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It feels like it has been eons, but the last time it rained in the Houston area with any meaning was back on July 7th, or only about 10 days ago. Today will be our best chance since then at seeing some showers. Fortunately, we don’t foresee rain chances truly dropping to zero again anytime […]
Read MoreWelcome to Eye on the Tropics, Powered by Reliant. With the formation of Fay last week, we’re off to the fastest start on record in the Atlantic basin if you used named storms as your benchmark. Thankfully, we are setup right now for a bit of a quiet period, possibly through the end of July. […]
Read MoreThursday was officially the hottest day of 2020 so far. We topped off at 98º yesterday at Bush Intercontinental Airport and 96º (good for second hottest) at Hobby. The forecast for the next week is what we in meteorology call a “persistence” forecast. It is what it sounds like. Today will be a similar version […]
Read MoreLast week, we discussed how 2020 had started off tremendously fast but slowed a bit. We’re coming out of that lull now, but thankfully what we are amassing is mostly curiosity rather than any serious impacts. Tropical outlook in a sentence While another system is possible off the East Coast, the Gulf is not expected […]
Read MoreWe topped off (officially) at 97° on Thursday, tying yesterday with June 9th for the hottest day of 2020 so far. Perhaps we could make a run today for…. Maybe. If not, there is a valid chance we could do it Saturday or Sunday as well. Either way, expect a hot holiday weekend, and be […]
Read MoreThe 2020 Atlantic hurricane season got off to an early and fiercely active start back in May and early June, which had many people justifiably on edge wondering what was to come. Now, here we are on June 30th and we’ve had one additional storm since Cristobal made landfall in Louisiana at the beginning of […]
Read MoreSaharan dust just began to infiltrate the Houston area yesterday, and it was not yet thick enough to obscure the sunset, which proved to be a real treat in spots. The sky is putting on quite a show in Aggieland this evening. @KBTXShel @BillyForney3 @NWSHouston pic.twitter.com/ce45ifzNGM — Danny McConnell (@dannytamucc) June 26, 2020 Compare that […]
Read MoreToday ended up being a mostly quiet one again for most of the region, with just a few showers here and there. Rainfall since about 7 AM today has been more than manageable with most areas seeing minor amounts. A couple areas, notably up toward Conroe and south toward Santa Fe and Galveston have seen […]
Read MoreOver the last couple weeks, I’ve turned into a statistics machine, focused on one value: Dewpoints. Not gonna lie, it’s been fun. Anyway, here’s another one for you today: As of yesterday evening, we had amassed 132 hours of dewpoint values at or below 65°F this month. Since 1990, the most hours in the month […]
Read MoreSince Wednesday’s cold front, Houston has had 50 consecutive hours of dewpoints below 60°, which continue as of 7 AM Friday. Recall, dewpoint is a much better gauge of “comfort” in summer than relative humidity, and for Houston anything below 65° generally feels really nice this time of year. Anything in the 50s is very […]
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