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24% Ahead of Rainfall for Year, Houston Slips into Drought

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:17:08 +0000

10/18/24 – According to the US Drought Monitor, Houston has officially slipped into a moderate drought. Talk about wacky weather. According to the National Weather Service, the Houston area has already recorded its average annual rainfall – with two and a half months left in the year. NOAA shows that normally we receive 41.52 inches […]

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Forecasters Predict Very Active 2024 Hurricane Season in Gulf

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:17:01 +0000

In January, I published a post about a British firm, TropicalStormRisk.com, that predicted an extreme 2024 hurricane season. It’s still early in the year, so any forecasts have a higher-than-normal degree of uncertainty. However, more and more forecasters and model runs are pointing to the alignment of several factors that increase hurricane/tropical activity. They include […]

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NWS Says La Niña Has Ended, Likely Impact on Weather

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:30:11 +0000

On March 9, 2023, the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service (NWS) announced that La Niña conditions which persisted for 3-years have finally ended. But we are not shifting directly into El Niño. Instead, we’re entering a transitional phase. NWS expects neutral conditions to continue through the Northern Hemisphere into spring and early […]

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Big Picture

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:18:25 +0000

It’s always nice to start the new year by looking at the big picture. And big pictures don’t get much bigger than this. The image below comes from NOAA’s Global Data Explorer. It shows sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific and Atlantic. Reds show areas with warmer than normal temperatures. Blues are cooler. Degrees […]

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Strong to Severe Storms Could Bring 2 – 3 Inches Saturday

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:32:40 +0000

Jeff, Lindner, Harris County’s meteorologist, predicts strong to severe storms Saturday that could bring heavy rains. He says most locations will receive .50 to 1.5 inches of rain. But some isolated areas could see 2- 3 inches. Near Record Warmth Again with Moist, Onshore Flow According to Lindner, record and near record warmth will continue […]

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