Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.
Houston, TX radar, during the late morning.
Houston, TX radar, during the early afternoon.
Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.
Summary: The day was cloudy, very cool, and dry. A cluster of light to moderately heavy and heavy rain passed through some of the Houston, TX area, during the late morning and early afternoon. I don't know if there was any rain after, or before that, in the Houston, TX area. There might have been some rain in some of the locations in the Houston, TX area, sometime during the early morning and mid-morning, and maybe night, but I don't know. I didn't really get a chance to look at the radar. I didn't see, feel, or hear any rain drops. The sky stayed completely covered in stratus clouds with some breaks of sunshine, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. It felt warm, during the early morning. It started to feel warm with a chilly breeze, sometime during the late, or maybe mid-morning. It started to feel very cool, during the early afternoon. It felt very cool, during the mid and late afternoon and evening. It felt cold, almost very cold, during the night. The wind speeds started out calm with moderate to moderately strong wind gusts, during the morning, then became gentle with moderate to moderately strong wind gusts with some occasional really strong 20-25 mph wind gusts, during the afternoon, before becoming gentle with moderate to moderately strong wind gusts and some really strong 20-25 mph wind gusts, during the evening and night. There was a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued for the Houston, TX area, by NOAA. The low temperatures were in the low to mid 50's, during the afternoon, evening, and night, and the high temperatures were in the low to mid 70's, during the early and maybe mid-morning, before the cold front passed through, for the day, in the Houston, TX area.
Houston, TX Storm Summary: A cluster of light to moderately heavy and heavy rain passed through some of the Houston, TX area, during the late morning and early afternoon. I don't know if there was any rain after, or before that, in the Houston, TX area. There might have been some rain in some of the locations in the Houston, TX area, sometime during the early morning and mid-morning, and maybe night, but I don't know. I didn't really get a chance to look at the radar. I didn't see, or hear about any reports of flooding, or damage caused by the weather, in any of the locations in the Houston, TX area, during anytime of the day.
My Storm Summary: I didn't see, feel, or hear any rain drops. The light to dark grey clouds looked like they were going to produce some rain, where I was in northwest Houston, TX, during the morning, afternoon, and evening, especially during the morning and early afternoon. I did see some wet roads, wet ground, and puddles, left over from the previous days rain. I didn't see any flooding, or damage caused by the weather. I didn't see any flashes of lightning, or hear any rumbles of thunder.
Locations: Northwest Houston, TX
Thoughts: Houston, TX's first real cold front of the fall/winter season has finally passed through! With some snow chances? Read NOAA's forecast discussion below:
Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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000 FXUS64 KHGX 060223 AFDHGX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 823 PM CST Tue Dec 5 2017 .UPDATE... Rain along the coast with a few showers and dry across the north. 110kt jet max racing through NM/AZ this evening with a large area of synoptic scale lift preceding it. Isentropic upglide enhanced over the coastal waters this evening as well as across portions of the Hill Country producing an enlarging area of rain with small embedded heavier rain. As the speed max nears CentTX expect the rainfall shield to expand in coverage and intensity overspreading the northwestern counties around midnight and then further expanding after midnight. Very slim profile for elevated CAPE and probably just enough for a few isolated thunderstorms with by far the dominant precip just rain after midnight. Could we see a speck of sleet/ice pellets yes but no impacts. Temperatures were running a few degrees cooler than current forecast so have dialed the forecast down a few more to fit the trends and short term guidance. Plenty of room for temperatures to fall across the north tonight with wet- bulbing coming into play. North to northeast winds will continue overnight and plan to let the Wind Advisory continue throughout the night for the coastal counties though at present only on the immediate coast are winds that strong. Winds and temperatures overnight will allow for wind chill indices of 37 north to mid 40s south...but no real improvement expected during the day with upper 30s to mid 40s continuing throughout the day with widespread rain on top of the cold...so bundle up and stay dry. Wednesday night/Thursday - 18z guidance still showing a temperature profile supportive of rain and rain/snow mix. Stay tuned. Cold temperatures may well continue through Friday with the coldest morning possibly being Saturday morning beneath light winds/mostly clear skies and a reinforcing cold front pushing into NETX. 45 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 604 PM CST Tue Dec 5 2017/ AVIATION... Elevated north to northeasterly winds in the 8 to 15 knot range inland and closer to 20 knots along the coast are expected to persist through the overnight hours, with stronger gusts in the 20 to 30 knot range possible at HOU/SGR/LBX/GLS. A mix of IFR to VFR ceilings this evening may briefly lift to VFR this evening, before decreasing back to MVFR as light to moderate RA overspreads the terminals with increasing isentropic lift behind today`s cold front. The passage of a shortwave trough now over West Texas tonight may result in isolated elevated TSRA near the terminals and VCTS may need to be added in to the 06Z TAFs if confidence increases on TS development. Expect lowered ceilings and RA to persist through most of the TAF period near the terminals, resulting in periods of MVFR visibilities and IFR ceilings in heavier activity. Huffman PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 PM CST Tue Dec 5 2017/ DISCUSSION... A cold front has pushed through SE TX and is entering the Gulf of Mexico. A tight pressure gradient behind the front will bring a strong NNE wind behind the front. It might be overkill but think sustained winds along the immediate coast will reach 20-25 mph with higher gusts and decided to go ahead and issue a Wind Advisory. The strongest winds/greatest impact will likely remain close to the coast. A series of weak upper level disturbances will traverse the state over the next 36-42 hours and coupled with weak isentropic upglide will yield periods of light rain. Rain is expected to redevelop between 03-06z and expand in coverage by 09z. Would not be surprised if a few ice pellets mixed in with the rain north of a Caldwell to Trinity line at the onset due to some evaporative cooling and a low wet bulb temperature. Periods of rain will continue on Wednesday as another disturbance crosses the region. Temperatures will be cold with thick cloud cover, weak cold air advection and precipitation. Doubt there will be of a diurnal range in temperatures. Forecast soundings show a nearly saturated profile on Wednesday so some moderate rainfall totals are likely. The GFS and ECMWF differ a bit with how long the precipitation hangs around SE TX. The ECMWF is a bit more amplified in the upper keeping more of a SW wind aloft Wed night into Thursday while the GFS is more zonal. The GFS allows for a bit more low level drying as well. The GFS has been trending toward the more aggressive ECMWF so feel it`s best to increase rain chances through Wednesday night and maintain a chance for precip into Thursday. A messy forecast gets even messier as we move into Wednesday night. Forecast soundings show a saturated profile above 8000 feet, The thermal profile falls below 0 C so there could be some mixture of rain and snow Wednesday night over the extreme north. First guess, some mixed precip could occur north of a Caldwell to Trinity line. 1000-850 and 850-700 thickness values are marginally supportive of a rain-snow mix but the forecast soundings for KCLL and Madisonville look more favorable for snow. Surface temperatures will remain relatively warm through Thursday, well above freezing and there is a large chunk of dry air that the precip will have to fall through, likely evaporating before reaching the ground. There is a lot of uncertainty this far out so would prefer to keep the precip type in the grids as rain for now and see if models come into better agreement. Drier air will gradually filter into the region from the north on Thursday but light rain will probably linger near the coast and toward the southern edge of the CWA. Clouds will limit heating on Thursday and high temperatures will struggle to warm into the middle 50`s. The upper level trough axis finally shifts east of SE TX on Friday and any residual precipitation should end early Friday as dry air continues to filter into the area. Sunshine is expected to return by Friday afternoon. The weekend and first half of next week look quiet with seasonable temperatures and no precipitation expected. 43 MARINE... The passage of an afternoon cold front will strengthen northerly winds and allow seas to build through early Wednesday. The delay of colder air over much warmer waters late Wednesday into early Thursday...as it relates to tonight into early Wednesday`s tight offshore pressure gradient...will likely just maintain Advisory level winds. Tomorrow`s Gulf winds may occasionally gust to gale thus had left the Gale Watch up...now in effect for the 20 to 60 nm waters from sunrise tomorrow morning through tomorrow afternoon. Generally 20 to 25 knot bay winds with 20 to 30 knots sustained winds over the Gulf from tonight through late Thursday. Agitated seas will likely reach average 5 to 7 feet nearshore heights...7 to 10 feet offshore. Winds and seas will begin to come down Friday. Periods of long duration light rain on both Wednesday and Thursday. Winds and seas will begin to fall on Friday. High pressure settling in over the waters this weekend will produce a significantly weakened light offshore flow pattern and average 2 to 3 foot sea heights. 31 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 41 46 39 53 33 / 90 100 60 30 10 Houston (IAH) 44 45 42 52 36 / 80 100 80 40 20 Galveston (GLS) 46 51 46 53 43 / 70 100 70 70 40 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...Wind Advisory until 9 AM CST Wednesday for the following zones: Brazoria...Chambers...Galveston...Matagorda. GM...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM CST 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. Gale Watch from 6 AM CST Wednesday through late Wednesday night 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 Advisory until 6 AM CST Wednesday 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. && $$ Discussion...45
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 335 PM CST Tue Dec 5 2017 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-235-062145- Austin-Brazos-Burleson-Colorado-Fort Bend-Grimes-Harris-Houston- Jackson-Liberty-Madison-Montgomery-Polk-San Jacinto-Trinity- Walker-Waller-Washington-Wharton- 335 PM CST Tue Dec 5 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Southeast Texas.. .DAY ONE...Tonight Periods of light rain will redevelop later this evening and persist overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Periods of light to moderate rain will be possible through Wednesday night. Rainfall amounts by Wednesday night will average between 1 and 2 inches. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. $$
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