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i am sure all everyone is tired from watching and preparing for this system. I know i am ready for partly cloudy skies and complaining about the heat! It is early to bed tonight heading to work tomorrow!

Cromagnum wrote:Rain may not be heavy here in most of Houston, but Bill has some explosive thunderstorm activity right now. Look how cold the cloud tops are right now. Probably massive rain underneath the core at the moment.

Would like a graphic, please.

nuby3 wrote:

Paul Robison wrote:

nuby3 wrote:appears to be back on N - NNW heading again. rain doesn't seem to be very heavy with this thing. It's amazing

Is what he just said good or bad, srainhoutex?

well, it means the rain with this storm isn't very heavy, which is good. the fact that it is on a n-nnw heading is merely an observation and is not necessarily good or bad

Now, about those winds.....


Off topic and just for fun: Want to see something I rescued from the floodwaters on Memorial Day? Here's the link:

http://forums.khou.com/ucp.php?i=pm&mod ... =-1&p=2766

Cromagnum wrote:Rain may not be heavy here in most of Houston, but Bill has some explosive thunderstorm activity right now. Look how cold the cloud tops are right now. Probably massive rain underneath the core at the moment.

looks like it's coming down about an inch per hour

nuby3 wrote:

Cromagnum wrote:Rain may not be heavy here in most of Houston, but Bill has some explosive thunderstorm activity right now. Look how cold the cloud tops are right now. Probably massive rain underneath the core at the moment.

looks like it's coming down about an inch per hour

It is.

For every Bill....there are many, we always an IKE...I've seen, on social media, lots of negative comments. Nobody got this storm wrong. It does what they do...an unpredictable act of nature. I wanted to thank all the participants on here...I will be here for the next one.

JasonFontaine wrote:For every Bill....there are many, we always an IKE...I've seen, on social media, lots of negative comments. Nobody got this storm wrong. It does what they do...an unpredictable act of nature. I wanted to thank all the participants on here...I will be here for the next one.

Forecasting the weather is an inexact science no matter if we're talking low pressure disturbance or high pressure ridge. No storm is predictable.

its not over either

This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

Baseballdude2915 wrote:This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

Except for an arm of the storm that's extending all the way into Corpus, I'd say the tail end is losing its punch. That's to be expected with loss of daytime heating.

Baseballdude2915 wrote:This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

I've been watching the storms east of Corpus.. 3 inches per hour.

Baseballdude2915 wrote:This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

You would think it could make for some devastating rain, but I've seriously watched the radar all day and those strong storms just don't have the oomph to hold together. They seem to fizzle when starting their venture northward.
A lot earlier in the day a band setup along the I-45 corridor and I thought that was the beginning of the worst Bill had to offer. Nope.

nuby3 wrote:

Baseballdude2915 wrote:This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

I've been watching the storms east of Corpus.. 3 inches per hour.

Well, that's 'cause they're still over the Gulf waters. When they move inland in another few hours (of darkness, that is), it's another story.

Paul Robison wrote:

nuby3 wrote:

Baseballdude2915 wrote:This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

I've been watching the storms east of Corpus.. 3 inches per hour.

Well, that's 'cause they're still over the Gulf waters. When they move inland in another few hours (of darkness, that is), it's another story.

I think it's more related to the dynamics of the storm, I expect some of this heavier activity to lift northward and work inland but we'll see. not sure how widespread it'll become but I'm having fun watching for it

nuby3 wrote:

Baseballdude2915 wrote:This is FAR from over.

Serious feeder bands offshore and wherever one sets up (and stalls) could receive upwards of 10" of rain over several hours.
Hopefully the tail end falls apart, but these systems are known to drop a surprise or two on their way out.

I've been watching the storms east of Corpus.. 3 inches per hour.

Doppler radar estimates up to 10 inches has fallen in those storms.

I've been watching the storms east of Corpus.. 3 inches per hour.[/quote]

Well, that's 'cause they're still over the Gulf waters. When they move inland in another few hours (of darkness, that is), it's another story.[/quote]

I think it's more related to the dynamics of the storm, I expect some of this heavier activity to lift northward and work inland but we'll see. not sure how widespread it'll become but I'm having fun watching for it[/quote]


I heard they expect it to actually get stronger over land. What does this mean for Houston if true?

Paul Robison wrote:I've been watching the storms east of Corpus.. 3 inches per hour.

Well, that's 'cause they're still over the Gulf waters. When they move inland in another few hours (of darkness, that is), it's another story.[/quote]

I think it's more related to the dynamics of the storm, I expect some of this heavier activity to lift northward and work inland but we'll see. not sure how widespread it'll become but I'm having fun watching for it[/quote]


I heard they expect it to actually get stronger over land. What does this mean for Houston if true?[/quote]
I think Houston has not much to worry about. just watching for centrl Texas at this point. this storm was a real dud in my opinion. so far

let the show begin

Paul Robison wrote:

Cromagnum wrote:Rain may not be heavy here in most of Houston, but Bill has some explosive thunderstorm activity right now. Look how cold the cloud tops are right now. Probably massive rain underneath the core at the moment.

Would like a graphic, please.

Still putting on a show.

[/quote] I think Houston has not much to worry about. just watching for centrl Texas at this point. this storm was a real dud in my opinion. so far[/quote]


I agree with you for the following reasons:

1.Tropical Storm Bill made landfall just before noon over Matagorda Island, a bit later than initially anticipated.

2. This late landfall was the better scenario for this storm as far as Houston is concerned. We didn't see a repeat of the Memorial Day flooding that devastated parts of town last month.

3.As the storm heads north, its core is will track just west of Harris County, meaning some of the heaviest rainfall will be inland.

Caution:

The way things look now, conditions will probably get way worse for our neighbors immediately to the west. AccuWeather says that Bill will take a slow, curved path northwest from landfall before shooting straight north through the state. Worse than your everyday tropical disturbance, I'd say. That's because much of Texas is already waterlogged due to recent flooding, meaning this system could linger even longer as it travels north.

Just remember, Bill is nothing compared to what other storms nature is capable of.

P.S. Kill Bill! (LOL)