August Weather Discussion

[redneckweather]

That's a good way to put it Ed! I sure hope this keeps slinking southward and holds together?

[rnmm]

Sweet sassy molassey! <------- HA HA Ed I love this!!! I too redneckweather am hoping it will make it this far! What are the chances it will, anyone care to chime in?

[srainhoutx]

Unfortunately for most of SE TX, I don't have much hope for rain today. Further W into the Hill Country and points W, perhaps better chances where cool pooling and afternoon heating may generate activity later in the day. The models do suggest another convective complex to our N overnight, so maybe tomorrow will be a better day for rain chances locally. Some possible sea breeze activity is not out of the question later today, but I'd expect that to be isolated at best.

[rnmm]

Thank you Srain for the explanation!

[unome]

http://www.facebook.com/US.NationalWeat ... veston.gov

"Another climate fact for today. The all-time record high overnight minimum temperature for Galveston is 85 degrees. This occurred nine times between 1874 and 2010. It has now occurred nine times this Summer, including on the last seven consecutive mornings."

wow... that's all I can muster...

[redneckweather]

Yep, that complex to the north is hardly moving and is starting to show a weakening trend.

[Rip76]

A little bit of seabreeze action popping up.

Thunder to my south.

[tireman4]

I wanna move. This is so killing my running. Goodness. I just get where I do not even want to try..sigh...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
328 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2011

.DISCUSSION...
A DIAL IN TO THE IAH ASOS INDICATES THAT THE TEMPERATURE HIT 100
DEGREES AGAIN TODAY...KEEPING HOUSTON`S ONGOING STREAK OF 100
DEGREE DAYS GOING AT 13 DAYS IN A ROW. THIS IS ALSO THE 24TH DAY
THIS SEASON OF 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN HOUSTON...TYING WITH
1998 FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER.

While we are at it, let us just break all the records...If the Astros can do it, so can Mother Nature....ugghhh

AS FOR THE RECORDS...THERE`S A GOOD CHANCE THAT HOUSTON`S
CONSECUTIVE DAY 100-DEGREE RECORD WILL BE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EVEN IF THIS RECORD IS NOT BROKEN...OTHER
RECORDS ARE THREATENED INCLUDING THE MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN
AUGUST (14 DAYS IN 1993)...MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A MONTH (18
DAYS IN JULY 1980)...AND MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER
(32 DAYS IN 1980).




http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... glossary=1

[bigjim350]

I too am hoping for rain badly. I work as a commercial roof inspector and have to stay on the roof the entire day. There are no cooling stations or breaks in the shade. It has been getting so hot that the roof begins to get slick with the asphalt starts to turn back into liquid form. PLEASE LET IT RAIN SOON. That is the only way I get a day off.

[tireman4]

Hello everyone. Welcome to Sunday. Summer is such a lovely time of the year. Woo Hoo...sigh...

CLIMATE...
IAH HAS NOW GONE 13 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH THE TEMPERATURE REACHING OR
EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES AND IS NOW WITHIN ONE DAY OF TYING THE ALL-TIME
RECORD SET BACK IN 1980.

14 DAYS 7/19/1980
13 DAYS 8/13/2011
11 DAYS 8/05/1998
9 DAYS 7/03/1980
8 DAYS 9/05/2000
8 DAYS 8/21/1993
8 DAYS 8/14/1962

IN 2011...THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 24 DAYS SO FAR WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING
OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES AT IAH. THIS NOW TIES FOR SECOND PLACE IN CITY
OF HOUSTON WEATHER HISTORY. THE TOP 5 YEARS WITH 100 DEGREE DAYS ARE
NOW...

32 DAYS 1980
24 DAYS 2011
24 DAYS 1998
20 DAYS 2000
19 DAYS 1901

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... glossary=1

[randybpt]

Wow. Just don't see any Chance of rain the rest of August. Have we ever had a month without measurable rain. Like 0 we need a depression just to stall right on top of setx

[Katdaddy]

I had .88" yesterday in League City. It was a beautiful sight!!!!!

[tireman4]

I had .88" yesterday in League City. It was a beautiful sight!!!!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, rub it in. The Season of Wither continues. For those who are wanting information on this drought outside the confines of the Houston-Galveston area, I would suggest you read an article on the front page of the Houston Chronicle. This is not from the Chronicle, but it deals with it:

BIG SPRING, TX (CNN) - Severe drought conditions in West Texas have led to a unique plan to recycle wastewater to the drinking faucet.

More than 100 years ago, the small Texas town's namesake was a popular watering hole for settlers heading west.

But recent droughts have made water scarce. Now, the small town is constructing a $13 million water treatment plant to turn sewage wastewater into drinking water.

http://www.kltv.com/story/15250522/thir ... se-drought

[mckinne63]

Congrats katdaddy! I am happy for anyone who receives rain. Had some dark clouds early in the day here in Stafford, but quickly cleared out. Sigh... I even washed my car last week, but it didn't work.

[mckinne63]

I wanna move. This is so killing my running. Goodness. I just get where I do not even want to try..sigh...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
328 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2011

.DISCUSSION...
A DIAL IN TO THE IAH ASOS INDICATES THAT THE TEMPERATURE HIT 100
DEGREES AGAIN TODAY...KEEPING HOUSTON`S ONGOING STREAK OF 100
DEGREE DAYS GOING AT 13 DAYS IN A ROW. THIS IS ALSO THE 24TH DAY
THIS SEASON OF 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN HOUSTON...TYING WITH
1998 FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER.

While we are at it, let us just break all the records...If the Astros can do it, so can Mother Nature....ugghhh

AS FOR THE RECORDS...THERE`S A GOOD CHANCE THAT HOUSTON`S
CONSECUTIVE DAY 100-DEGREE RECORD WILL BE TIED OR BROKEN IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EVEN IF THIS RECORD IS NOT BROKEN...OTHER
RECORDS ARE THREATENED INCLUDING THE MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN
AUGUST (14 DAYS IN 1993)...MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A MONTH (18
DAYS IN JULY 1980)...AND MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER
(32 DAYS IN 1980).




http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... glossary=1

I hear you. I hate a normal Houston summer. This is ridiculous! I was checking on my Football team last night, thinking and hoping for cooling weather. Than woke up this morning, went outside and realized it was but a dream.

[srainhoutx]

It looks like the boundary to our N and E is starting to fire convection. The sea breeze is beginning its trek inland so we will need to watch where these boundaries collide this afternoon...

[Katdaddy]

Outflow boundary beginning to activate as it moves toward he Houston-Galveston areas. I think many of us will rain this afternoon.

[srainhoutx]

I'll post this here, for what it's worth, the 12Z Euro develops a disturbance along the boundary currently draped along the Northern Gulf Coast and that feature heads W bound into the Central TX Coast late next weekend. Something to watch as stalled boundaries in August along the Gulf Coast have been known to spin up a little home grown action...

[redneckweather]

Storms just fired off maybe a mile to the south of me and.......are moving south. Wow, I'm pretty pissed off right about now!!


I guess I will go stick my head under the sprinkler.

[jasons2k]

I know how you feel. It rained north, south, east, and west of me. Nothing here though