July: Week of 25th - Don Near S TX/ Hot & Dry

[srainhoutx]

Getting a nice shower in NW Harris County at this time...

[Ptarmigan]

July Extremes
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=climate_iah_top10_july

July 2010 is one of the wettest on record from Alex and Tropical Depression 2. July 2009 is the second warmest on record.

[unome]

Getting a nice shower in NW Harris County at this time...

poured here in Cypress - loved it!

[srainhoutx]

The 00Z WRF suggests some early showers on Sunday. The NAM is also onboard as well...have a great 4th folks...

[redneckweather]

Nada at my house over the past couple of days with the seabreeze showers dancing all around me. I was in Cooperstown all of the week before last and hear we got a little over an inch near my house. It did absolutely nothing...still dusty bone dirt dry and crap dieing all around me. Come on hurricane!!

[Portastorm]

We had a nice, heavy but brief shower in downtown Austin on Friday afternoon during the rush hour.

[srainhoutx]

The 12Z WRF continues to advertise showers/storms for tomorrow moving W out of Louisiana...

Edit to add HGX Update...fingers crossed!

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1000 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

.UPDATE...
VIS SAT AND MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATE HIGHER MOISTURE ALONG THE
COASTAL BEND...DEVELOPING CU AROUND THE MATAGORDA BAY REGION UNDER
A NEAR CALM AND VARIABLE WIND FIELD. LOCAL 4KM WRF HAS THE BEST
COASTAL COUNTY WIND DIVERGENCE OCCURRING PAST 19Z...WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY ITSELF THROUGH 03/01Z. 12Z GFS/NAM
RUNS BOTH INTRODUCING HIGHER EASTERN TEXAS PVA (WITH A POSSIBLE
PINEY WOODS WEAK VORT) THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN TANDEM WITH
NORTH(EAST)ERN FA 06-12Z QPF. DUE TO THIS...WILL HOLD ON TO OVERNIGHT
20 POPS. ANALOG TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE FIELDS IN RELATION TO
RECENT DAYS. THE ONLY SUBTLE CAVEAT BEING THAT OF A DRIER EASTERN
AIR MASS MIXING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON...LOWERING SFC TDS DOWN INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 60S. THIS WILL BRIEFLY DRIVE AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES DOWN INTO THE AVERAGE MIDDLE 30 PERCENTILE.

[Ptarmigan]

There is hope as shown by GFS and EURO. Both show an inverted trough and TUTT over the western Gulf of Mexico.

12zGFS 500mb Height Anomalies for Saturday July 7.


0zECMWF 500mb Height Anomalies for Saturday July 7.

[srainhoutx]

The Euro continues to advertise an Upper Low traversing the Gulf in the coming week. Rain chances could increase later in the week if that model is correct.

[srainhoutx]

Sea breeze slowly working inland and storms are beginning to fire to the NE and SW of the Metro Houston area...

[srainhoutx]

IAH has hit 100F this hour while it is 101F at my location.

[sleetstorm]

What is the current status of all of the wildfires here in Texas?

[tireman4]

I see storm clouds at a distance to my north....woo hooo will it make it to Humble?

[tireman4]

Wow that thing has just mushroomed. Wow. I am not sure we ( Humble) will get in on the action, but it has covered the sun and thus cooled it down a little.

[jgreak]

quick half an inch here in kingwood

[BoonDog]

Longest lasting rainfall we have had in a year here in spring

[biggerbyte]

Well, they say to be careful what you wish for. It is bad here in Porter, Montgomery County. Not complaining, at all, however. Glorious rain. Yes!

[singlemom]

Wow! What a downpour here in Spring! Well over an inch of rain as well. Only downside is that we had continuous power surges and blackouts, but after being missed on so man pop up showers it was soooo nice to finally get some sustained rain!

PS: Cub Scout Day Camp.....*shakes head* the kids were great but when we got back in the car the temp was 105-108 (regardless was the official temp said it was hotter - esp. with heat index). Kids were dropping like flies from dehydration....and I'm still sick from it. We even had coyotes in the camp (complete with HPD watches). Can't believe there wasn't a heat advisory at some point.

[redneckweather]

Played a bunch of disc golf today with my son and dang was it hot. He is a weather freak also and we watched storms dance around us playing on a course off of Woodlands Parkway. We left and decided to play another course in River Plantation (Conroe) and while driving down Woodlands Parkway towards I-45, we hit a very nice hard rain shower! We road with our windows down and hands out the window! Man did that feel good! Of course when we got home, not a drop of rain here.

[cisa]

That was crazy tonight out in Porter. Tons of lightening and rain.