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Sorry for the delay: Groceries and kids and life get in the way sometimes! Eric and I spoke earlier this evening and agreed that we have enough evidence right now to upgrade to Stage 3 on the SCW Flood Scale. As we note on the SCW Flood Scale page, a …
Read MoreWe continue to monitor Invest 94L Potential Tropical Cyclone 14 Tropical Storm Nicholas in the Bay of Campeche, which is likely to become a tropical storm before the day (or possibly the morning) is out. As I write this, hurricane hunters are investigating the storm and they have found tropical …
Read MoreFor some folks, today is the coolest morning in months! Crockett, for instance, is down into the 50s. IAH, at least as of 6 A.M. has not gotten under 70 just yet. We will see if we can match our cool day of the week (69° on Wednesday) or even …
Read MoreHappy Sunday everyone! We hope your weekend has been going well so far. The weather has certainly cooperated for the most part. The rest of today should behave similarly. We just wanted to post about a couple things since we sort of left the weather situation for the upcoming week …
Read MoreGood evening! One of the things we’re trying hard to do this year is meet more readers in ways that are comfortable for them or they find to be the most useful for getting weather information. We’ve developed an app and started a Spanish language site, spearheaded by Houston meteorologist …
Read MoreWe saw some heavy rain in spots yesterday, with Spring Branch picking up almost 3 inches of rain, while the areas near Addicks, Oak Forest, and just west of The Woodlands saw 1 to 2 inches of rain. Another mini-bullseye occurred along the Houston Ship Channel in Galena Park, as …
Read MoreGood Saturday morning. Ida is strengthening steadily this morning as it moves into the heart of the exceptionally warm Gulf waters between Cuba and Louisiana. Not much has changed since yesterday in terms of the forecast track or, unfortunately, forecast intensity. If you look at the satellite loop above, Hurricane …
Read MoreGood morning. Some locally heavy rainfall since Thursday evening has added up to over an inch between La Porte and Seabrook and 2 to 3 inches or even a bit more right on the Brazoria/Galveston County line between Alvin and Pearland. We aren’t done with rain just yet. Today This …
Read MoreGood afternoon! There has not been much change in weather modeling since this morning, which is a good thing for Houston, as that means we expect, with fairly high confidence that Tropical Storm Ida will stay well east of the Houston area, causing only some fringe impacts along the coast. …
Read MoreThursday saw the beginning of the transition from our wet pattern this week to a much drier one as we head into the weekend. Recent rain totals have varied widely across the area. Let’s quickly just look at rain totals for the last 7 days. Since last week, we’ve seen …
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