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Not a ton of storms yesterday, but those that did occur were noisy, and one even produced a tornado in northwest Harris County. Tornadoes aren’t exactly commonplace in summertime storms around here, and nothing about yesterday was especially remarkable from a severe weather risk standpoint. This tornado may have been …
Read MoreThere was nothing inherently special about yesterday. We had some sun, some clouds, some haze from passing wildfire smoke. But we only managed to hit 89° officially at Bush Airport with dew point temperatures in the 60s for the majority of the day. For August, that is almost as good …
Read MoreLately, I’ve enjoyed opening these posts with a comparison to where we were in 2020 at this time. By August 3rd of last year, we were watching Hurricane Isaias approach the East Coast, and Tropical Depression 10 had recently dissipated. We were actually heading into a lull period, as Josephine …
Read MoreNot a whole lot to cover in this morning’s post, which is good news for most of us. But there are a couple things we’ll dig in on, mainly heat index values this weekend and rain chances with the cold front next week. Today through Sunday All of the next …
Read MoreThe last time we had a tropics post was back on July 13th, and since then zero storms have formed. By July 30, 2020 Isaias had formed. We’re still stuck on Elsa this year, and I hope no one is complaining. It would seem that the next week or two, …
Read MoreWhile it hasn’t exactly been chilly this summer, at least July has been running a couple degrees below average for Houston. We’re now set to, in the words of Emeril Lagasse, “kick it up a notch” this weekend. Let’s rock and roll. Today High pressure is going to begin to …
Read MoreWe’ve had quite a 12 hours of storms across the region, particularly from just north of I-10 south to the coast, with some impressive lightning and heavy rainfall. The highest 24 hour total I can find on the Harris County Food Control website is just a hair over 3 inches …
Read MoreAfter a frenetic start to the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, we’re settling down into a bit of a quiet period, and I am sure no one is complaining. Last week saw Elsa, which was the earliest “E” storm on record. We’ve already fallen off 2020’s insane pace however, as Fay …
Read MoreWell, the rains of last night didn’t get going until very late in any organized capacity. So the significant flooding feared last night southwest of Houston never materialized. That’s good news for sure. But that has changed this morning. This morning We have a pretty healthy area of rainfall this …
Read MoreEric and I just want to provide a quick update on the situation that is expected to evolve tonight southwest of the Houston metro area. There have been a few things that have come together today to lead us to think a significant thump of rain is possible in the …
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