Dec. 25 16

Northwest Houston, TX during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX during the late evening.

Notes: Big to small, bright white mixed with light to dark grey, thick, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to be widely scattered across the sky in northwest Houston, TX during the morning, afternoon, and early evening. There looked to be only a few bright white, puffy, low stratus clouds in the sky in northwest Houston, TX during the late evening. Big to small, bright white, maybe some bright white mixed with light to dark grey, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to be widely scattered across the sky in northwest Houston, TX during the night. The wind speeds looked to be relatively calm with moderate to maybe moderately strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the early morning. The wind speeds became moderate with moderately strong to really strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX, sometime during the mid, late morning, or maybe early afternoon. The wind speeds looked to have become relatively calm with moderate gusts and some occasional really strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the evening. The wind speeds looked to be relatively calm with moderate gusts and some occasional really strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the early night. The wind speeds looked to be relatively calm with moderate gusts and maybe some occasional really strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the late night. It felt warm in northwest Houston, TX during the morning, afternoon, evening, and night. There was a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms in and around the Houston, TX area during the day. I only saw a few light to maybe moderate to moderately heavy showers to the west and east of Houston, TX, on the radar, during the morning and night, I didn't see any rain anywhere within the Houston, TX area during anytime of the day. I didn't see, or feel any rain drops. I think there might have been a dense fog advisory during the early morning, mainly for southeast Houston, TX. I didn't see any fog where I was in northwest Houston, TX.

Thoughts: A very unseasonably warm Christmas, but not for Houston, TX. I even got to swim in the pool. With a little help from the pool heater though. A big difference from what people were experiencing in the rest of the country, except for maybe Florida and other southern states.