Texas Summer 2022

[TropicalTundra]

North Texas Regional Airport (just west of Denison) made it to 108 today. Forecast is for 110 tomorrow.

Wxman 57, perfect bike riding weather, right?

Haven’t seen him around here for a while. Somewhat strange.

Quite ironic how he’s always talking in the winter threads about how he wants warm weather yet goes missing in the summer threads.

[Cpv17]

North Texas Regional Airport (just west of Denison) made it to 108 today. Forecast is for 110 tomorrow.

Wxman 57, perfect bike riding weather, right?

Haven’t seen him around here for a while. Somewhat strange.

Quite ironic how he’s always talking in the winter threads about how he wants warm weather yet goes missing in the summer threads.

He frequents the tropical threads. He’s rarely on this thread during the summer.

[Ntxw]

North Texas Regional Airport (just west of Denison) made it to 108 today. Forecast is for 110 tomorrow.

Wxman 57, perfect bike riding weather, right?

Haven’t seen him around here for a while. Somewhat strange.

Quite ironic how he’s always talking in the winter threads about how he wants warm weather yet goes missing in the summer threads.

He frequents the tropical threads. He’s rarely on this thread during the summer.

Can we blame him? He always wins in the summer...it's never cold in TX. His posts would just be it's hot, or its really hot love it.

[Ntxw]

CPC map. Areas experiencing heatwave right now will probably go through another one next week after some *reprieve* down to low 100s due to ridge splitting. Though we may get more pop up showers with that ridge since it is more southeast focus until it builds back.

Early August will probably broaden the heat more nationally rather than just West and Central US. CIPS analogs still suggest very little meaningful rainfall.

[Cpv17]

CPC map. Areas experiencing heatwave right now will probably go through another one next week after some *reprieve* down to low 100s due to ridge splitting. Though we may get more pop up showers with that ridge since it is more southeast focus until it builds back.

Early August will probably broaden the heat more nationally rather than just West and Central US. CIPS analogs still suggest very little meaningful rainfall.

https://i.imgur.com/cA1AF7Y.png

Tropics may not offer much help either. We’ll see.

[Brent]

CPC map. Areas experiencing heatwave right now will probably go through another one next week after some *reprieve* down to low 100s due to ridge splitting. Though we may get more pop up showers with that ridge since it is more southeast focus until it builds back.

Early August will probably broaden the heat more nationally rather than just West and Central US. CIPS analogs still suggest very little meaningful rainfall.

https://i.imgur.com/cA1AF7Y.png

Tropics may not offer much help either. We’ll see.

Yeah I hate to say it but I could see the tropics being Mexico or Louisiana again. I hope at least a hurricane can maybe shakeup the long term pattern? Usually it does take a big storm to break these patterns

[HockeyTx82]

It was 85F at 5:45AM for my run this morning.

I'm done with this.

[jasons2k]

Morning update from Jeff Lindner:

Red Flag Warning from 1000am-1000pm: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker, and Washington Counties

Heat Advisory until 800pm: All counties except the coast

Overnight the Texas Forest Service has requested that the criteria for a local Red Flag Warning be lowered to humidity values of 25% and wind speeds of 15mph. Given this requested criteria, locations generally along and N of HWY 105 will meet these values by late morning into the late evening hours and a Red Flag Warning has been issued. Near critical fire weather conditions will be in place southward to near I-10 for this afternoon. As discussed previously, fuel loads have dried to the point where they are highly combustible and fires over the last 24-48 hours have shown rapid growth rates in both the ladder (medium) and crown (large…tree tops). This has been an escalation of the fire weather potential over the last few weeks where mainly the dried grasses (fine fuels) burned. Fire behavior on Monday in northern Walker County and Sunday in Trinity County indicate conditions have or are close to critical levels.

Nelson Creek Fire (Northern Walker County):
Fire is 1500 acres and 35% contained. Air and ground resources have been working the fire overnight in dense pines. Monday afternoon the fire burned nearly 1000 acres in about 3 hours with significant crown runs and forward spotting…both are rare for this area and generally not observed since the 2011 fires. Overnight fire behavior has been moderate, but with weather conditions deteriorating by late morning, expect forward progress on the fire’s north and northeast flanks to resume as southerly winds increase. Numerous agencies have/are responding to this fire including: Huntsville, Lovelady, Weldon, Trinity, Riverside, Crabb Prairie, Walker County, Trinity County, Texas Forest Service, DPS, and various local law enforcement. 12 dozer crews have worked the fire overnight cutting containment lines and have made good progress on the south and southwest sides of the fire. TFS single engine air tanker (SEAT) out of Brownwood has made several drops and additional air resources have been ordered for drops this morning to help in containment lines.

Any fire starts today will have the potential for rapid spread.

Fire Weather Conditions (1000am-1000pm today):

North of HWY 105:
Temperature: 102-106
Heat Index: 105-110
Humidity: 20-28%
Max Mixing Height: 6000-8500 ft
20ft Wind: S at 13-25mph
Transport Wind: S/SW 10-15 kts

North of I-10:
Temperature: 99-102
Heat Index: 105-110
Humidity: 25-40%
Max Mixing Height: 5000-7000 ft
20ft Wind: S at 13-25mph
Transport Wind: S 10-15kts

South of I-10:
Temperature: 96-100
Heat Index: 107-111
Humidity: 35-50%
Max Mixing Height: 4000-6000 ft
20 ft Wind: S 13-25mph (winds will become gusty with passage of the seabreeze late afternoon)
Transport Wind: SW 15 kts

Jeff Lindner

[jasons2k]

It was 85F at 5:45AM for my run this morning.

I'm done with this.

Yeah it was 81 for mine. Hot enough for me - geez it was brutal.

[Ralph's Weather]

Do y'all think the state record could tlbe threatened today? Is 120 possible around Vernon? May as well get something out of this heat. Aside from the heat an tiny spark in grass will likely start a significant fire today. Which could really be a problem in North and Northeast Texas if storms fire in Southeast Oklahoma and send outflows southwest. A dangerous day ahead especially north of I-10.

[BrokenGlassRepublicn]

Officially 1 month since the last measurable rainfall at my house. I have a sprinkler system that bases watering cycles off of ground moisture. My next water bill is going to be BRUTAL.

[Brent]

Officially 1 month since the last measurable rainfall at my house. I have a sprinkler system that bases watering cycles off of ground moisture. My next water bill is going to be BRUTAL.

Yeah we had our driest month stretch since the dust bowl here since mid June...

[Ntxw]

Do y'all think the state record could tlbe threatened today? Is 120 possible around Vernon? May as well get something out of this heat. Aside from the heat an tiny spark in grass will likely start a significant fire today. Which could really be a problem in North and Northeast Texas if storms fire in Southeast Oklahoma and send outflows southwest. A dangerous day ahead especially north of I-10.

Probably not. The current ridge is not centered over us for all time state records, we're on the outer peripherals. Less than 597dm in our region which is not that impressive, but yet producing some pretty hot temps. What does that tell ya?

[gpsnowman]

It is bad here but parts of Europe are dealing with some serious heat as well. Only problem is most structures in Europe are not air conditioned. Portugal, Spain, parts of France and especially England have experienced record heat the past few days. Spain and Portugal can get pretty hot though. The average temp in London this time of year is in the low 70s but temps were around 104 yesterday and is currently over 100 today. Now that is way above normal!! Just saw a report showing London neighborhoods on fire. September can't get here soon enough.

[DallasAg]

DFW running 1 degree cooler and with a higher dp than same time yesterday. Still early, but maybe today won't be quite as brutal?

Wichita Falls, otoh, 5 degrees warmer than same time yesterday. Already 101. Yikes.

[Yukon Cornelius]

DFW running 1 degree cooler and with a higher dp than same time yesterday. Still early, but maybe today won't be quite as brutal?

Wichita Falls, otoh, 5 degrees warmer than same time yesterday. Already 101. Yikes.

We’re now already at 107 in WF. It’s gonna be a bad day.

[Ralph's Weather]

DFW running 1 degree cooler and with a higher dp than same time yesterday. Still early, but maybe today won't be quite as brutal?

Wichita Falls, otoh, 5 degrees warmer than same time yesterday. Already 101. Yikes.

We’re now already at 107 in WF. It’s gonna be a bad day.

Starting to see 110s pop up west of WF. Out there temps running about 5 degrees over yesterday. Many out there will see 115. Curious how far above that the hot spots will reach. The air is significantly drier today vs yesterday.

[Ntxw]

DFW running 1 degree cooler and with a higher dp than same time yesterday. Still early, but maybe today won't be quite as brutal?

Wichita Falls, otoh, 5 degrees warmer than same time yesterday. Already 101. Yikes.

We’re now already at 107 in WF. It’s gonna be a bad day.

Starting to see 110s pop up west of WF. Out there temps running about 5 degrees over yesterday. Many out there will see 115. Curious how far above that the hot spots will reach. The air is significantly drier today vs yesterday.

There's a 114 currently southwest of Vernon. If it's going to break 115+ will likely be around this region. DFW and OKC around 2pm is hovering 106F.

[Yukon Cornelius]

We warmed out to 113 but have cooled down a few degrees to 109 due to the thick grass fire smoke.

[Brent]

Not as dreadful as I expected here yeah it's still ridiculously hot but it doesn't feel much worse than it has already this summer. I still think when we flipped to hot in mid June after all the rain that was the worst because of the humidity