It’s, in substantial part, the lower latitude of the Houston metro area. While only a few degrees difference, the lower latitude often precludes the southern reaches of some low pressure systems from the Midwest from reaching as far south as especially the coastal areas. There is a marked difference...

Beaumont is Dutch for "rain."

Kidding.

Cromagnum wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 7:48 am Obscene how the north side has gotten so much that it's going to flood people out of homes and it's bone dry south of I-10

If you want to get even more frustrated, take a look at the current radar (9:25am CDT 5/3/2024) map of Louisiana.....

Yep models always struggle here when you're dealing with numerous disturbances moving in along the subtropical jet into the state.Kudos to the EURO for showing heavy rainfall amounts over SE Texas several days ago.While the GFS was much drier here. The HRRR seemed pretty accurate for this MCS, also...

We had a lot of damage in our neighborhood. Several large trees uprooted. yikes. slam dunk on that last one. How bad did the winds get? There’s a lot of trees down and several snapped trees so I’m gonna estimate gusts to hurricane force, 70-80mph. I didn’t see shingles down or anything like that, b...

jasons2k wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 2:44 pm We had a lot of damage in our neighborhood. Several large trees uprooted.

yikes.

slam dunk on that last one.

How bad did the winds get?

My brand new vegetable garden, fruit trees, and landscaping are super happy this week....the only worry is the Texas mountain sage bushes I planted could drown.

“It doesn’t always rain in Houston, but when it does, it does so during the morning commute.”

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 12:00 am The mesoscale models are beginning to look very interesting.

When? Where?

Cromagnum wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:43 am As expected. Didn't get a thing and it blew up the moment it went east of me.

Where are you located?
Location doesn't show up on desktop version of website for some reason.

I’m feeling like I will miss out on rain in League City.

We have a lemon out in the far Atlantic. On April 24th. No, this will not be a retired storm. No, it will not affect any landmass that I can foresee. Yes, this is immensely concerning. Have we had April/May areas of interest before? Yes. Have we had named storms in April/May before? Yes. Have they c...

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:50 pm

tireman4 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:27 am 2023 Heat Risk NOAA IAH

Yeah - see that 110°F bar? We hovered around there or above for weeks.

I know this isn't directly April-related, per se, but I don't think anyone is surprised a bit by this......

tireman4 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:27 am 2023 Heat Risk NOAA IAH

Oh, joy. Yay.

Hurricane Discussion 2024 When Matt Lanza (who I respect immensely) buys into the hype, just about everyone else should, too. Isn’t he usually conservative? He definitely errs on the conservative edge of prognostications. He is about as "anti-hype" as anyone out there......he's usually th...

tireman4 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:51 pm Hurricane Discussion 2024

When Matt Lanza (who I respect immensely) buys into the hype, just about everyone else should, too.

Cromagnum wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:31 pm Cold air just blew through here. Expect that will shut down any instability in a hurry.

Same here in League City. It’s downright chilly outside. I suspect I’ll barely get a drop here. Ugh

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:56 am Not what I was looking for - a preview of The Big Suck:

In addition to that, the synoptic pattern
looks to transition into ridging aloft,

No. No. No!!

I'm down from 90%+ to now 60% here in League City for Saturday night/Sunday morning.
Damnit.

tireman4 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:33 pm May will bring hotter temperatures, but shall it bring rain, clouds, or anything else?

Fingers crossed for no volcanoes.