May Weather Discussions. Drougnt Continues For Houston

[srainhoutx]

Power out now. Nice to see rain after a long dry spell!

[redneckweather]

My wife called and said the line hit with a little wind and nothing but sprinkles and very light rain. She just texted right now....still very light rain, kind of a sprinkle. Unreal.

[weatherag]

Heavy wind and rain right now in Richmond. Numerous Tree limbs down.

[unome]

rotating thunderstorms on wundermap http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

[srainhoutx]

Absolutely pouring up here. Winds gusting in the low 30's.

[Andrew]

Goood gusts here in NW Harris. Really dark now.

[unome]

if you have teens getting out of school soon, plz ask them to wait out the rain, if it's bad in your area

[tireman4]

Getting really dark in the Gulfgate area. Here it comes.

[Mr. T]

Clouds this afternoon have kept stability down this afternoon enough to where this will be a nice downpour instead of a big severe day

[Katdaddy]

Dark and windy in downtown. Winds gusting around 30mph. Heavy rain approaching from W Houston.

[wxman57]

Line definitely appears to be breaking up now. Cloud tops warming fast. We'll get some rain, though, but probably not inches.

[wxman57]

Clouds this afternoon have kept stability down this afternoon enough to where this will be a nice downpour instead of a big severe day

Note that the Univ. of Houston launched a radiosonde at 18Z today. Results from the launch indicate much drier air aloft than the GFS was forecasting. And the airmass is more stable than models indicated.

[Houstonkid]

Experts, I hate to make myself look so stupid but why is it not raining harder? I am at 290/Hollister area and looking out the window it is not raining as hard as the radar indicates, we are getting a light rain at best.

[redneckweather]

Experts, I hate to make myself look so stupid but why is it not raining harder? I am at 290/Hollister area and looking out the window it is not raining as hard as the radar indicates, we are getting a light rain at best.

That is EXACTLY what is going on over here at Rayford/Sawdust in the Spring area. Radar shows reds/oranges over me and it's nothing but a very light rain. My wife texted me again just a bit ago and still nothing but a very light rain near the Lake Conroe Dam area. The leading edge came through an hour ago up that way...no hard rain at all.

[jasons2k]

Same thing here at Bellaire and the West Loop. Dark Reds passed over according to the radar, but the rain was mostly just light rain. Strange indeed.

[sleetstorm]

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

[weatherguy425]

wxman mentioned drier air aloft. Maybe evaporation?

[srainhoutx]

HGX indicated the cap was a bit stronger in the mid day aviation update. It appears,that,is the case as wxman57 mentioned with the U of H sounding. Those of us lucky enough to get heavier rainfall are grateful. Oh, and the power is still out at my location.

[Andrew]

HGX indicated the cap was a bit stronger in the mid day aviation update. It appears,that,is the case as wxman57 mentioned with the U of H sounding. Those of us lucky enough to get heavier rainfall are grateful. Oh, and the power is still out at my location.

We need more soundings around here. Anyways I am getting a good amount of rain.

[unome]

a happy little .87" of rain over here (if it's accurate) http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... =KTXDRYCR1

that's more than we've had in a very long time & I don't owe the MUD one red cent for it