Wow! Some of those thunderstorms are a little potent with the strong wind they are producing over sixty miles per hour. Baytown also badly needs rain form one of those thunderstorms.

So, conditions in the atmophere, specifically the troposphere, seemed to be conducive for good development, yet they are not ripe enough. The other thing that is working against that wave of low pressure is the speed at which it is traveling.

Does anyone have a radar of the hail cores in these thunderstorms? I was getting some lightning here in Baytown and saw some ENE of Harris County. I am concerned about my plants in my backyard wondering if I should place them under my the back porch due to those thunderstorms producing hail.

The first hail core has dropped with a second one developing aloft around 25,000 ft. 4.37'' hail possible! That is an impressive chunck of ice falling to and striking the ground, svrwx0503. Rectify me if I am wrong, but would that size be grapefruit or very close to it? Come on thunderstorms, coerc...

unome wrote:incredible lightning off to our WNW - hope we don't get hail, but would love the rain

I understand, unome. Yet, none of us have any control as to what those thunderstorms produce and where they dump their cargo.

The first hail core has dropped with a second one developing aloft around 25,000 ft. 4.37'' hail possible! That is an impressive chunck of ice falling to and striking the ground, svrwx0503. Rectify me if I am wrong, but would that size be grapefruit or very close to it? Come on thunderstorms, coerc...

How would a tropical wave, tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane be able to eradicate the cap over SE Texas, by moistening up the atmosphere where it is the most arid after dumping its cargo on the very parched land? 850 to 700 mb from a direction other than Southwesterly generally doe...

How would a tropical wave, tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane be able to eradicate the cap over SE Texas, by moistening up the atmosphere where it is the most arid after dumping its cargo on the very parched land?

Look northwest at what may give SE Texas its next long overdue dose of beneficial rain.

Are we done paying for dry air that this past winter's cold fronts ushered in? When was the last time Texas received a drought like the one that we are going through now?

I want rain just as much as all of you do, but what we do not want or need is a flood which could cause death and destruction. I think someone in this forum said that tropical showers and thunderstorms are typically hit & miss.

So, what is it going to take to put an end to Texas' drought, tropical showers and thunderstorms?

So much for the strong gusty winds and hail associated with these thunderstorms, huh?

What about a wave of low pressure with a warm front attached on it?

Does it look like this feasible rain maker will also be a major severe thunderstorm outbreak for southeast Texas or no?

Some of those thunderstorms in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma are detonating with growh. That tells all of us just how ripe conditions in the atmosphere are over there.

It appears as though the city of Fort Worth may get a tornadic thunderstorm within the next several minutes. I tell you that all of the thunderstorms out west central, southwest, & north central Texas are exploding with growth like fireworks.

What weather mechanism is keeping rain away from southeast Texas?

No measurable rain for southeast Texas for the forseeable futrue, huh? What an unfortunate bummer that is. I wonder if the month of May will have any measureable rain for all of Texas?

Are any of those thunderstorms producing any strong wind gusts?