Texas Summer 2024

[South Texas Storms]

Beryl was a disaster for Houston. Wind gusts up to hurricane force brought over 2 million power outages to the area. Lots of trees down and flooding too. Glad I evacuated to SA to be with family during the storm. The city is a mess right now and just can't seem to catch a break from major weather events this year.

[cstrunk]

1.00" yesterday and 5.25" today. May get a little bit more if some wrap around bands make it here later. Biggest miracle of the day so far was only losing power for 20 seconds. Winds were gusty this afternoon. Managed to dodge all the tornadoes. There were a ton of warnings in E TX and NW LA.

[gpsnowman]

A great July day. Cool temps with some strong breezes and occasional rain. Sat outside a good portion of the day just because I could. All good things must end though as heat slowly builds back in. Luckily I have a two week vacation to central Mexico coming up where the weather is always cool and pleasant. It's rainy season in Morelia and Mexico City while I visit family and friends.

[Cpv17]

Well guys, that was officially the worst storm I’ve ever experienced. It was an incredible experience though and one I won’t forget. No power since 4:30AM, but me and my family are all ok, and there’s no damage done to the house or any vehicles. I can now say I’ve been inside the eye of a hurricane. Awesome!

[aggiecutter]

Texarkana received 4.5" of rain yesterday.
The NWS office out of Shreveport issued a record 67 Tornado Warnings yesterday. The previous record was 36.
110 Tornado Warnings overall:

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Well guys, that was officially the worst storm I’ve ever experienced. It was an incredible experience though and one I won’t forget. No power since 4:30AM, but me and my family are all ok, and there’s no damage done to the house or any vehicles. I can now say I’ve been inside the eye of a hurricane. Awesome!

Many of my friends live on the west side of Houston and were amazed at how still everything was. I've been in three eye walls, no eyes though.

[aggiecutter]

[HockeyTx82]

Texarkana received 4.5" of rain yesterday.
The NWS office out of Shreveport issued a record 67 Tornado Warnings yesterday. The previous record was 36.
110 Tornado Warnings overall:

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And how many of those were radar indicated versus actual confirmed?

I'm not diminishing the fact that they happened. I'm just wondering.

[txtwister78]

Some heavy rain is at the doorstep of the San Antonio metro this afternoon thankfully but even better Medina Lake is getting in on the action right now.

[USTropics]

Hoping all our Texas residents on Storm2k faired well, keeping all of you in my thoughts without electricity (went 5+ days in May without power from the Tally tornados). These are the times where the community comes together and really bonds—stay hydrated and look after your neighbors! Hopefully someone gets a chuckle out of this that needs it right now:

 https://twitter.com/BBQBryan/status/1810509150842974308

[ravyrn]

Hoping all our Texas residents on Storm2k faired well, keeping all of you in my thoughts without electricity (went 5+ days in May without power from the Tally tornados). These are the times where the community comes together and really bonds—stay hydrated and look after your neighbors! Hopefully someone gets a chuckle out of this that needs it right now:

https://twitter.com/BBQBryan/status/1810509150842974308

Lost power at 1pm yesterday, came back on around 2pm today. Third time in 45 days I've been without power over 24 hours. Other two was 26h and 31h due to storms in May and June. On my way home I drove past a retired coworkers home and saw her sitting on porch and called when I got home to find ot she still had no power. Grabbed my ice chest that already had ice in it and loaded it up with cold drinks. Grabbed my backup battery station for my phone, two usb charged lanterns, two usb charged desk fans, and a solar charger I had due to all the power issues here, drove 25m trip there and back and droped them off for her, and her power came back on 5m after I left lol. Definitely the best outcome in that situation. I hope those without power get it back soon.

[South Texas Storms]

Lost power around 6am on Monday, got it back around 4pm today. Thankfully I evacuated to SA to stay with family. Beryl brought so much damage to Houston. Hopefully the tropics remain quiet for a long time.

[Stratton23]

As much as I hate to say it, Unfortunately Beryl will likely just be a sneak peak of whats to come for the gulf down the road

[cstrunk]

Looks like STX/SETX is getting some decent coverage with showers/thunderstorms. Hope those that need it most are getting some.

[DallasAg]

Looks like STX/SETX is getting some decent coverage with showers/thunderstorms. Hope those that need it most are getting some.

Beryl aside, this week's weather in NTX reminds me a lot of what summers here were like when I was growing up in Plano (think 1980s sans the summer of 1980) - hot but not horrible, daily pop up thunderstorms that most would never get but at least they were on the radar, not oppressively humid, mornings were temperate.

I'm liking what CPC is painting for the Southern Plains over the next few weeks. I can be totally on board with below normal temps and above normal precip during the hottest part of the summer. Of course that means that someone else is getting the heat dome, but oh well. We've had our turn for the last two years.

[Ntxw]

A relatively cooler, and wet, period upcoming as noted by DallasAg. This almost assures us we should not be seeing a repeat of the last two years in July. Indirectly will also deter the number of 100F+ days in the heart of summer.

[bubba hotep]

A relatively cooler, and wet, period upcoming as noted by DallasAg. This almost assures us we should not be seeing a repeat of the last two years in July. Indirectly will also deter the number of 100F+ days in the heart of summer.

I'm pretty sure if you pulled any random Euro EPS over the last two years during peak summer, it would have been bone dry for most of Texas. This pattern looks to keep the last two weeks of July in check after we get past mid week. Then, if we can get a break during August, this will be a pretty nice summer by Texas standards lol

[weatherdude1108]

I just got back from a two week vacay to Canada and Alaska. Was cool for most part, especially in Glacier National Park! Vancouver got warm in the 80s last Thursday, which got a little uncomfortable in an un-airconditioned 14-story building we stayed in the last couple of nights. Had a portable AC inverter unit which helped, but no cooler than 77 in there with windows open. They don't have the infrastructure to handle AC like we do.

But I am liking the EWX discussion this afternoon, especially for this time of year!

Need all the "cooler" and wetter we can get, especially with our current ongoing local water supply situation, with which Beryl did nothing for here.

On Monday, the Subtropical High will remain centered over the Four
Corners, resulting in weak northeasterly flow in the mid-levels over
South Central Texas. For the most part, things will remain
seasonably hot and dry through the middle of next week, however, as
the High starts to slide westward by Thursday-Friday, an approaching
trough over the central CONUS may open the door for a cold front to
slide southward into north Texas Thursday morning.
At this time, there is still some uncertainty as to how far south
this front makes it into South Central Texas and how much cooler air
it could even bring to the region. In any matter, these types of
scenarios usually result in showers and thunderstorms, so PoPs have
increased with the latest NBM guidance.
Ensembles are in agreement on
northwest flow setting up at the 500mb level, hence the opened
window/proverbial door for a front to make it this far south. PWATs
should be in the 1.75"-2" range, which would be favorable for locally
heavy rain in any storms that form or train over
one location. For
now, the ECM favors more precip with this frontal boundary than the
GFS, but this is still nearly a week away, so confidence is low on
any sort of precip totals. Unsettled weather looks to continue beyond
the long term period, with both the CPC 6-10 day and 8-14 day
outlooks leaning towards below average temperatures and likely above
average rainfall.

https://www.weather.gov/ewx/forecasts

[Cpv17]

Let’s hope the Euro is right. It looks really good!

[Portastorm]

I have to say that so far ... so far (fingers crossed) ... this summer has been quite tolerable in terms of heat. And the forecast ahead with rains in July (not even related to the tropics) and cooler temps is amazing!

This reminds me of the summers we used to have like 20-30 years ago.