. That may not be good though since its so saturated right now. My buddys dock at his river house on the San Bernard had 5 inches of mud that needed to be cleaned before activities started. Not very much fun.

[Ntxw]

By the way, euro is showing another slow trough to the west late week into next week with HP ridge over the SE US putting Tx in the lane of good flow for rain and maybe another front.

Weak low 5h low may spark daytime storms this week in the eastern parts of the state.

[Tireman4]

Let it get this far. Oh my goodness, I would be tickled pink, or blue or whatever...

[weatherdude1108]

Impressive MCS line headed in this direction. Hope to get some nice RAIN out of it!

[TheProfessor]

Well, A lot of you not the coast might be extremely happy, or upset. The 6z GFS develops a Tropical system south east of the Yucatan and has it make landfall somewhere between Galveston and Corpus Christi, bringing beneficial rainfall to the state, It looked like it had it hit land as a strong tropical storm or a weak cat 1 hurricane, but if the storm does form, we'll have to watch it because all it takes is for a couple of things in the atmosphere to go right that could cause this storm from being a beneficial rain maker to a devastating landfall

[Tireman4]

Well, A lot of you not the coast might be extremely happy, or upset. The 6z GFS develops a Tropical system south east of the Yucatan and has it make landfall somewhere between Galveston and Corpus Christi, bringing beneficial rainfall to the state, It looked like it had it hit land as a strong tropical storm or a weak cat 1 hurricane, but if the storm does form, we'll have to watch it because all it takes is for a couple of things in the atmosphere to go right that could cause this storm from being a beneficial rain maker to a devastating landfall

Ed might like it.

[Ntxw]

I would not trust the GFS. For example today's 12z run has a landfalling cane in Texas. I highly doubt this, its been spinning erroneous tropical cyclones the past few weeks with none coming true. I do believe the influx of moisture though with SE ridge like the euro has.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Interesting it showed it twice in a row though. What i have learned, if youre expecting landfall 12 days out, slim chance you even get hit Lol

[aggiecutter]

Rainfall total so far in Texarkana is around 4". Some areas north and west of the city have reported over 6".

[weatherdude1108]

Received 0.88 of an inch from that morning MCS. I'll take it!

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Storms are getting stronger and slowing down. Hopefully e get some good rain but not too much since my buddy has his boat on the dock again

[Tireman4]

Dark outside of Gulfgate....hummm

[Ntxw]

Dr Ventrice posted this on twitter. Looks like the annual summer solstice heat wave may be a little muted this year. The longer we delay the first 100F day the better! Lets go for 0!

[Ntxw]

On cue, TD 3 in the EPAC is now TS Cristina! Lets see how she influences the STJ as she tracks westward, possibly as a Hurricane. Unlike over the gulf/carib these EPAC systems modeled are not phantoms this year.

[JDawg512]

Tell me anyone, is this a radar issue or did a band of precip. really set up along I-35 3 times in 2 months on these weekly totals:
First time: May 4th-May 11th


Second time: May 14th-May 21rst


3rd. time: June 1rst- June 8th

It's not unusual for a band of precip to develop right up along the Balcones Escarpment through the Austin area. Moisture tends up build up where the coastal plains meet the eastern edge of the Hill Country and will fall as light rain especially early in the mornings this time of year. It's also been a major factor during some flood events when storms train along the escarpment. The floods this past October are a great example of that. Major flooding in Austin but drive over to Lake Travis and very little rain fell in that area and a few more miles west not a drop fell. Some days it can stay cloudy in Austin all day while it's sunny from Lake Travis west. This past May 27th was a good example of that. Storms were able to form over the Hill Country and quickly became supercells due to clear skies destabilizing the atmosphere while it stayed cloudy in Austin through the day.

[gto67]

We are getting hammered in Weimar. I haven't been in a thunder storm like this since I was a kid in midland. Just a tornado warning. Better go.

[gto67]

Storm through Weimar headed towards Eagle Lake and tornado warning following storm. No power and sub-station tripped. We got some pea size hail. Getting another tornado warning.

[gto67]

Warning for rock island. Still raining in Weimar.

[gto67]

5" rain in Weimar over early morning. Weimar still having power issues and tree damage. Storm just sat over Weimar area for about 1.5 hours.

[South Texas Storms]

Tell me anyone, is this a radar issue or did a band of precip. really set up along I-35 3 times in 2 months on these weekly totals:
First time: May 4th-May 11th
[img]http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7618/b690.gif

Second time: May 14th-May 21rst
[img]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/2186/kadp.jpg

3rd. time: June 1rst- June 8th
[img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5609/nhj69.jpg

It's a radar issue. I've noticed that error in the rainfall totals as well several times throughout the past few months.