June Ends - Hottest on Record

[jasons2k]

My only concern right now is that the advancing outflow/sea breeze is moving so fast, the lift it provides may only pop some little showers. It is quickly outrunning the storms so that is something to monitor.

[jasons2k]

And the boundary just blew through here at Bellaire and the west loop. Towers going-up above and to my South/SE --- the question is how tall until the lift collapses?

[srainhoutx]

[srainhoutx]

SPC continues to mention severe chance for SE TX as the afternoon wears on. Areas that did not receive rains earlier may well have a chance this afternoon with multiple boundaries evident across inland areas.

...GULF COAST REGION...
A BROAD AREA OF MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE IN
PLACE TODAY FROM SOUTHEAST TX INTO FL. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS A COUPLE OF WEAK REMNANT MCVS IN THIS AREA WHICH MAY HELP TO
FOCUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. A COMBINATION OF STEEP
LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...DRY AIR ALOFT...AND AMPLE INSTABILITY...WILL
POSE A RISK OF GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND/OR HAIL IN THE STRONGEST
CORES THROUGHOUT THIS REGION.

[CAK]

Same story as past two days... storms to my east, to my west.. split right in the middle. Check out lake Houston:
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radbl ... rainsnow=1

[jasons2k]

Yep, the "Pasadena storm" made it to the airport area (IAH), then totally fell apart as it approached my house across the creek in Montgomery County....I was afraid of that when that outflow boundary took off like a rocket. Maybe if it had been a few hours later in the day there would be a different result. Bummer.

Incidentally, driving around The Woodlands area this past weekend showed that the drought is now starting to take a real visible toll on the vegetation. The youpon holly underbrush is almost completely defoliated. Some deciduous trees are turning brown and dropping their leaves. The pines all look sickly with a yellowish tinge to them, with some of them tipping over to browning and dropping the needles completely. I've seen it look like this in late August at the end of a very hot/dry summer, but never in June before.

[srainhoutx]

94F in NW Harris County this hour while IAH has 82F.

[jasons2k]

Temps are on the rebound and a new cell has popped in Chambers County - a new hope on the horizon?

[redneckweather]

Rain ain't gonna happen today folks. I need some action so I'm waking up early in the am and hitting the flat surf for some speckled trout action. Some buds of mine flat tore them up this morning. Mmmmmmm, fish tacos!

[srainhoutx]

Some interesting climate stats from HGX this afternoon. Enough to make a grown man cry...

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.CLIMATE...
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS HAS BEEN A
WELCOME SIGHT. HOWEVER...IT HAS DONE LITTLE TO HELP WITH THE
ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE SPOTTY AND FAIRLY
LOW IN MOST AREAS. THE RECORD-SETTING DRY STREAKS CONTINUE AT OUR
MAJOR CLIMATE SITES.

HOUSTON/IAH - MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT A HALF INCH OF RAIN:
1. 134 DAYS - AS OF 6/7/2011*
2.  93 DAYS - ENDING 2/13/2009
3.  84 DAYS - ENDING 11/18/1893
4.  82 DAYS - ENDING 1/26/1952 AND 2/8/1918
5.  81 DAYS - ENDING 5/17/1939

HOUSTON/HOBBY - MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN:
1.  85 DAYS - AS OF 6/7/2011*
2.  84 DAYS - ENDING 2/5/1971
3.  68 DAYS - ENDING 8/25/1956
4.  60 DAYS - ENDING 4/24/1960
5.  58 DAYS - ENDING 4/23/1953

GALVESTON - MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN:
1. 102 DAYS - ENDING 6/20/2008
2.  99 DAYS - ENDING 6/25/1906
3.  94 DAYS - AS OF 6/7/2011*
4.  89 DAYS - ENDING 4/26/1985 AND 3/31/1916
5.  82 DAYS - ENDING 8/9/1930

* STILL ONGOING

[unome]

I think HGX is brave for taking a satisfaction survey in the midst of the ugliest drought any of us here probably remember - I think they do a fantastic job, but the drought has to be making some people cranky... If we don't get rain soon I just may do a "Timothy Treadwell" & throw a hissy fit rant against the rain gods...

[srainhoutx]

A bit more drier air has filtered into the region, but radar is showing showers moving NW out of the Gulf in our SW zones. Isolated showers/storms along the seabreeze cannot be ruled out today. There is a trough moving across the N Gulf that may we moisten things up a bit more tomorrow and perhaps provide a bit more activity as well.

[txflagwaver]

Water conservation has started in Seabrook

http://www.ci.seabrook.tx.us/index.asp?Type=

[jasonhoutx]

so has Friendswood

http://www.ci.friendswood.tx.us/index.c ... typeID=150

[srainhoutx]

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

            ...FIRST WEEK OF JUNE WAS A SIZZLER...

THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF JUNE WERE SCORCHING HOT. THE AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR HOUSTON`S FIRST SEVEN DAYS WAS 99.3 DEGREES. THIS
IS BY FAR AND AWAY...THE WARMEST START TO JUNE IN RECORDED WEATHER
HISTORY. THE NORMAL HIGH FOR THE FIST SEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH IS
AROUND 89 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST SEVEN
DAYS OF JUNE 2011 IS 85.6 DEGREES (NORMAL IS AROUND 80). THIS IS
THE WARMEST START TO JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY. HERE ARE THE FIVE
WARMEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AND THE TOP FIVE WARMEST
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON:

                          JUNE 1 - JUNE 7

            WARMEST AVG                WARMEST AVG
            HIGH TEMP                  MONTHLY TEMP

            99.3  2011                 85.6  2011
            95.6  1977                 85.4  1906
            94.7  1990                 85.1  2008
            94.4  1960                 84.9  1990
            94.0  1980                 84.5  1985

HOUSTON RECORDED A HIGH OF 100 DEGREES ON JUNE 2ND. THIS IS THE
EARLIEST 100 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN CITY HISTORY. THE PREVIOUS
EARLIEST 100 DEGREE OCCURRENCE WAS JUNE 10TH 1902. HOUSTON ALSO
RECORDED 105 DEGREES ON JUNE 5TH AND 6TH. THIS IS NOW THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE PREVIOUS
WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 104 DEGREES AND THIS OCCURRED ON JUNE 24TH
AND JUNE 26TH 2009. THE LAST TIME HOUSTON RECORDED TWO CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 105 DEGREES WAS SEPTEMBER 3RD...
4TH AND 5TH OF 2000 (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) WITH TEMPERATURES OF
105...109 AND 108 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY.

THERE HAVE BEEN 346 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING OR EXCEEDING
100 DEGREES IN CITY OF HOUSTON WEATHER HISTORY WHICH AVERAGES OUT
TO AROUND THREE 100 DEGREE DAYS PER YEAR. HOUSTON HAS ALREADY
RECORDED THREE SUCH DAYS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE INCLUDING
THE EARLIEST 100 DEGREE DAY AND THE WARMEST JUNE DAY IN RECORDED
HISTORY. CLIMATOLOGICALLY SPEAKING...THE FIRST HUNDRED DEGREE DAY
OF THE YEAR TYPICALLY OCCURS ON OR AROUND JULY 20TH SO WE WERE A
BIT EARLY THIS YEAR.

AS FOR RECORDS...HOUSTON HAS ESTABLISHED NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORDS ON FIVE OF THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF JUNE. GALVESTON RECORD
FOUR NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AND COLLEGE STATION ESTABLISHED
ONE NEW TEMPERATURE RECORD. GALVESTON REACHED 99 DEGREES ON JUNE
5TH AND THIS TIES THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE
MONTH OF JUNE. HERE IS A BREAK DOWN OF ALL THE NEW TEMPERATURE
RECORDS ESTABLISHED FOR HOUSTON... GALVESTON AND COLLEGE STATION:

             HOUSTON

NEW RECORD              PREV RECORD

JUNE  1   98            98 - 1998 (TIE)
JUNE  2  100            97 - 2008
JUNE  4   98            96 - 1990
JUNE  5  105            98 - 1977
JUNE  6  105            98 - 1980

             GALVESTON

NEW RECORD              PREV RECORD

JUNE 1    92            92 - 1921
JUNE 2    94            94 - 1953
JUNE 5    99            92 - 1875
JUNE 6    96            91 - 2008

             COLLEGE STATION

JUNE 5   100            99 - 1960

[redneckweather]

Another big YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. So this is how it feels to live in Seattle or Utah.

[srainhoutx]

Another big YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. So this is how it feels to live in Seattle or Utah.

It certainly looks that way, redneckweather. Although Seattle has been very cool and damp and Utah saw some snow in the higher elevations last week. The Upper Ridge looks to hold at least through late next week.

[srainhoutx]

Nothing like model agreement regarding the Upper Ridge. The Euro suggests a weakness across the W Gulf while the GFS keeps the Ridge very stout...

[jasons2k]

It may be just me.....but....based on radar and satellite trends this morning I think we have a better shot for rain today than we have since Tuesday's 'mini bust'.

[wxman57]

It may be just me.....but....based on radar and satellite trends this morning I think we have a better shot for rain today than we have since Tuesday's 'mini bust'.

Maybe. There are a few showers/tstms popping up on the east and southeast side of the city now.