Picked up 1.12” here, portions of east Harris County picked up 3-6 inches yesterday. Went as expected then. 6.41 inches was our final tally. Storms kept forming over the house. Fortunately, after midnight the MCV moved south... ...but the analog for me in terms of round after round after round of h...

This current storm complex is very reminiscent of the May 2015 Memorial Day Flooding event with this one shifted to the north & east with less areal coverage and a shorter duration as compared to the 2015 event. https://www.weather.gov/media/ewx/wxevents/ewx-20150524.pdf https://blog.hmns.org/2...

This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 0.9ºC
Niño 3.4 0.8ºC
Niño 3 0.6ºC
Niño 1+2 0.0ºC

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... ts-web.pdf

All regions warmed from last week. It complicates El Nino/La Nina forecasts.

I do not a good feeling about this. When there is severe weather, it ends up being a heavy rain event for Houston area.

Apr 29, 2024 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html Houston area has Enhanced Risk for severe thunderstorms. SPC AC 290112 Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0812 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024 Valid 290100Z - 291200Z ...THERE IS...

Another Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued. https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=HGX&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning Severe Thunderstorm Warning TXC225-313-471-290230- /O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0073.240429T0142Z-240429T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thundersto...

I looked at NWS Houston Doppler radar. The rainfall totals are 7 inches so far. I would not be surprised if some areas see a foot of rain once it is all over. Here is the Personal Weather Station (PWS) near College Station. https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KTXBRYAN147 They got over 7 inche...

How Claudette compares to other storms including Harvey. https://damfailures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Vol16Iss1_Kappel-Hultstrand_Hurricane-Harvey.pdf Claudette dumped 43 inches of rain in 24 hours. Allison likely dumped over 29 inches in 12 to 24 hours. Harvey dumped over 34 inches in 24 hour...

Here is Tropical Storm Claudette coverage from 1979. It dumped 43 inches of rain in 24 hours over Alvin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFXBg-ZS5z0 There are Doppler radar and satellite images of Tropical Storm Claudette. The center is well north of Beaumont. The southern part of the storm is what ...

Models are trending weaker with ridging over Mexico & the Gulf, and are now showing more precip in SE Texas next week than earlier runs.This may cause the subtropical jet to orientate further south in the state.Allowing disturbances to move over Central & East/Southeast Texas next week.We'l...

An amazing 4.15 inches up here in the NW territories. That's the most rain from an event that we've had in years. Going back into my weather log...on December 27, 2018 we had 4.23 inches of rain. I may have missed something. My logkeeping became sketchy in late 2020-2022 during COVID. An absolutely...

This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 0.8ºC
Niño 3.4 0.7ºC
Niño 3 0.5ºC
Niño 1+2 -0.6ºC

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ ... ts-web.pdf

All regions cooled.

As Yogi Berra says, "It ain't over till it's over."

They seem to be adamant that Saturday night is going to be stormy.

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:56 pm

Stratton20 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:24 pm Anything above 60 in terms of dewpoint is considered an abomination to me, absolutely disgusting

Anything around 60 and below is great. 65 is acceptable for me too. Anything above 70 is just trash.

I dread seeing high dew points.

NWS Houston this we could see thunderstorms on Saturday night to Sunday morning ahead of a cold front. https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HGX&issuedby=HGX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1 000 FXUS64 KHGX 152329 AFDHGX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather...

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:03 pm

That is startling.

My interest with weather goes back when I was a child.

Quite a storm last night.

Could get quite hairy tonight.