Texas Summer 2019

[TheProfessor]

The climate here in NOLA is definitely different. Average rainfall is around 7 inches for July and with today's rain we're probably right around that mark if not above it. Outside of one week it's been a very comfortable Summer and even the humidity hasn't been too bad outside that same week.

[Cpv17]

The climate here in NOLA is definitely different. Average rainfall is around 7 inches for July and with today's rain we're probably right around that mark if not above it. Outside of one week it's been a very comfortable Summer and even the humidity hasn't been too bad outside that same week.

When does it not rain there 7” or more a month? Lol

[TheProfessor]

The climate here in NOLA is definitely different. Average rainfall is around 7 inches for July and with today's rain we're probably right around that mark if not above it. Outside of one week it's been a very comfortable Summer and even the humidity hasn't been too bad outside that same week.

When does it not rain there 7” or more a month? Lol

They get less during the fall and winter months, but that's still 3-4 inches.

[ThunderSleetDreams]

32 days until climatological Fall
24 days until CFB kicks off

[SoupBone]

Leaves change color because of the decrease in sunlight and temps. The fall colors is the result of chlorophyll breaking down which makes them lose their green color. When trees drop/change color early, there is some underlying condition going on, usually stress from wet cool weather to hot and dry.

I get what Y'all are saying, I really do, but this is my entire neighborhood of 1500 homes. I'm having trouble accepting that my whole neighborhood and beyond is having a mass tree extinction.

And Yukon, can't you usher in Winter or at least Fall already? Silver and goooolllddd...

[weatherdude1108]

Those look like Sweetgum tree leaves?

[weatherdude1108]

Amazing how it has changed in July from wet and mild over the past Spring to June. Bummer.

[SoupBone]

:uarrow:
Those look like Sweetgum tree leaves?

Sweetgum, syacamore and pine!

[gpsnowman]

Ok I am done with the heat. This absolutely sucks. Bring on fall please.

[Brent]

July>August

By August its like just end already. Literally the only good thing is by the 18th the average high drops and the sunset is before 8pm by the end

[Yukon Cornelius]

Another day of 100°. I honestly think I hate summer more than anything else.

[weatherdude1108]

Bob Rose. At least he mentioned October is just TWO MONTHS AWAY.


Bob's Blog on Central Texas Weather

August Weather Shaping Up to be Hot and Oppressive.

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 3:17 PM

The first half of summer was somewhat tolerable, by Texas standards. Rainfall was above normal in June and the temperature were bearable. But the weather pattern changed in July, with the rain became less frequent and temperatures heating up. In fact, those dreaded triple-digit readings began showing up around mid-July. By late July, weather conditions were downright miserable, with very hot temperatures and no rain.

The National Weather Service issued their updated outlook for the month of August and unfortunately, it appears August weather will continue where July is leaving off. CPC forecasters believe the large ridge of high pressure currently located across the southern Rockies and the southern Plains states will remain over the same general for a good part of the month. The ridge is expected to cause more very hot temperatures across Central and South Texas. At the same time, the ridge is predicted to keep most storm systems away from the region, leading to below normal rainfall.

The official CPC outlook calls for increased odds temperatures will average above normal and slightly increased odds rainfall will average below normal.



The month of August is typically the hottest month of the year, with daily high temperatures averaging in the upper 90s. High temperatures often trend down the middle 90s by the 4th week of the month. Monthly rainfall generally averages between 2 and 3 inches.

Barring any potential tropical activity affecting Texas, August 2019 is shaping up to be quite hot and fairly dry. But keep in mind the month of October is just two months away!

Bob

https://www.lcra.org/water/river-and-we ... ather.aspx

[weatherdude1108]

Hmmm



Latest Monthly Assessment - Drought (D1 or drier) continued to remain at historically low levels (3.04%) across the lower 48 States as of July 23, slightly less than a month ago (3.30% on June 25). For August 2019, however, persistence and some short-term drought expansion should be more common than improvement since there was very little drought in the contiguous U.S. at the end of July. In the Northwest, good odds for above normal temperatures and minimal rainfall (their dry season) is expected as drought should persist and slightly expand eastward. August normally brings monsoonal moisture from Mexico northward into the Southwest, and with favorable chances for above-normal rainfall, this should finally eliminate the small D1 area in New Mexico from what was still left from a protracted and intense drought in the Four Corners Region during 2018 and into early 2019. In the Plains and Midwest, a wet Spring and early Summer discouraged deep (subsoil) root penetration for most plants, and with recent dryness and heat, the topsoil moisture has rapidly declined, leading to adverse crop impacts. With most forecasts favoring subnormal August rainfall, short-term (topsoil) drought development was anticipated in the eastern Corn Belt, upper Great Lakes region, and southern Plains, with expected above-normal monthly temperatures exacerbating the dryness in the latter area. In the Southeast, the lack of consistent forecasts, along with an unexpected wild card tropical system or two, left the small areas of D1 and D2 to persist.



Outside the contiguous U.S., the swath of drought across central Puerto Rico should improve in August as a recent increase in tropical waves has brought welcome rains to the island. With subnormal precipitation and above normal temperatures favored across the southern Alaskan coast during the month, drought should continue in the Kenai Peninsula and across the southeastern Alaskan Panhandle, along with possible development in-between these two areas of persistence. Farther north in the interior, August is typically one of the wettest months of the year, and with rainfall recently increasing, temperatures moderating, and forecasts favoring above-normal precipitation odds, drought should improve there. In Hawaii, August is a relatively dry time of year in the leeward areas, and they should remain in drought. With the El Niño fading, the normal trade winds are expected to return and bring the windward sides increased rainfall, hence the improvement on the northeast coast of the Big Island.



Forecaster: David Miskus/Adam Hartman

[SoupBone]

I honestly don't mind the heat, AS LONG as it keeps hurricanes away.

[Brent]

maybe some rain this weekend???

[gpsnowman]

maybe some rain this weekend???

That would be a nice but small break from the heat. It doesn't take a major heat wave to make me hate summer. Looks to be temps near 100 again after the weekend break. Counting the days till September. .......

[bubba hotep]

After busting high yesterday to hit 100, DFW busted low today and only got to 97, forecast for 99F

[Ntxw]

After busting high yesterday to hit 100, DFW busted low today and only got to 97, forecast for 99F

Winds today were from the southeast. In the summer months that can be considered "cold air advection" from the gulf/se tx. Yesterday winds were veering North/Northwest, warmer continental air.

[Ntxw]

July for DFW came in -0.7F below normal official (I consider anything between -1F and 1F to be within boundaries of close to normal) which is pretty good. Rainfall was 0.78" which is about half of normal so it was fairly dry.

Fall is creeping closer

We are also in the midst of a deep solar minimum. The sun is blank most days.

[SoupBone]

July for DFW came in -0.7F below normal official (I consider anything between -1F and 1F to be within boundaries of close to normal) which is pretty good. Rainfall was 0.78" which is about half of normal so it was fairly dry.

Fall is creeping closer

We are also in the midst of a deep solar minimum. The sun is blank most days.

Creeping? My trees say it's here man! Or they're all just dying from stress.