Texas Summer 2019

[BrokenGlassRepublicn]

3k NAM is pretty wet for DFW, we could use some rain.

a lot drier now, best rain is to the south

I haven't been watching models but I randomly opened the GFS and it looks pretty active though once we get to the end of the week and has a huge front at day 10 it appears

Bummer. Last measurable rain at my house was .06" on 8-Jul. I'm at risk of going a full month without rain. Got to love Dallas.

[rwfromkansas]

Rained - briefly - in north Fort Worth. Didn’t realize it was rain at first.

[BrokenGlassRepublicn]

Rained - briefly - in north Fort Worth. Didn’t realize it was rain at first.

Radar looks decent to the north, but showers seem to dissipate when they reach that Lewisville-Plano line. Cap in place?

[Brent]

Rained - briefly - in north Fort Worth. Didn’t realize it was rain at first.

Radar looks decent to the north, but showers seem to dissipate when they reach that Lewisville-Plano line. Cap in place?

Yeah radar echoes have come down from earlier

[SoupBone]

I posted this in the Winter thread, but it doesn't have much traffic....yet.

Have any of you noticed a decent leaf fall already? If you looked at my backyard today, you'd think it's already early Fall.

What do the trees know that I don't?

[ThunderSleetDreams]

33 days until Climatological Fall
30 days until A&M vs Southwest Texas State and Clemson vs. Georgia Tech.

[weatherdude1108]

I posted this in the Winter thread, but it doesn't have much traffic....yet.

Have any of you noticed a decent leaf fall already? If you looked at my backyard today, you'd think it's already early Fall.

What do the trees know that I don't?

I've noticed my crape myrtles have shed some reddish yellow leaves in the past week, along with their flower pedals. First time all season they have dropped leaves since they put on leaves in the Spring.

Usually the turning of leaf colors/leaf drop doesn't happen in my case on the myrtles until sometime mid to late September.

I think the recent cooler temps near 60 here last week may have induced a fall foliage-type of reaction, I'm guessing. But they're still flowering away, getting watered once a week from the sprinkler system, unless it rains.

I enjoyed that respite. Back to typical hot and humid now as of yesterday. Bummer.

[funster]

There are some surprising showers around. Mostly to our east but there's a chance. Rain hopes. Overcast.

[Brent]

Brief shower here had to turn on the wipers for a minute

[texas1836]

I posted this in the Winter thread, but it doesn't have much traffic....yet.

Have any of you noticed a decent leaf fall already? If you looked at my backyard today, you'd think it's already early Fall.

What do the trees know that I don't?

I've noticed my crape myrtles have shed some reddish yellow leaves in the past week, along with their flower pedals. First time all season they have dropped leaves since they put on leaves in the Spring.

Usually the turning of leaf colors/leaf drop doesn't happen in my case on the myrtles until sometime mid to late September.

I think the recent cooler temps near 60 here last week may have induced a fall foliage-type of reaction, I'm guessing. But they're still flowering away, getting watered once a week from the sprinkler system, unless it rains.

I enjoyed that respite. Back to typical hot and humid now as of yesterday. Bummer.

Early color changes are typically signs the tree is stressed (Drought, fungus, insects).

[weatherdude1108]

I posted this in the Winter thread, but it doesn't have much traffic....yet.

Have any of you noticed a decent leaf fall already? If you looked at my backyard today, you'd think it's already early Fall.

What do the trees know that I don't?

I've noticed my crape myrtles have shed some reddish yellow leaves in the past week, along with their flower pedals. First time all season they have dropped leaves since they put on leaves in the Spring.

Usually the turning of leaf colors/leaf drop doesn't happen in my case on the myrtles until sometime mid to late September.

I think the recent cooler temps near 60 here last week may have induced a fall foliage-type of reaction, I'm guessing. But they're still flowering away, getting watered once a week from the sprinkler system, unless it rains.

I enjoyed that respite. Back to typical hot and humid now as of yesterday. Bummer.

Early color changes are typically signs the tree is stressed (Drought, fungus, insects).

My trees are still green and flowering. There were like maybe 10 to 20 leaves total that turned reddish and fell last week. Not doing it any more. It's green and lush again.

[SoupBone]

I posted this in the Winter thread, but it doesn't have much traffic....yet.

Have any of you noticed a decent leaf fall already? If you looked at my backyard today, you'd think it's already early Fall.

What do the trees know that I don't?

I've noticed my crape myrtles have shed some reddish yellow leaves in the past week, along with their flower pedals. First time all season they have dropped leaves since they put on leaves in the Spring.

Usually the turning of leaf colors/leaf drop doesn't happen in my case on the myrtles until sometime mid to late September.

I think the recent cooler temps near 60 here last week may have induced a fall foliage-type of reaction, I'm guessing. But they're still flowering away, getting watered once a week from the sprinkler system, unless it rains.

I enjoyed that respite. Back to typical hot and humid now as of yesterday. Bummer.

Early color changes are typically signs the tree is stressed (Drought, fungus, insects).

If that's the case, then my entire neighborhood is about to lose its entire tree canopy.

When I left this morning, the whole neighborhood looks like Fall. Pine needles everywhere, and my American sycamore's are all dropping too. I'll try and take some pics this afternoon.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Leaves change color because of the decrease in sunlight and temps. The fall colors is the result of chlorophyll breaking down which makes them lose their green color. When trees drop/change color early, there is some underlying condition going on, usually stress from wet cool weather to hot and dry.

[BrokenGlass]

Looks like the DFW sub-100 run is going to die today. Sad!


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[weatherdude1108]

Leaves change color because of the decrease in sunlight and temps. The fall colors is the result of chlorophyll breaking down which makes them lose their green color. When trees drop/change color early, there is some underlying condition going on, usually stress from wet cool weather to hot and dry.

I think you pegged it Yukon. Not to say it couldn't be underlying fungal/pest issues and fewer daylight hours, but I feel like it's more of a transition from relatively cooler and wetter conditions to hot and dry. Austin Bergstrom has had a trace of rain the entire month of July, with hot and dry weather, after a very wet Spring and June.

The lush growth of leaves the trees and bushes put on with the abundant moisture has basically shut off in July and heated up, so in order to reduce transpiration, they're shedding their older leaves to compensate for the loss of moisture and hotter temperatures.

The large Cottonwood trees on a vacant property near my work have been shedding their leaves over the past week or so. Still green, but there is leaf litter in the parking lot. They're responding too I would imagine to a combination of the above, because they have been healthy looking.

We've gotten to 100 about 10 times this month. I'm ready for the pattern to go back to wet and cooler. I know this is the hottest, driest time of year though climatologically. Have to wait a while.

[Ntxw]

Delayed but not denied, DFW hit 100.

[CaptinCrunch]

Delayed but not denied, DFW hit 100.

[Brent]

Delayed but not denied, DFW hit 100.

Boo can we just skip to September already

[CaptinCrunch]

Delayed but not denied, DFW hit 100.

Boo can we just skip to September already

On a good note, high's around Hudson Bay today were in the mid 40's to lower 50's

[bubba hotep]

Delayed but not denied, DFW hit 100.

Lack of rain finally caught up with us and DFW busted high today.