August Weather Discussion

[djjordan]

Getting very heavy rain and lots of lightning and thunder with this .... but the winds were nothing like they were yesterday. We've had some power flickers too.

[srainhoutx]

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TXC039-157-167-201-242300-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0073.100824T2215Z-100824T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
515 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
WESTERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINGTON FIELD...OR NEAR PASADENA...AND MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER...RELIANT PARK...JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER...HOBBY AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...WEBSTER...TAYLOR LAKE
VILLAGE...SOUTH HOUSTON...SANTA FE...PEARLAND...NASSAU BAY...
MANVEL...LEAGUE CITY...KEMAH...HITCHCOCK...FRIENDSWOOD...FRESNO...
EL LAGO...DICKINSON...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...BROOKSIDE VILLAGE AND
ALVIN.

[txflagwaver]

We are gonna get nothing....again

[DPD]

I know they went north and south of us!!!

[tjelliot]

tjelliot wrote:
I have a gneral question for our weather gurus. As I was growing up my friend's grandmother used to wait for the first night in late summer when the LOW temperature was in the 60's. She would then say "that the back of summer is broken". I remember those days happening in last August or early September. Do any of our gurus know-or can research-what is the average date for Houston to first get a low in the 60's in the fall. I know on the forum we have talked about the 50's, but i'd like to know about the 60's. (posted on Mon.)


I looked at old records and did notice some years there were 60's in July. Also, do you need know 60's from 60 to 69 or 60 to 65?
Ptarmigan
Statistical Specialist

Sorry for the lateness of my reply, had computer troubles yesterday. In answer to your question ,ptarmigan , could you answer it both ways? Average date for 65-69 as a low? and maybe average date for 60-65 as a low? yes, I know that very rarely we do get low temps in the 60's in July, but my grandmother was talking about the start of fall, so I'm sure it was in late august, early September that it usually happened.
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Ptarmigan
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Sorry for the lateness of my reply, had computer troubles yesterday. In answer to your question ,ptarmigan , could you answer it both ways? Average date for 65-69 as a low? and maybe average date for 60-65 as a low? yes, I know that very rarely we do get low temps in the 60's in July, but my grandmother was talking about the start of fall, so I'm sure it was in late august, early September that it usually happened.
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Thanks for the clarification. I will be working on that soon. I will start with August than.

[Ptarmigan]

First to Reach Low of 60s From August to December from KIAH from 1969 to 2009

Average
August 25th

Median
August 26th

Earliest
August 1, 1971, 1984, and 1994

Latest
October 6, 1998

Standard Deviation
17.387899

Hope this helps.

[tireman4]

Comfortable humidity walking to the car, and my glasses didn't fog up walking in the parking lot. Winter Weather Miracle Season is only 3 months away!

No offense Ed, but I am just hoping for cooler weather. I love the low humidity, do not get me wrong, but I am looking forward to highs in the 80's and lows in the 60's...

[srainhoutx]

Keeping fingers crossed...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
629 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2010

.DISCUSSION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. WINDS
SHOULD DECOUPLE OVERNIGHT. THERE MAY BE A FEW TERMINALS THAT HAVE
SOME PATCHY FOG AND LOWER VSBY BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO PUT IN
TAFS. TOMORROW SHOULD BE A REPEAT OF TODAY WITH NE WINDS
CONTINUING. GULF MOISTURE RETURN IS EXPECTED FRI NIGHT INTO SAT
SO WILL HAVE TO MONITOR ANY UP COMING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR SE
TX TERMINALS.

[tjelliot]

Thanks for the info, ptarmigan, so since we are at the 27th today we are already later than the median or the average. Maybe with the rain this week-end , we might cooler mornings but so far the forecast as still for avbove 70. Hope this doesn't turn out to be like October of 98"

[tireman4]

Or the October of 2004. That one was a roaster. The hottest one ever, if my memory serves.

Top 10
Warmest
77.5 2004
76.7 1963
76.5 1947
76.3 1962
76.0 1919
75.7 1941
75.6 1934
75.6 1931
74.8 1950
74.8 1926
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=climate_iah_top10_oct

[srainhoutx]

August will end with a lot of new records...

.CLIMATE...
THE PERSISTENT COMBINATION OF STRONG UPPER RIDGING AND DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE RESULTED IN A RECORD SETTING HOT AND HUMID MONTH
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AUGUST 2010 WILL RANK AS THE WARMEST OR
SECOND WARMEST MONTH OF ANY MONTH ON RECORD FOR ALL THE MAJOR
CLIMATE SITES. WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE ELEVATED...OVERNIGHT
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL DUE TO THE HIGH DEWPOINTS.
HEAT INDICES WERE HIGHER THIS MONTH THAN SEEN IN RECENT
SUMMERS...WHICH IS WHY THERE WERE SO MANY HEAT ADVISORIES.

ALL-TIME WARMEST MONTHS ON RECORD:

COLLEGE STATION (RECORDS SINCE 1901):
1. AUG 2010/JUL 2009 - 89.1 DEGREES
2. JUL 1998 - 88.6 DEGREES
3. AUG 1951 - 88.5 DEGREES
4. JUL 1996 - 87.9 DEGREES
5. AUG 1962/JUL 1925 - 87.7 DEGREES

HOUSTON (IAH) (RECORDS SINCE 1889):
1. AUG 2010 - 87.9 DEGREES
2. JUL 1980/AUG 1962 - 87.5 DEGREES
3. JUL 2009 - 87.4 DEGREES
4. AUG 1951 - 87.1 DEGREES
5. AUG 1999/AUG 1902 - 86.8 DEGREES

HOUSTON/HOBBY (RECORDS SINCE 1931):
1. AUG 2010 - 87.0 DEGREES
2. JUL 2009 - 86.7 DEGREES
3. JUL 1998 - 86.6 DEGREES
4. AUG 1999 - 86.4 DEGREES
5. AUG 2009/JUN 1998 - 86.2 DEGREES

GALVESTON (RECORDS SINCE 1871):
1. JUL 1875 - 87.4 DEGREES
2. AUG 2010 - 87.3 DEGREES
3. AUG 2005/JUL 1996 - 86.6 DEGREES
4. AUG 2009 - 86.5 DEGREES
5. JUL 1876 - 86.3 DEGREES

WARMEST MAY THROUGH AUGUST PERIODS FOR HOUSTON (SINCE 1889):
1. 2009 - 84.4 DEGREES
2. 1980 - 84.1 DEGREES
3. 2010 - 84.0 DEGREES
4. 1998 - 83.8 DEGREES
5. 1962 - 83.7 DEGREES

NUMBER OF DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN
THIS MONTH:
COLLEGE STATION - 10 (HIGHEST - 81 DEGREES ON THE 11TH)
HOUSTON/IAH - 4 (HIGHEST - 83 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 18TH)
HOUSTON/HOBBY - 11 (HIGHEST - 81 DEGREES ON THE 18TH)
GALVESTON - 7 (HIGHEST - 85 DEGREES ON THE 30TH)

ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TIED:
HOUSTON/IAH - 83 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 18TH (LAST SET JUL 30 2009)
GALVESTON - 85 DEGREES ON THE 30TH (LAST SET JUL 20 2005)

HEAT INDEX IN HOUSTON:
DAYS WITH HEAT INDEX 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER - 20 DAYS
DAYS WITH HEAT INDEX 108 DEGREES OR HIGHER - 8 DAYS
MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX - 114 DEGREES ON THE 14TH (HIGHEST SINCE AT
LEAST 2000)