Aug. 12 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was hot, sunny, and dry. I didn't see rain on the radar, but there might have been some, sometime during the day. I didn't see, hear, or feel any rain drops. Alto stratus and stratus with stratocumulus clouds looked to be scattered across the sky, during the morning, afternoon, and evening. the sky looked to be clear, during the night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with gentle to moderate gusts and some occasional moderately strong gusts. It felt warm, during the early morning, late evening, and night. It felt very warm, during the mid-morning. It felt hot, during the late morning. It felt hot, almost very hot, during the afternoon. It felt very warm, maybe hot, or almost hot, during the early evening. There was a Heat Advisory issued for the Houston, TX area and a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued for the Houston, TX area, by NOAA. There were no other watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements/outlooks 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 90's, for the Houston, TX area.


Storm Summary: There were no reports of flooding, or storm damage, for the Houston, TX area, that I know of.


Locations: Northwest Houston, TX.


Thoughts: Houston, TX is starting to get it's summer back. But is it too late? It somehow feels like the beginning of fall to me. It must be because school is starting soon.

Area Forecast Discussion 
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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FXUS64 KHGX 130154
AFDHGX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
854 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2017

.DISCUSSION...
We saw another hot one today with several locations reaching heat
indices around 108 degrees near the coast and just inland. Am not
going to reissue a heat advisory for tomorrow at this point, want
to let the next shift assess the 00Z guidance as it appears to be
a close call for Sunday.

The scattered convection off to our northwest is likely to remain
north of the area tonight. There is a slight chance extreme
northern areas could see some precip after midnight. Current
forecast has this possibility accounted for. 33

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 724 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2017/

AVIATION...
Water vapor imagery shows the plume of drier air continuing to
filter in from the west/northwest. Winds gusted for a short time
across the central TAF sites as the sea breeze pushed through the
area, clearing HOU as of 00Z. Expecting winds to remain around 10
kts through 01Z dropping to 5 to 10 kts. Decks should lower
possibly become MVFR around 09-12Z but keep things scattered out
for now as forecast soundings and short term guidance are lacking
moisture due to upper level ridging. Therefore, keep conditions
dry Sunday morning and into the afternoon and left VCSH out for
now across all TAF sites.

Hathaway

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
College Station (CLL)      77  97  78  99  78 /  10  10   0  10   0
Houston (IAH)              79  96  79  97  79 /  10  10   0  10  10
Galveston (GLS)            83  90  83  91  84 /  10  10   0  10  10

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

$$

Discussion...33

Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
231 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2017

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-131945-
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-
231 PM CDT Sat Aug 12 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas..

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Temperatures in the mid to upper 90s will cool into the 80s by
early evening. Factoring in the humidity will produce heat index
values between 100 and 108 degrees between 3 and 5 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Heat index values will remain between 101 and 109 degrees during
the late morning through late afternoon hours Sunday through Friday.
Slightly lower heat index readings will be possible Tuesday with
a slight increase in the chance for rain and slightly cooler
temperatures possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

$$