Texas Summer - 2013

[JDawg512]

Hey sorry been busy with classes. Got 2 good downpours over at the ACC North ridge campus yesterday but not much falling here where I live.
As far as the latest model I'll hold out a day or 2 more before I give up on a northerly track. These systems are hard to pin down and we still have some time before they begin to get a good handle on where it will ultimately end up.

[horselattitudesfarm]

For all you Star Wars fans: Here is the NWS discussion I found for what was to be our 'New Hope': It looks like Tex-Tatooine will keep on being Tex-Tatooine (my new name for our 'lovely' state). Keep on hoping, even if it is false hope:

"ATTENTION HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE OVER THE WEEKEND. MODELS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A TROPICAL
SYSTEM AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARD A CONSENSUS SOLUTION OF A TRACK
INTO CENTRAL MEXICO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH UPPER RIDGING NOW
EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER AND CENTERED MORE WESTWARD
ACROSS TEXAS...A MEXICO LANDFALL WOULD SEEM LIKELY. EARLIER RUNS
ALSO ALLOWED FOR SOME OF THE REMNANT MOISTURE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD
INTO TEXAS BY MIDWEEK...BUT EVEN THAT NOW SEEMS A LITTLE LESS
LIKELY. "

Of course the ridge is stronger over Texas than models expected.....was there any doubt!

[horselattitudesfarm]

Its amazing how many times I see the word 'WEAK' in the forecast discussions concerning any forces conducive to rain or cooler weather, but I always see the word 'STRONG' when it comes to discussing high pressure or ridges or forces causing us to be hot or dry. Also, since when did fronts have to use the backdoor in order to enter North Texas! (backing in from the northeast). Back in the good ole days they used to blast through here and almost knock the front door off the hinges sometimes (My front door faces north).

[weatherdude1108]

Not a drought-buster by any means, but several days of scattered activity is better than a mid to upper 90s death ridge moisture-starved negative PDO rut we've been in for several Springs and Summers/Falls.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
253 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2013

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ROTATING ACROSS THE
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF
THE LOW INTO OUR AREA. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWEST
AND INTO NORTHEAST MEXICO ON FRIDAY. AS IT DOES THAT...AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH SATURDAY AND KEEP THE AREA RELATIVELY DRY AND WARM.
HOWEVER...CAN`T RULED OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST COUNTIES THIS
AFTERNOON AS MODERATE INSTABILITY REMAINS. FOR TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS
WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS THE HILL
COUNTRY AND IN THE LOWER 70S ELSEWHERE. ON FRIDAY...A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH TO THE
SOUTHEAST AND MAY GENERATE A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...OTHERWISE...A
PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S IS
ANTICIPATED.

&&

.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS TO PUSH EASTWARD OVER THE
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ENTERS
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL
ALLOW AN UPPER INVERTED TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE TROPICAL
SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO WATERS TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA AND GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY
AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER GIVES A HIGH CHANCE OF 90 PERCENT TO THIS AREA OF
DISTURB WEATHER OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO OF BECOMING A
TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS. LATEST GFS/ECMWF MODEL
RUNS SHOW THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ENTERING LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY(ECMWF FASTER THAN GFS SOLUTION) ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
MEXICAN COAST SOMEWHERE FROM VERACRUZ TO TAMPICO...MEXICO(THIS IS
MORE THAN 400 MILES AWAY FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AREA). HOWEVER...WE
WILL GET ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AS SOUTHERLY FLOW
DOMINATES THROUGH THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO PROMOTE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SEVERAL DAYS NEXT WEEK. BY
THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK...AN UPPER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH FROM THE EAST AND DECREASE CHANCES OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY.

[Portastorm]

And personally, I think this is a low bar they are establishing. The moisture return and potential rain could be much more substantial as based on the 6z GFS and the 12z Euro and associated ensembles. JMO.

[horselattitudesfarm]

I'm glad you guys have at least some weather to talk about down there.....Its hopeless here. Amazing how hot and still it is with a scummy haze across the hot stagnant lake behind our house that looks like a very dirty mirror.

[Rgv20]

Special Weather Statement out of the NWS in Brownsville

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
919 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2013

TXZ248>257-131000-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...
SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...
MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...
PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
919 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2013

...POTENTIAL TROPICAL IMPACTS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN HAS FORMED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO. THIS DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY
ACROSS THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON FRIDAY AND THEN
START MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MOVING
INLAND ALONG THE EASTERN MEXICO COASTLINE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

AS THIS SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THIS STEADY SUPPLY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SET THE STAGE
FOR INCREASING RAIN CHANCES THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WITH THE CONVECTION BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD SUNDAY AND
MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MOVES CLOSER TO THE
COASTLINE OF MEXICO.

RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE IMPACT OF THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL
RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEY AND 2 TO 5 INCHES
ELSEWHERE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AS THE RAINFALL TOTALS INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE POTENTIAL FOR NUISANCE URBAN
FLOODING WILL ALSO INCREASE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALREADY SATURATED
BY RECENT RAINS AND THOSE LOW LYING AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD TAKE THE TIME NOW AND CLEAR
DRAINAGE DITCHES...CANALS...CUT GRASSES AND REMOVE ITEMS THAT MAY
CUT OFF SEWER ACCESS. SOME PASTURES MAY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVIER RAINFALL SO FAR THIS MONTH.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE LIVESTOCK OUT OF LOW LYING
AREAS TO HIGHER GROUND.

INCREASED SWELL ACTIVITY WILL START TO IMPACT THE LOWER TEXAS
COASTLINE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH MONDAY AND WILL THEN START TO
DIMINISH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THESE INCREASING SWELLS WILL
RESULT IN VERY ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE SURF WILL LIKELY
REACH OR EXCEED HEAD HEIGHT FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. SWIMMERS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO STAY OUT OF THE SURF WATERS
LATER THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WHEN THE RIP
CURRENTS AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE THE ROUGHEST AND MOST
DANGEROUS.

TIDES WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS BY
THIS WEEKEND WITH THE ELEVATED TIDES PERSISTING INTO MONDAY. THE
BREAKING GULF WAVES WILL LIKELY PUSH SEA WATER UP TO THE DUNES OF
PADRE ISLAND STARTING SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY AND
MONDAY AND POSSIBLY TUESDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
BEACH EROSION. EXPECT PUBLIC BEACHES TO BE INACCESSIBLE AS EARLY
AS SATURDAY AND WILL REMAIN INACCESSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY...MONDAY
AND POSSIBLY TUESDAY. DO NOT PLAN ON DRIVING ON PUBLIC BEACHES
AFTER FRIDAY.

RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE COASTAL AREAS SHOULD PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN. RESIDENTS AND MARINERS ALONG
THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND MARINE FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.

&&

FOR ALL YOUR LOCAL WEATHER NEEDS...GO TO

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV.

$$

SPEECE

[horselattitudesfarm]

“The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

[Portastorm]

“The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Geez, you're on a roll aren't you?!

I thought I was the only one who griped about no rain around here. Well, neither one of us are going to like the developments in the Bay of Campeche this morning. TD-10 looks more and more like a non-factor for most of Texas.

[Tireman4]

“The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Oh great. Steinbeck. Favorite book. Favorite movie. Also where my dissertation research is ( that timeframe). LOL

[Rgv20]

NWS Morning discussion out of Brownsville..

SATURDAY...DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE...ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TEN...WILL PUSH INTO THE BRO CWFA FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT...WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO
DAYTIME HIGHS FORECAST FOR FRIDAY.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NUMEROUS POTENTIAL HAZARDS AND SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN THE LONG
TERM PERIOD.

TROPICAL CYCLONE WIND...
BY SUNDAY WHAT IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN IS FORECAST TO BE
ROUGHLY 200 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER MOVING
ONSHORE OVER TAMAULIPAS. IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE AVERAGE
TRACK ERROR AT THIS TIME RANGE/72 HOURS/ IS ABOUT 100 NM...AND
AVERAGE INTENSITY ERRORS ARE AROUND 15KTS. SO EXPECT FURTHER COURSE
CORRECTIONS TO THE FORECAST REGARDING THIS SYSTEM...USERS ARE
REFERRED ESPECIALLY TO THE NHC WIND SPEED PROBABILITY
TABLES/GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT HURRICANES.GOV FOR HIGHLY RELIABLE
PROBABILITY GUIDANCE REGARDING CORE WIND SPEEDS. AT THIS STAGE THE
PROBABILITY OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE IS AROUND 22
PERCENT...IN IMMEDIATELY COASTAL CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. THAT
PROBABILITY DROPS SIGNIFICANTLY AS YOU MOVE INLAND...TO AROUND 1 IN
10 FOR MOST OF THE RGV METROPOLITAN AREAS. RESIDENTS...SPECIFICALLY
THOSE ALONG THE COAST ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. THE GRADIENT FROM INTERACTION OF HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL INCREASE
OVERALL WIND SPEEDS AND KEEP GUSTY WINDS BLOWING LONGER...LIKELY FOR
PARTS OF SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING...
BASED ON THE FORECAST FOR THE TROPICAL CYCLONE AND THE DEEP MOIST
ONSHORE FLOW RAIN CHANCES INCREASE MARKEDLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED TO OUR WEST BEGINS TO
BE PULLED INTO THE MAIN POLAR JET SYSTEM AND STRETCHES NORTHWARD
LEAVING THE REGION IN A FAIRLY STRONG RIGHT EXIT REGION INCREASING
UPPER DIVERGENCE. THIS LOW MAY INTERACT TO CREATE A PRECURSOR RAIN
EVENT OF SORTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF
THE DEEPER TROPICAL CYCLONE MOISTURE. AS THE CYCLONE MOVES ONSHORE
RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE AND STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SHOULD
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT RAYMONDVILLE
SOUTH WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN POTENTIAL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. NEW
QPF GRIDS PRODUCE AROUND 5 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...WITH CLOSER TO 3 INCHES OVER THE RANCHLANDS. THIS IS IN
PRETTY CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH WPC QPF GUIDANCE. BY SUNDAY 6 HOUR FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE WILL BE ABOUT 3 INCHES PER HOUR SO WE ARE NOT
EXPLICITLY FORECASTING A FLASH FLOOD SCENARIO BUT THE POTENTIAL
DEFINITELY EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND IF THINGS COME TOGETHER
MORE SIGNIFICANT INLAND/FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES.

MARINE HAZARDS...
CONFIDENCE HOWEVER IN STRONG MARINE WINDS...AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS
INLAND IS INCREASING THIS MORNING AS THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE CYCLONE
IS EXPECTED TO INTERACT WITH BROAD AND STRONG LOW LEVEL HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF AND SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
THIS WILL PRODUCE A LONG FETCH OF EAST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER 20
KNOTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL EXISTING FOR GALE FORCE GUSTS SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS TROUGHING
REBUILDS IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. SEAS OF 10 TO 13 FEET WILL
BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR EARLIER IF WINDS INCREASE
FASTER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. MARINERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS WHEN MAKING PLANNING DECISIONS.

COASTAL FLOODING...
THIS LONG FETCH OF STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH
ASTRONOMICAL TIDAL RANGES AROUND 1.8 TO 1.9 FEET AND DAMAGING
COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH THE
THREAT CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. WHILE IT IS NOT A CATEGORICAL
CERTAINTY AT THIS POINT...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ISSUE A
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH TO PROVIDE EXTRA LEAD TIME FOR RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES TO PREPARE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH THE
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING CONTINUES BUT
CONFIDENCE IS NOT QUITE HIGH ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE WATCH THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF WATER LEVELS RISING AROUND 5 FEET HIGHER THAN
NORMAL...WHICH WOULD PUT UP TO A FOOT OF WATER PAST THE DUNE LINES
AND POSSIBILITY INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. MANY LOCAL BEACH ACCESS
POINTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 100 NORTH OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
WILL ALSO LIKELY BE INACCESSIBLE. THE MAGNITUDE OF COASTAL FLOODING
WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE FINAL EXACT TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE
TROPICAL CYCLONE.

RIP CURRENTS/SURF...
SURF AT HEAD HEIGHT OR HIGHER WILL LIKELY OCCUR AT TIMES DURING
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIKELY.

[horselattitudesfarm]

Geez, you're on a roll aren't you?!

I thought I was the only one who griped about no rain around here. Well, neither one of us are going to like the developments in the Bay of Campeche this morning. TD-10 looks more and more like a non-factor for most of Texas.

I never considered it having a chance to come into Texas anyway: The force field over Texas is way too strong. Anyway, I wonder if we'll start seeing our flood and hurricane insurance along the coast start to drop. We should be making the insurance companies lots of money these days.
Its interesting how the persistent ridge not only is causing disaster in Texas with drought, but also causing disaster around its periphery with flooding in Colorado and, most likely, disastrous flooding in Mexico. We need to park giant mirrors out in space and change how sunlight hits the earth to move and destroy these ridges. Better yet, not let them form in the first place. Shade Northern Mexico and maybe they won't form here in the summer.

[Ntxw]

The Atlantic continues to fail us, should've known better . I still see westerlies coming into NA soon. The Autumnal equinox usually features a front near or shortly after, we'll probably get a "fall-ish front" around that period. AO is about to go negative in the transition of the seasons so we can start looking at it for cold air to march out of the northern latitudes.

[Tireman4]

Oh those HGX mets..they are a hoot.....


TIDE IMPACTS ACROSS
INLAND AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN COLLEGE STATION...EXPECTED TO BE
LOW THIS WEEKEND.


http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... glossary=1

[ravyrn]

When: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 8am
Where: Anywhere within the state of Texas and Louisiana
Event: Everyone bring fans outside, the bigger the better, aim the fans to the east, and turn that sucker on high! You can use your lungs to blow that ridge away also. Hope to have as many participants as possible.

[vbhoutex]

When: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 8am
Where: Anywhere within the state of Texas and Louisiana
Event: Everyone bring fans outside, the bigger the better, aim the fans to the east, and turn that sucker on high! You can use your lungs to blow that ridge away also. Hope to have as many participants as possible.

I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK!!! Fan is already set up!!

[horselattitudesfarm]

[vbhoutex]

Oh those HGX mets..they are a hoot.....


TIDE IMPACTS ACROSS
INLAND AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN COLLEGE STATION...EXPECTED TO BE
LOW THIS WEEKEND.


http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... glossary=1

Love it!!! Gig em!! Let the Tide roll out of town with...well you get the idea. Looks like a hot day for football in College Station!!

[gboudx]

Today was the 3rd day in a row of some rain at my little slice of heaven here in far Northwest Rockwall county. It didn't last long but it was water falling from the sky.

[Tireman4]

Ok, NTWX..talk to me. Look at your long range. When is the first "fall" front coming? Please tell me in the month of September. LOL