April Weather Discussion.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:03 am

Caldwell in Burleson County has reported a wind shift..

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:04 am

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
203 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT...
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-MATAGORDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY...
FREEPORT...FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...LAKE JACKSON...LEAGUE CITY...
MONT BELVIEU...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...TEXAS CITY...WINNIE

.HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT.

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING.

A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST UP THE COAST FROM
NEAR SARGENT TO BOLIVAR PENINSULA. THESE WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF
WINDS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 65 MPH.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:07 am

wxdata wrote:
gocuse22 wrote:i honestly dont see anything happening around the downtown area...
Something's going to have to happen pretty soon!

why do you say that

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:16 am

Radar shows the winds shift now from Brenham to Floresville.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:17 am

gocuse22 wrote:
wxdata wrote:
gocuse22 wrote:i honestly dont see anything happening around the downtown area...
Something's going to have to happen pretty soon!
why do you say that

Me bad. I went back and reworded it

"If it's going to happen, it will have to happen soon!"

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:18 am

Houston NWS- reports of roofs off houses in San Luis Pass area.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:24 am

NWS reporting winds at Cotulla and Laredo gusting to 40 to 50 mph behind the front...

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:25 am

La Grange reporting wind shift.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:26 am

Tornado watch canceled for all counties from San Antonio westward.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:27 am

HGX: San Luis Pass [Brazoria Co, TX] law enforcement reports NON-TSTM WND DMG at 02:00 AM CDT -- galveston police department reported several homes with roof damage. time estimated.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:41 am

Looks like the only thing that will come from this event is a very rare HGX High Wind Warning

I don't know when the last high wind warning was issued for this CWA...

What exactly has caused such strong wind gusts down there?

A wind gust to 69 mph in Galveston with no thunderstorm influence. That is crazy!

Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:09 am

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
448 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

.NOW...
THROUGH 7 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SWEEP RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HAIL TO 1/2 INCH. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE A TENTH
OF AN INCH OR LESS.

wow!

Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:40 am

Looks like an inflow jet dipped down to the surface briefly. I've seen that happen occasionally, mostly at night. Very strong winds flowing northward into an approaching storm system sometimes dip down to the surface. This time the result was a 70 mph wind gust.

KGLS 240652Z AUTO 14043G60KT 6SM BR SCT007 23/22 A2942 RMK AO2 PK WND 14060/0651 WSHFT 0607 LTG DSNT E SLP963 T02280222=

Z-TIME ---- WIND ---- Prevailing Temp- Lowest Flight
ICAO DY/HRMN DIR-SPD GST Visibility erature Dew Point Ceiling Rules
---- ------- -------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------
KGLS 24/0652 140-043 KT 060 0006.00SM 73F( 23C) 71F( 22C) NONE VFR

Cloud Cover : Scattered 700 Feet
Weather : Mist
Automated Observation Type: AO2
Altimeter (Inches) : 29.42
Peak Wind: 140 deg at 60KT Time: 06:51
Hour Of Wind Shift : 6
Minute Of Wind Shift : 7
Distant Lightning
Direction Of Lightning: E
Sea Level Pressure (hPa): 996.3
Temperature to Tenths : 73.0F (22.8C)
Dew Point to Tenths : 72.0F (22.2C)

Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:59 am

Next.

Forecast was right about this system. It all stayed to the north of us.

When is the next system scheduled to happen? Anything long-range being forecasted?

Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:24 am

Hmm for some reason it just seems that the Houston area cant get significant severe weather any more due to a continues cap that seems to always be here whenever we have the right setup for severe weather. I think its been since May 2005 that we last seen a SIGNIFICANT severe weather event. Thats not necessarily a bad thing though...

Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:05 am

Ed is just mad that all activities at Talladega superspeedway have been CANCELED for today. There will be a Double header tomorrow though. That area of AL is under a PDS Watch in the High Risk Area. SPC has noted the Day 6 (Thursday / April 29th ) time frame for a severe threat in the Southern Plains and points E. No rain here last night that I can tell. HGX and the SPC has done well with the current threat and held their ground for us in SE TX. Not a bust "locally" IMHO. Even wxman57 stated yesterday morning that we would not see any severe weather here and that today would be beautiful for bike riding.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:54 am

srainhoutx wrote:Ed is just mad that all activities at Talladega superspeedway have been CANCELED for today. There will be a Double header tomorrow though. That area of AL is under a PDS Watch in the High Risk Area. SPC has noted the Day 6 (Thursday / April 29th ) time frame for a severe threat in the Southern Plains and points E. No rain here last night that I can tell. HGX and the SPC has done well with the current threat and held their ground for us in SE TX. Not a bust "locally" IMHO. Even wxman57 stated yesterday morning that we would not see any severe weather here and that today would be beautiful for bike riding.

I'm disappointed about Talledega today, too. But knew it would be rained out for the past week. Next weekend looks like another event to our north. Time to head out on the bike soon. Great weather for biking.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:22 am

Man, what a bummer. I was honestly looking forward to experiencing some good and exciting severe thunderstorms last night and early this morning, but it just was not meant to be our turn.

Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:09 pm

HPC shows no main surfacing forcing here on Friday (except for maybe some warm air advection.) It does show a weak warm front heading our way on Saturday, however it's unclear if that will bring much rainfall toward the area.

Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:53 am

HGX is now mentioning temps in the low 90's for Friday...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
500 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2010

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY AND WARM DAY ON TAP IN ADVANCE OF S/W ROTATING AROUND THE
MAIN EASTERN U.S. TROUGH. NW LL FLOW WILL PREVAIL TODAY THEN
DECOUPLE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND THEN
OUT INTO THE GULF MONDAY. THIS WILL BEGIN THE ONSHORE FLOW MONDAY
AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE. A COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND COMBINE WITH THE S/W OVER THE
MT/ID-CANADA BORDER TO BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAINFALL MAINLY
OVER THE NORTHEAST ZONES AND A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER.
THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SETX MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING USHERING
IN A REINFORCING SHOT OF DRY AIR AND A COOL NIGHT BUT THIS TO
WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS WEAK TROUGHING OVER THE NW AND A SEPARATE
SYSTEM IN THE SUBTROPICAL JET COMMENCES A LONG PERIOD OF ONSHORE
FLOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. EXTENDED GUIDANCE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH RICH LL MOISTURE POOLING OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF
THAT WILL BE DRAWN NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY INTO THE CWA. THE
REGION SHOULD BE WELL CAPPED BUT THE WARM PROFILE AND HUMIDITY
WILL LIKELY BRING A ROUND OF OUR FIRST OF THE SEASON 90+ HEAT
INDICES FRIDAY. A FEW SHOWERS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY NEXT WEEKEND BUT CHANCES LOOKING SLIM AS OF NOW GIVEN THE
STRENGTH OF THE CAP.

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