Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a COLD FRONT!!!!!
A little piece of hell has been hanging out overhead most of the summer reminding us to repent and wear sackcloth and ashes. The end is nigh – for the infernal high pressure that’s been plaguing us all summer. It won’t go out without a fight, but it is going away next week. Good riddance. […]
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August 16, 2023 12 noon tropical analysis for the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecast for the week of June 26, 2023
Today is the 14th consecutive day a heat advisory or excessive heat warning has been in place for the area. Climatologically, when a significant high pressure sets up over Southeast Texas in the summer the system tends to stay relatively in place for 2-3 weeks before a change in the synoptic scale pattern changes causing […]
Forecast for the week of June 18
No real change in the overall weather pattern for this week. Summertime high pressure systems can be persistent, and the high from Mexico that has brought us the heat is here to stay for a while. Persistent isn’t immobile, and the way the high pressure moves will create some differences in the week ahead. The […]
Forecast for the week of May 28th
The weather will start out with a sharp precipitation gradient across the area for Memorial Day extending into Tuesday morning. A trough will approach from the west and slowly move through the area. After the trough clears the area weak high pressure will be the primary weather influence until the weekend when we return to […]