Friday, December 2, 2016

Dec. 2 16

Notes: Big to small, bright white, mostly light and medium grey, some light to medium blueish grey, thick, flat, high stratus clouds looked to cover the whole and sometimes most of the sky in northwest and west Houston, TX during the morning, afternoon, evening, and night. The wind speeds looked to be relatively calm with moderate and some occasional strong to really strong gusts in northwest and maybe west Houston, TX during the morning. The wind speeds looked to be relatively calm with moderate and some occasional strong to really strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the afternoon, evening, and night. It felt very cold in northwest Houston, TX during the early morning. it felt cold in northwest Houston, TX during the mid-morning. It started to feel a little warmer, almost cool in west Houston, TX during the late morning. It felt cool in northwest Houston, TX during the early afternoon. It started to feel cold, almost cool in northwest Houston, TX, sometime during the mid, late afternoon, or maybe early evening. It felt cold, almost cool in northwest Houston, TX during the late evening. It felt cold in northwest Houston, TX during the early night. Light to heavy showers with some possible thunder and lightning were clustered near the southeast area of Houston TX and revolving upward through the other areas of Houston, TX, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and night. I saw some light to moderate showers at my house in northwest Houston, TX during the mid and late afternoon, evening, and night. I didn't here about any damages from the showers and possible thunderstorms. I did see some fallen twigs in my yard, but that was it. There was a coastal flash flood watch issued.

Thoughts: It is still cold. Nothing going on with the rain yet. There are still a few days of possible heavy precip left.

Disclaimer: This was my observation of the weather that occurred in northwest and west Houston, TX, where I was during the day.


Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
402 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-032215-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
402 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

BANDS OF PRECIPITATION MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL GENERALLY
PRODUCE LOWER RAIN RATES WITH THEIR PASSAGE. THERE COULD BE A
FEW BANDS THAT PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN RATES THAT EXCEED 1 TO
1.5 INCHES PER HOUR AND THESE WOULD CREATE MORE NUISANCE FLOODING
ISSUES SUCH AS ROAD PONDING OR THE TEMPORARILY FLOODING OF LOWER
LYING ROADS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY APPROACH
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE
WILL INDUCE A SURFACE NEAR COASTAL TROUGH THESE TWO FEATURES WILL
WORK IN TANDEM TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL TOTALS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL
GENERALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED
TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. THIS WILL BE WEEKEND LONG EVENT SO RAIN
WILL NOT FALL ALL AT ONCE WITH TIME FOR STREETS AND CREEKS TO
DRAIN BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN RETURNS. THE GROUND IS
CURRENTLY MORE DRY THAN WET GOING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
SATURDAY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO SATURATE THE SOILS SO ANY SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...MORE
SWOLLEN RIVERS AND POSSIBLE BAYOU FLOODING. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST BOTH SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.

A STRONG NORTHERN COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR
MASS LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO
NEAR FREEZING FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR
FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
HEIGHTENED SPOTTER AWARENESS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

$$


Coastal Flood Advisory

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
226 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016

...ELEVATED TIDES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.ELEVATED EASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING TIDE LEVELS
FOR EAST FACING BAY AND GULF SHORELINES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 3 FEET
BY THIS EVENING... WITH MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS NEARING 4 FEET
DURING HIGH TIDE TIMES.

TXZ213-214-237-238-031200-
/O.CON.KHGX.CF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-161203T1200Z/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-HARRIS-
226 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2016

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...

* COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS OF BETWEEN 3.3 FEET TO 3.8 FEET
  WILL CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG EAST FACING SHORELINES.

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...GULF AND BAY WATERS MAY OVERCOME DUNES AND POSSIBLY
  OVERWASH PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA...AS
  WELL AS SECTIONS OF THE BLUE WATER HIGHWAY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.
  LOW LYING ROADWAYS...SUCH AS TODDVILLE ROAD IN SEABROOK...MAY
  ALSO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

&&

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