Apr. 30 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late afternoon.

Cypress, TX, during the late afternoon.

In Cypress, TX, i'm pretty sure, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was mostly sunny, a little cool, and mostly dry. A line of light to heavy showers and thunderstorms with some scattered showers and thunderstorms passed through Houston, TX, during the early and mid-morning. The sky started out cloudy during the early morning, but then became completely clear, sometime during the mid, or maybe late morning. The sky remained clear through the night. The wind speeds were mostly calm with moderate gusts and some moderately strong gusts. There looked to be some really strong gusts during the early, mid, and maybe late morning. The wind speeds looked to have become mostly calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts, sometime during the afternoon. There was a air quality alert issued for the next day. There were no other watches, warnings, advisories, alerts, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. There was no flooding, or damages reported from the showers and thunderstorms that passed through the Houston, TX area, during the morning. The low temps looked to be in the mid to high 50's and the high temps looked to be in the high 70's with maybe some low 80's, for the Houston, TX area. I didn't see any of the rain, but was told by my dad that our house in northwest Houston, TX got some brief heavy rain. He didn't say anything about thunder, or lightning. It felt cool during the morning. It felt warm/ a little cool during the afternoon, evening, and night.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX, Cypress, TX

Thoughts: I would have liked to see some more rain, but I enjoyed the cool temps and sunshine!

Air Quality Alert

TXZ213-237-238-020000-

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
138 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017

OZONE ACTION DAY FOR MONDAY

THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ)...HAS ISSUED AN
OZONE ACTION DAY FOR THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA AREAS FOR
MONDAY...MAY 1ST 2017.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING
HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE POLLUTION IN THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AND
SURROUNDING AREAS ON MONDAY. YOU CAN HELP PREVENT OZONE POLLUTION BY
SHARING A RIDE...WALKING...RIDING A BICYCLE...TAKING YOUR LUNCH TO
WORK...AVOIDING DRIVE THROUGH LANES...CONSERVING ENERGY AND KEEPING YOUR
VEHICLE PROPERLY TUNED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OZONE:

OZONE: THE FACTS (WWW.TCEQ.TEXAS.GOV/AIRQUALITY/MONOPS/OZONEFACTS.HTML)
EPA AIR NOW:
(WWW.AIRNOW.GOV/INDEX.CFM?ACTION=AIRNOW.LOCAL_CITY&CITYID=236)
TAKE CARE OF TEXAS: (WWW.TAKECAREOFTEXAS.ORG/AIR/AIRQUALITY)

$$

Apr. 29 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

West Houston, TX, during the early evening.

West Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was warm, mostly cloudy, and windy. Some isolated light to maybe moderate showers in and around the Houston, TX area, during the day, and a few thunderstorms in the east Houston, TX area, especially during the morning. I saw some drizzle in northwest and west Houston, TX, during the afternoon. A light shower passed over my house in northwest Houston, TX, during the late night. The wind speeds were moderate with moderately strong gusts and really strong 20 to 25 mph + gusts. The sky stayed cloudy to mostly cloudy throughout the day. There was a severe thunderstorm warning for the east Houston, TX area, during the mid-morning. There was a wind advisory issued for the Houston, TX area for the afternoon. There were no other watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The low temps looked to be in the 70's and the high temps looked to be in the 80's, for the Houston, TX area. There were no flooding, or damages reported from the showers, or thunderstorms reported for the Houston, TX area, that I know of.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX, maybe Cypress, TX.

Thoughts: Didn't see as much rain as I thought Houston, TX would get.

Apr. 28 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the late afternoon.

West Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Summary: The day was mostly cloudy, very warm, and dry. There might have been some isolated showers, or thunderstorms in and around the Houston, TX area, but I don't remember. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with really strong possibly 25 mph + gusts. Especially during the evening and night. The sky went from cloudy to mostly cloudy throughout the day. I didn't see, feel, or hear any rain drops. The day started out warm, then very warm, then hot, during the afternoon. It still felt warm during the evening and night. I didn't hear about any warnings, watches, advisories, alerts, or weather statements. The low temps were in the 60's, or maybe 70's and the high temps were in the high 80's and low 90's. I don't know if Houston, TX broke any record highs.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX

Thoughts: The day was very warm. I was glad that I brought two bottles of Gatorade to work.

Apr. 27 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

West Houston, TX, during the late afternoon.

West Houston, TX, during the late afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was sunny, warm, and dry. No rain. Fair clouds stayed scattered to widely scattered across the sky, during most of the day. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with maybe some really strong gusts. There were no watches, warnings, advisories, alerts, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The low temps looked to be in the 60's and 50's and the high temps looked to be in the 80's with maybe some some low 90's, for the Houston, TX area. It felt a little cool during the morning, evening and night.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX.

Thoughts: The day felt really pleasant. Especially during the morning and early afternoon.

Apr. 26 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

West Houston, TX, during the late night.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late night.

Summary: The day was mostly cloudy, warm. and dry. Some isolated showers and maybe some thunderstorms in some areas of Houston, TX, during the morning, afternoon, and evening. The rain looked to be light to moderate. I didn't see, or feel any rain drops. It felt very warm, almost hot during the late afternoon. The wind speed were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with really strong gusts. It felt a little cool during the night. The lows looked to be in the 60's and the high temps looked to be in the 90's. There were no watches, warnings, advisories, alerts, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. There were some severe thunderstorms north of the Houston, TX area according to NOAA.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX.

Thoughts: It is starting to feel like summer with those 90 degree temps.

Area Forecast Discussion 
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
906 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017

.DISCUSSION...
A couple of severe thunderstorms (hail producers) developed this afternoon
across parts of our northern counties along/ahead of the cold front.
Activity has moved off to the east, and the cold front is moving off
the coast this evening. The rest of the night should be on the quiet
side with decreasing winds inland and increasing winds across the coastal
waters. Look for low temperatures overnight to drop into the upper 40s
to lower 50s well inland (up north) and into the lower to mid 60s along
the coast. 42
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 654 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017/

AVIATION...
The cold front is currently moving across the city at the bottom
of the hour....veering westerly winds northwest at 15g25 knots
in its wake. With the lone exception of UTS`s vicinity storms...
the remainder of the hubs remained stable enough to preclude the
formation of storms from this afternoon`s towering cumulus. Inland
gusty northwest winds will subside through the evening...remain
up along the coast through 3 or 4 AM...under clear skies. Early
morning winds will veer around to east-southeast through late
morning...generally stick at between 110-130 deg (near coast) /
150-180 deg (inland) at around 10 knots Thursday afternoon. 31

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017/

SHORT TERM...
Severe warned storm this afternoon in Houston County pretty much
defines where the cap is not and where it is to the south. Storm
has formed along an advancing cold front but there is not much
cumulus development farther down the front towards the College
Station area. College Station did reach 91F today just ahead of
the front. South of this severe storm expect the cap inversion
around 850-700mb to hold as the 12Z CRP and LCH soundings show.
Strongest lift is well north of the area associated with an upper
level low over north Texas. Strong vorticity max was seen in water
vapor imagery with drying between Waco and Abilene on the 6.2
micron GOES 16 water vapor channel. Main severe threat should be
north of the area later this evening with Houston County being the
lone exception right now.

LONG TERM...
Cold front should push through tonight allowing for a cool start
to the day tomorrow after most of the area reaching the upper 80s
today and even low 90s like College Station. It looks like return
flow sets up rather rapidly Thursday into Friday and could
possibly see 90s return again on Friday.

Saturday through Sunday will be a time to monitor as another upper
level trough develops within a rather active jet stream pattern
for the next 7 days. GFS/ECMWF/CMC are all in pretty good
agreement with the center of the upper low over the Four Corners
region by 12Z Saturday. Upper low then moves into the southern
Plains by 12Z Sunday with a cold front pushing into the area.
Overall atmosphere remains rather capped with the elevated mixed
layer Friday and Saturday. Capping may erode enough overnight with
the cold front pushing through the area. There may be a
hail/damaging wind threat overnight into Sunday morning. Shear may
be strong enough to organize storms but linear forcing will likely
keep storms in a line and diminish the potential for discrete
cells. Precipitable water values do get up into the 1.8 to 2 inch
range so a few storms could produce heavy rainfall. The LLJ will
be strong in the 30-40 knot range but not necessarily oriented
normal to the front. There will still be good strong moist inflow
for efficient rain rates in storms but storm motions will be high
so do not think there will be a flood threat at this time.
Overall think a half inch to 1.5 inches of rain will be possible.

Cold front pushes through during the day Sunday with high pressure
building over the area Monday into Tuesday. Long range models
continue the parade of troughs through the plains with another
upper level system developing next Wednesday into Thursday. It
looks like another chance of thunderstorms with a front coming
through Wednesday night next week. 39

MARINE...
Onshore winds have decreased across the bays/coastal waters this
afternoon out ahead of the cold front (currently moving into
northern parts of SE TX). Did drop the SCA on the offshore waters
to an SCEC for the rest of the afternoon, re-raising the SCA for
the same area for this evening/overnight. Strong N winds in the
wake of the front will be brief as the high moves off to the east
and pressures lower over NTX. Onshore winds to resume on Thur and
strengthen throughout the day. Winds/seas could reach Caution/Advisory
criteria by Fri ev- ening and persist into early Sun.

Will need to keep a close eye for elevated water levels and/or risk
of rip currents going into the weekend. Tide levels could potentially
exceed 3.5 feet near high tide early Sat morning. Models keeping
with the idea of another cold front pushing into the coastal waters
early Sun morning with strong offshore winds developing in its
wake. 41

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
College Station (CLL)      51  83  67  90  74 /   0   0  10  10  20
Houston (IAH)              56  83  68  88  76 /   0   0  10  10  20
Galveston (GLS)            63  77  74  82  77 /  10   0  10  10  10

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION until 7 AM CDT Thursday for
     the following zones: Coastal waters from Freeport to the
     Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM...Coastal waters from High
     Island to Freeport out 20 NM...Galveston Bay...Matagorda
     Bay.

     Small Craft Advisory until 7 AM CDT Thursday for the following
     zones: Waters from Freeport to the Matagorda Ship Channel
     from 20 to 60 NM...Waters from High Island to Freeport from
     20 to 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION until 10 PM CDT this evening
     for the following zones: Waters from Freeport to the
     Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM...Waters from High
     Island to Freeport from 20 to 60 NM.

&&

$$

Discussion...42
Aviation/Marine...31

Apr. 25 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the late afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Apr. 24 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Summary: The day was sunny, warm, and dry. No rain. The sky looked to be mostly clear during the morning. Fair clouds scattered the sky during the afternoon, evening, and maybe night. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with some really strong gusts. There were no watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements that I know of. There might have been a air alert. The low temps were in the 50's with maybe some 40's and the high temps were in the 80's, for the Houston, TX area.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX.

Thoughts: It felt nice outside today. I am hoping to get some good rain this weekend.

Apr. 23 17

Cypress, TX, during the late morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late morning.

On highway 529, near, or maybe in Katy, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

Katy, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

Katy, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was sunny, mostly clear, and cool. There was no rain. There were some clouds in the sky during the morning and then the sky became clear with maybe a few clouds. It felt cool during the morning, evening, and night. It felt a little cool, almost warm during the afternoon. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with maybe some really strong 20 to 25 mph gusts during the morning. There was a air quality alert issued for Monday. There were no other watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The lows were in the 50's with highs in the 70's, I think, with maybe a few 60's, for the Houston, TX area.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX, Cypress, TX, and Katy, TX

Thoughts: Even though it felt cool, the water temperature was still warm enough to swim in the pool.

Air Quality Alert

TXZ213-237-238-250000-

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
148 PM CDT Sun Apr 23 2017

...OZONE ACTION DAY FOR MONDAY...

THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ)...HAS ISSUED AN
OZONE ACTION DAY FOR THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA AREAS FOR
MONDAY APRIL 24TH.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING
HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE POLLUTION IN THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AND
SURROUNDING AREAS ON MONDAY. YOU CAN HELP PREVENT OZONE POLLUTION BY
SHARING A RIDE...WALKING...RIDING A BICYCLE...TAKING YOUR LUNCH TO
WORK...AVOIDING DRIVE THROUGH LANES...CONSERVING ENERGY AND KEEPING YOUR
VEHICLE PROPERLY TUNED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OZONE:

OZONE: THE FACTS (WWW.TCEQ.TEXAS.GOV/AIRQUALITY/MONOPS/OZONEFACTS.HTML)

EPA AIR NOW:
(WWW.AIRNOW.GOV/INDEX.CFM?ACTION=AIRNOW.LOCAL_CITY&CITYID=236)

TAKE CARE OF TEXAS: (WWW.TAKECAREOFTEXAS.ORG/AIR/AIRQUALITY)

$$

Apr. 22 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

West Houston, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

Downtown Houston, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

In, or maybe near Deer Park, TX, during the late afternoon.

Summary: The day was sunny, dry, and windy. The sky was mostly scattered with stratus clouds. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with some really strong 20 to maybe 25 mph wind gusts. There were some isolated light to moderate showers and maybe a few moderate to moderately heavy thunder showers, or maybe thunderstorms in and around the Houston, TX area. I only saw some rain near Galveston, TX. On the radar during the afternoon and evening. I didn't see any rain. There looked to be a brief drizzle on my cars windshield during the late night in northwest Houston, TX, but I wasn't sure if that was from rain, or something else. I didn't hear about any watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements being issued for the Houston, TX area. The lows were in the 60's with maybe some 50's and the highs were in the 80's. It felt warm during the morning and afternoon. It started to feel cool during the evening. it felt cool during the night.

Locations: Northwest, west, southwest, north, south, and southeast Houston, TX, Deer Park, TX.

Thoughts: I was hoping to see some rain, but oh well.

Apr. 21 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Summary: The day was mostly cloudy, sunny, and dry. Some isolated light to moderately heavy with maybe some really heavy showers and maybe a few thunderstorms passed through certain areas of Houston, TX, during the morning, afternoon, and maybe evening and night. I didn't see, or feel any rain drops. The sky stayed mostly cloudy. The wind speeds were calm with moderate and moderately strong gusts. There were no watches, warnings, advisories, alerts, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The lows looked to be in the 60's and 70's and the highs looked to be in the 80's, for the Houston, TX area.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX

Thoughts: The last remaining warm day before the cold/cool front and the last reaming chance for rain, for at least a week it looks like.

Apr. 20 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

West Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was mostly cloudy, sunny, and dry. Isolated light to heavy showers and thunderstorms passed through random areas of Houston, TX, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts. The sky stayed mostly cloudy. I saw a few drops on my cars windshield in northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning and early evening. There were no watches, warnings, advisories, alerts, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The lows were in the 60's, or maybe 70's, or maybe both 60's and 70's and the highs were in the 80's, for the Houston, TX area.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX.

Thoughts: Nothing much going on with the weather lately. It is going to get pretty cool in the Houston, TX area on Saturday and Sunday. I wonder if I will need to bring the winter sweater/jacket out.