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August rains brought gusty winds, blowing dust, and lightning to the Texas Panhandle last evening. Everyone else baked under the summer sun, and guess what? Thatâs precisely what weâre going to have happen today, too. It is August, after all. The only way weâll typically get widespread rains and below-average temperatures is from a hurricane. […]
August has arrived, and the weather in Texas is much like youâd expect⦠hot with a side of dust, wildfire smoke, and humidity. Truth be told, while it will be hot, it still isnât to the extreme that the previous two summers brought. We even have a chance to discuss spotty thunderstorms! High temperatures across […]
Saharan dust from Africa will make a return to Texas beginning today. A higher concentration of dust will likely create a noticeable haze across the eastern half of Texas Today, Thursday, and Friday. Most of the dust will remain in the upper levels of the atmosphere. However, modest low-level visibility reductions canât be ruled out. […]
The small break from summer was nice while it lasted, but that hiatus has ended. Widespread rain chances have ended, and the upper-level ‘heat dome’ has returned to the southern United States. With the area of high pressure aloft, subsidence (sinking air) has kept rain chances at bay. High temperatures are back into the 90s […]
Torrential rain is impacting parts of the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast this morning. In the past few hours, nearly eight inches of rain has fallen in Dickinson, just south of Houston, toward Galveston County. There is considerable street flooding, and all the water will take a while to drain. We almost had a waterspout/tornado issue […]
Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected again today across the Texas Gulf Coast, Rio Grande Valley, Coastal Bend, Coastal Plains, and Southeast Texas. Heavy rainfall may result in localized flash flooding â with high water on roads and rapid rises on streams, creeks, and rivers. Rain chances will be highest during the afternoon, but precipitation […]
Heavy rain will threaten localized flooding in the southeastern third of Texas this week, including today. High water on roads and rises on streams, creeks, bayous, and lakes are anticipated. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms will also bring frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and tropical funnel clouds. Beyond that, cooler weather will continue across the southeastern […]
As we escape the heat dome, an unsettled summer week is forecast across Texas. Plentiful moisture and no sinking air over our region mean we can crank out popup showers and storms daily this week. Today, there will be scattered storms across most of Texas. Widespread severe weather isnât expected, but strong wind gusts, small […]
Having one of the wetter ends to July, which we’ve seen in recent summers, wasn’t on my bingo card this year. However, sometimes things line up, and we end up on the ‘good side’ of the weather coin. While the West Coast bakes, we’re setting up for less hot temperatures and above-average rain chances. Today […]
A rare summer cool front and pattern change will bring rain chances to Texas well into next week. Spotty storms are expected today and on Friday, but even higher rain chances will begin this weekend and continue through the first half of next week. One to four inches of rain may fall by Tuesday morning […]