February Ends Warm and Dry

[redneckweather]

What type of potatoes did you plant, redneckweather, red, white, golden yellow, brown, or blue? And were they from Burpee? I am just curious.


I planted two rows (20 yards long) of new potatoes, the red ones. Come the end of March I will be planting everything else. I grow a huge garden which consists of 50 tomato plants (we make tons of fresh salsa every year), bush beans (green beans), yellow squash, cucumbers, cantaloupe, jalepeno etc etc.

[srainhoutx]

The 12Z GFS and Canadian do suggest a narrow line of showers and possibly a storm or two as the front swings through on Sunday evening. We will see. We do need some rain.

[srainhoutx]

It appears we have little is any chance for rain tonight as the Pacific front passes. The cap is just too strong and it looks like we will end February well below normal regarding rainfall. And what a crazy month February has been. The first 12 days brought record cold, ice and hours of below freezing temps to be replaced with a warm La Nina like pattern. What will March bring?

[srainhoutx]

No worries locally, but for those that follow severe weather events, we may see our first High Risk of this early severe weather season ahead...

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1121 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF ARKANSAS
NORTHEASTWARD TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF ARKANSAS
NORTHEASTWARD TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM PARTS OF
KANSAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TO THE OHIO VALLEY.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AS OF
LATE MORNING WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING OVER ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI OVERNIGHT.
THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE PRECEDED BY A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WHICH WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD ALONG THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
BORDER THIS EVENING...AND THEN NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
OVERNIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS SPREADING NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IN ADVANCE
OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...AND THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR TORNADOES SHOULD BEGIN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE
AREA...AND THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHILE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN
KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA. A COUPLE OF STRONG
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BY LATE
AFTERNOON/EVENING FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...WHERE A FEW TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS POTENTIALLY
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO
REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO
RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

..THOMPSON.. 02/27/2011

[srainhoutx]

HGX issues a Fire Weather Watch for our forecast area to begin at 10AM until 6PM tomorrow.

[srainhoutx]

Yikes! Wild fires are spreading across the TX Panhandle and the Midland area this afternoon...



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FIRE WARNING...CORRECTED
AMARILLO/POTTER/RANDALL OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
410 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
AMARILLO...POTTER AND RANDALL OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO A WILDFIRE
THREATENING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: RICHLAND ACRES AND RANCH
ACRES...AND THEN ALSO FOR TIMBERCREEK CANYON...PALISADES...TANGLE
AIRE...AND LAKE TANGLEWOOD. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THE RIVER FALLS AREA OF RANDALL COUNTY. RESIDENTS NEED TO
EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.

CANYON COUNTRY CLUB HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MANDATORY EVACUATION
ORDER.

RESIDENTS EVACUATING THE WILDFIRES IN THE WILLOW CREEK AREA SHOULD
REPORT TO THE RECEIVING POINT AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY METHODIST CHURCH
AT 316 VALLEY. THE RECEIVING POINT FOR THOSE RESIDENTS EVACUATING FROM
THE SOUTH WILDFIRES IS THE COWBOY CHURCH AT WASHINGTON STREET AND
LOOP 335 (HOLLYWOOD ROAD).

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TXC233-280015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FIRE WARNING

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
305 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BORGER
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

A WILDFIRE IS THREATENING THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY OF BORGER. THE
BORGER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE HAS ORDERED THE RESIDENTS IN THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY OF BORGER TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.

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TXC065-375-381-272345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FIRE WARNING

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
232 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE AMARILLO
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

A WILDFIRE IS THREATENING NORTHEAST POTTER COUNTY AND A MANDATORY
EVACUATION HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR: MESILLA PARK...EL RANCHO...AND WEBB
ROAD IN NORTHEAST POTTER COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN
ORDERED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
MIDLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
355 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE...

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
MIDLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THE PUBLIC IS REQUESTED TO STAY AWAY FROM WEST LOOP 250/INTERSTATE
20 AREA DUE TO SMOKE AND FIRE CONDITIONS IN THAT AREA. INTERSTATE
20 IS SHUTDOWN DUE TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES WORKING THE AREA.

[srainhoutx]

Dust and smoke shows up well on visible imagery...

[srainhoutx]

HGX Issues a Red Flag Warning for all of our forecast area until 6PM today, February 28, 2011. Be careful out there!

[wxman57]

After a very cold start, February will end close to normal temperature-wise, but well below normal precipitation-wise with only 0.69" recorded at IAH. That 83 degrees sure felt nice yesterday. Got in a 40 mile fast-pace mountain bike ride. Even got a bit of sunburn on my shoulders. Rode with a sleeveless jersey. Had a crusting of salt on my forehead after the ride. That's the way I like it!

[Baseballdude2915]

After a very cold start, February will end close to normal temperature-wise, but well below normal precipitation-wise with only 0.69" recorded at IAH. That 83 degrees sure felt nice yesterday. Got in a 40 mile fast-pace mountain bike ride. Even got a bit of sunburn on my shoulders. Rode with a sleeveless jersey. Had a crusting of salt on my forehead after the ride. That's the way I like it!

Which trail? Anthills? Memorial? or just a smooth trail?
It couldn't have been at Jack Brooks, I put in 21 miles there yesterday

[sleetstorm]

How is this for the last day of February, a high in the middle seventies, depending on where you live in southeast Texas, with no rain.

[Ptarmigan]

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
947 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

       ...FEBRUARY 2011 WAS CONSIDERABLY DRIER THAN NORMAL...

          ...TEMPERATURES VARY WIDELY DURING THE MONTH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WILL BE ABOUT A DEGREE
COOLER THAN THE 30 YEAR CLIMATE NORMALS YET FEBRUARY 2011 WAS
HARDLY NORMAL. THE FIRST 14 DAYS WERE VERY COLD WITH THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE ABOUT 12 TO 15 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL. ALL FOUR
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ESTABLISHED RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
ON FEBRUARY 3RD. DESPITE THE CONSISTENTLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
START THE MONTH...ONLY COLLEGE STATION ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD
LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH. THE NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS
20 DEGREES AND OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 10TH. WINTER WEATHER MADE A
BRIEF RETURN TO THE REGION ON FEBRUARY 3RD AND 4TH WITH FREEZING
DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW FALLING OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
MADISONVILLE REPORTED TWO INCHES OF SNOW.

CONVERSELY...THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH AVERAGED ABOUT 14 DEGREES
WARMER THAN NORMAL. THE TWO HALVES OF THE MONTH CANCELED EACH OTHER
OUT LEAVING A MONTH WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY OVER
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. COOLER WATER TEMPERATURES AND
BOUTS OF SEA FOG KEPT COASTAL COMMUNITIES COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH.

THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECORDED 12 MORNINGS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR
BELOW 32 DEGREES. THE RECORD FOR FEBRUARY IS 14 DAYS WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES AND THIS OCCURRED IN 1895. THE
SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH WAS MUCH WARMER. THE MONTH ENDED WITH 14
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE 50 DEGREES. THE
LAST TIME HOUSTON RECORDED MORE THAN 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH
TEMPERATURES ABOVE 50 DEGREES DURING FEBRUARY OCCURRED DURING FEBRUARY
1962 WHEN THERE WERE 19 CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE 50 DEGREES AND 24
SUCH DAYS DURING THE MONTH.

HERE ARE THE FIVE COLDEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST 14
DAYS OF THE MONTH:

         HOUSTON      HOUSTON       COLLEGE      GALVESTON
                      HOBBY         STATION

         28.1 2011    31.5 2011     27.4 2011    33.8 1895
         29.1 1899    35.8 1947     30.6 1905    34.5 1905
         29.7 1895    36.9 1978     30.9 1985    34.6 2011
         32.4 1985    37.2 1985     34.4 1982    34.9 1899
         32.5 1905    37.2 1981     34.4 1972    38.9 1985

HERE ARE THE FIVE WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 14
DAYS OF THE MONTH (FEB 15 - FEB 28):

         HOUSTON      HOUSTON       COLLEGE     GALVESTON
                      HOBBY         STATION

         59.5 1956    61.6 2011     58.2 2011    61.1 1882
         59.0 2011    58.0 1956     54.0 2005    60.4 1956
         58.9 1917    57.5 1944     53.4 1996    60.3 1907
         58.1 1962    57.4 2000     53.1 1917    60.3 1890
         57.4 1944    56.4 2005     52.1 1956    59.3 1972

MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECEIVED LESS THAN AN
INCH OF RAIN DURING FEBRUARY. THIS LATEST DRY PERIOD ACTUALLY BEGAN
DURING THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY AND HAS PERSISTED THROUGH THE MONTH.
HOUSTON HOBBY REPORTED IT`S SECOND DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.
HOUSTON RECORDED IT`S EIGHTH DRIEST FEBRUARY...COLLEGE STATION
RECORDED IT`S TENTH DRIEST FEBRUARY AND GALVESTON RECORDED IT`S 13TH
DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. NORMAL RAINFALL FOR FEBRUARY IS BETWEEN
2.50 AND 3.00 INCHES. THE LA NINA PHASE HAS BEGUN TO REASSERT ITSELF
AND IT APPEARS THAT SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH
MID MARCH.

BELOW ARE THE MONTHLY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE THE PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE       AVG     AVG     AVG     DEP     RAIN     DEP
           HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH        66.5    43.5    55.0    -0.4    0.69     -2.29
HOU        67.0    46.5    56.8    -0.9    0.34     -2.67
GLS        61.0    46.2    53.6    -4.4    0.67     -1.94
CLL        66.5    42.8    54.6    +0.1    0.61     -1.77
CXO        65.5    39.1    52.3    -1.3    0.61     -2.30
UTS        64.5    41.6    53.0    +0.0    0.37     -2.77
SGR        66.8    43.5    55.2    -0.8    0.75     -2.37
DWH        66.2    41.4    53.8    -1.1    0.30     -2.59
LBX        65.8    44.5    55.1    -1.2    1.13     -3.63
LVJ        65.0    44.4    54.7    -1.3    0.36     -2.46
PSX        64.8    46.5    55.6    -0.2    0.72     -1.73
HGX        64.7    44.1    54.4    -2.3    1.56     -1.89

BELOW ARE SOME MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS AND COLDEST TEMPERATURE
RECORDED FOR THE MONTH AT OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS
FROM OUR NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER CO-OP OBSERVERS:

COMMUNITY          RAINFALL       COLDEST
                                  TEMPERATURE

ANAHUAC             0.82             20
BELLVILLE           0.76             17
BRENHAM             0.81             17
CLEVELAND           0.85             18
COLUMBUS            0.61             19
CROCKETT            0.70             16
DANEVANG            0.62             21
FREEPORT            0.84             24
HOU WESTBURY        0.86             NA
KATY                0.05             NA
MADISONVILLE        0.71             16
MATAGORDA           0.61             21
NEW CANEY           0.96             NA
RICHMOND            0.53             NA
SOMERVILLE          0.41             14
WASH ST PARK        0.64             16
WHARTON             0.83             NA

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