Apr. 7 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was warm, sunny, and dry. No rain. I didn't fee, see, or hear about any rain drops falling anywhere in, or near the Houston, TX area, during anytime of the day. It felt a little cool during the mid and late morning, evening and night. It felt cool during the early morning. The wind speeds were calm with moderate and moderately strong gusts. The sky was mostly clear during the morning, becoming mostly to partly cloudy, during the afternoon, evening, and maybe night. There was a air quality alert issued along with maybe a fire weather statement, for the Houston, TX area. There were no other watches, warnings, advisories, alerts, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The low temps were in the 60's, or maybe 50's and the high temps were in the 80's with maybe some areas only getting into the 70's, for the Houston, TX area.

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

Thoughts:  Another dry and sunny day. Some chances for rain next week.

Air Quality Alert

TXZ213-237-238-080500-

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
136 PM CDT Thu Apr 6 2017

...OZONE ACTION DAY FOR FRIDAY...

THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ)...HAS ISSUED AN
OZONE ACTION DAY FOR THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON...AND BRAZORIA AREAS FOR
FRIDAY APRIL 7TH.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING
HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE POLLUTION IN THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AND
SURROUNDING AREAS ON FRIDAY. 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)

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