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Thursday was a day for the books in Houston. Hobby hit 107°, Huntsville hit 111°, but the 109° at Bush is only the third time on record we’ve ever recorded a temperature that hot in Houston. It was last done on August 27, 2011 and prior to that on September …
Read MoreGood morning. Heat remains the dominant storyline of our forecast for the remainder of August, and conditions look to be especially warm from now through the weekend. However, I’m watching for a chance of showers this afternoon and early evening, and for some potential changes in the forecast next week. …
Read MoreGood morning. Before jumping into the forecast I want to briefly touch on Tuesday’s rainfall, as well as our brief reprieve from extremely hot weather. First, the rainfall. Parts of Galveston and Brazoria counties received a few tenths of an inch of rain from fading Tropical Storm Harold on Tuesday. …
Read MoreAs we’ve been telling you since Friday, the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico—which was upgraded to Tropical Storm Harold overnight—is going to go far enough south of the Houston metro region to preclude us from seeing significant effects. We’ll see some easterly breezes, with decent gusts, and we’ll …
Read MoreThe National Hurricane Center upgraded Invest 91L in the Gulf to Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 this morning, and since its potential has been realized, it is now Tropical Depression 9. Despite these changes, which were mostly expected, not much has changed from our morning post in terms of expected impacts …
Read MoreSunday was blazing hot as upper-level high pressure continued to bake Texas. Nearly all meteorological sites across the region broke daily high records, in some cases smashing them. The city’s “official” measuring station, presently located at Bush Intercontinental Airport, reached 108°. This is one degree short of the city’ all-time …
Read MoreHappy Sunday, everyone. This weekend’s tropics update is a copy of what appeared on our sister hurricane site, The Eyewall, earlier today. It provides a full information on Hilary, the Gulf system, and all of the other activity ongoing in the Atlantic basin. In regard to Houston’s forecast in particular, …
Read MoreWell, this is not great news I’m afraid. On Thursday the US Drought Monitor upgraded much of the Houston area to “extreme drought” conditions, with the remainder of the region in a “severe” drought. All one needs to do is look around at the area’s brown grass, or the sagging …
Read MoreGood morning. In the big picture, Houston’s overall forecast remains largely the same. After some lovely, drier air we’re back into high humidity and high heat through the weekend. By Monday, we’ll be watching the Gulf of Mexico with bated breath, to see whether a tropical system brings much needed …
Read MoreI don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea. In the big picture, the remainder of August looks very hot. There is just no way to sugarcoat that. However, there are some subtleties in the forecast to keep things interesting, including modestly low humidity today, and a tropical wave in …
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