txflagwaver wrote:About a half inch here so far...rains pretty hard but only for a few minutes. Happy it's not flooding though, and happy to get some rain period.
Even with the drought and dry ground, that will cause issues in developed areas with paved roads.
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No issues here...not even minor street flooding..and as the air is cooler now they seem to be losing their punch. It has been thundering but no rain for a while. Again, glad it's not flooding, but the coastline not getting as much as previously thought.
Thank to you both. That helps. I know we got a ton rain here in Porter last night. I was starting to get a bit concerned b/c it was coming down so fast. Happy to get it though.
3.62" Here IMBY in Beaumont, but as you can see from the total precip map above just east of Beaumont over in Orange county and Liberty county are the winners of the most precip from this event. Wish I had more, but with 3.62" in the bank, I'm not complaining! Also looks like almost everyone had decent rains. 3" looks fairly common. Not too shabby!
As the Eddie Rabbit song goes "I love a Rainy night". Been awhile since I've been able to sing that one! More rain this morning and temps are absolutely glorious!
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 PM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
1. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES EAST OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. WHILE PRESSURES ARE LOW IN THIS AREA...THE
ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY POORLY ORGANIZED DUE TO
UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS AND DRY AIR. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO
DRIFT NORTHEASTWARD AND MERGE WITH A FRONTAL ZONE DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...NEAR 0 PERCENT...OF
BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND A LOW
CHANCE...NEAR 0 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE
NEXT 5 DAYS.
WOW. So it's going to move onshore but do a whole lot of nothing:
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
319 PM CDT MON SEP 23 2013
.DISCUSSION... SFC ANALYSIS HAS LOW PRESSURE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES OFF THE
COAST SOUTH OF GALVESTON IN THE NW GULF. CONVECTION HAS BEEN A BIT
MORE ORGANIZED AROUND AN ELONGATED CIRCULATION SEEN ON VIS
SATELLITE IMAGERY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW QUITE A
BIT OF DRY AIR AROUND THE SYSTEM SO DO NOT SEE THERE BEING ANY
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT AT ALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS
HAS UPPER LOW OVER THE ROCKIES WHICH HAS NOW PULLED INTO THE
PLAINS PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. SUSPECT THIS ALONG WITH
CYCLOGENESIS IN THE PLAINS WILL HELP TO TRY AND DRAW THE GULF
CIRCULATION TOWARDS THE COAST TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. FORECAST WILL
KEEP SOME SMALL RAIN CHANCES ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT INTO TUE
BUT REALLY NOT EXPECTED MUCH PRECIP FOR INLAND AREAS.
Interesting - mesonanalysis shows pws of 2.2" not far offshore. Dew points have also been steadily creeping up. I wonder if we have a decent shot of some 'surprise' bands of rain tomorrow.
Slight rain chances along the coast as the weak Gulf low moves E away from SE TX. Seeing some light showers from SW of Houston across downtown with heavier showers to the NE of the Houston area. Dry air will filter in behind the low today leading to some warmer days but refreshing evenings through the rest of the week. Rain chance look to increase over the weekend with another front possible.
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