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I’m surprised so far by the lack of activity on the radar. Its all in Louisiana at the moment. I bet by 3 or 4 it’ll start picking up though.

The NWS is directionally challenged today. The morning updated AFD was tough to wade through, but basically it’s wait-n-see if the storms to our east can build towards us...

I'm thinking we won't be lucky in the precip dept in my neck of the woods

https://radar.weather.gov/radar_lite.ph ... R&loop=yes

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
520 PM CDT Tue Jul 30 2019

TXZ213-227-237-238-313-338-302245-
Inland Brazoria TX-Coastal Harris TX-Inland Galveston TX-
Coastal Galveston TX-Inland Harris TX-Fort Bend TX-
520 PM CDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON...EASTERN
FORT BEND...NORTHEASTERN BRAZORIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTIES
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

At 520 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
northwestern Friendswood, moving southwest at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Pearland, western League City, Friendswood, Alvin, Webster, Manvel,
South Belt / Ellington, Clear Lake, Fresno, Greater Hobby Area,
Nassau Bay, Arcola, Brookside Village, Iowa Colony, Hillcrest,
Ellington Field, The Johnson Space Center and eastern Sienna
Plantation.

There's some backbuilding. I don't think the showers will extend past Navasota, but NW Harris Co. should see some rain.

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:41 pm I’ve noticed the past couple days these storms are really taking off once they get north of 10. It’s mostly just been some light showers south of there.

I've been coming to the conclusion also that land-cover type can heavily affect the weather that is experienced. And it could be a huge factor in the summer rainfall frequency in the SE US vs Texas. The SE is pretty much uninterrupted forest, and even the open areas (i.e. marshland, beaches, etc) still have lots of water around. Contrast that with Texas, mostly open prairie land where the sun has uninterrupted access to the ground to dry things out.

Still not perfect, because historical data shows the more open land South of I-10 averages more rainfall than the more forested areas North (see: Bush IAH vs Hobby Airport).

lol We hit 100°F. I believe that's the first triple digit day for us.

MORE RAIN!!!!!

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:20 pm lol We hit 100°F. I believe that's the first triple digit day for us.

hopefully not a harbinger of Aug temps !

cooler air has arrived here in NW Harris, fingers crossed for rain

Raining heavy here in the Heights, we had 2 inches yesterday and now more rain today.

Halo around my house in Rosharon. Outflow boundaries blowing out in adjacent storms so will either get Jack squat or a deluge.

And...looks like I'm not going to get one drop from all of this.

unome wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:33 pm

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:20 pm lol We hit 100°F. I believe that's the first triple digit day for us.

hopefully not a harbinger of Aug temps !

cooler air has arrived here in NW Harris, fingers crossed for rain

Yeah, we're even seeing a robust outflow up here. Not betting on any rain. Just south of Navasota could get a mini-deluge.

Got .65” here and some gusty winds.

This summer has been fantastic.

Nothing here in Wharton.

No rain gauge here but we had some good downpours for the lawn and trees here. Gusty winds as well. Much needed.

Lots of activity just offshore with pretty tall anvils easily seen from far away.

Damn. The new storms today just missed my house to the South by a mile and are already fizzling out. So freaking lame.

The day is still young, I think the southern half of the metro still has opportunity. Summer is a fake dry season in Texas, not authentic at all.

Radar today is disappointing. There were more showers this morning than there is this afternoon.