Is it EVER going to rain?

[Yankeegirl]

Is is ever going to rain in Houston????? I cant remember the last time it has rained any type of measurable amount! Sheesh!

[PTrackerLA]

Yankeegirl, things definately do not look good as far as rainfall in our areas. Only a measly 30% for us on Monday and all of next week looks dry with temps heating up. Local met last night said he thinks we're heading into a moderate drought the way the pattern is shaping up for the rest of May. I noticed today how dry everything is getting around town, the grass is dying and I'm having to constantly water mine to keep it green. It's frustrating that Pensacola, FL would receive over 24" of rain in April while we've only had 3" since March 1!

Check out the forecast...the dryness will only get worse and I'm afraid we'll be talking DROUGHT in about a week.

UPPER ST. MARTIN-LAFAYETTE-ACADIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTINVILLE...LAFAYETTE...CROWLEY...
MORGAN CITY...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA
300 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

$$

[chadtm80]

[KatDaddy]

Looks like storms for Sunday.

From the SPC Discussion:

***TX PORTION***
MODEL TRENDS...INCLUDING THE SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLES...SUGGEST THAT
TSTMS WILL GROW UPSCALE INTO A MCS ACROSS SWRN-CNTRL TX SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AS SRN PART OF THE LARGE SCALE TROUGH MOVES
EWD. THESE STORMS MAY ALREADY BE PRODUCING HAIL AT 12Z SUNDAY.
QUESTION REMAINS ON HOW THE MCS WILL EVOLVE. PRIND THAT STORMS WILL
DEVELOP/MOVE ENEWD TOWARD THE ARKLATEX AND PERHAPS THE MID/UPPER TX
COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER SEVERE PROBABILITIES WILL EXIST
ALONG SRN/WRN EDGE OF THE MCS WHERE AVAILABILITY OF STEEPER LAPSE
RATES/INSTABILITY WILL EXIST IN THE INFLOW REGION OF THE SYSTEM.

[KatDaddy]

From the Hou-Gal NWS.


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
522 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-072100-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-
GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
522 AM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS
WILL MOVE EAST AND CROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE SUNDAY
MORNING OR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS COULD
LINGER INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON SUNDAY.

[Yankeegirl]

Ill believe it when I see it.. lol... It is rather cloudy this morning though...