Low grey stratus clouds covered the whole sky, at my house and where I work in the Heights area, during the early morning. Low grey stratus clouds looked to cover the whole sky, where I work in the Heights area, during the mid and late morning and early and mid-afternoon. Low grey stratus clouds were only covering most of the sky as the sun and sky were trying to peek through when I left work in the Heights area at around 4:30 pm. Low grey stratus clouds looked to cover most of the sky in the Heights area and Katy, TX, during the early evening. Low grey stratus clouds looked to cover most of the sky in Katy, TX and where I live in northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening. Low grey stratus clouds looked to cover most of the sky, where I live in northwest Houston, TX, during the night. The wind speeds were mostly calm with some moderately strong gusts. No rain. Just some light drizzle on my way to work from where I live in northwest Houston, TX to the Heights area, during the early morning. The day was warm.
Thoughts: It looks like the last remnants of Beta have left the Houston, TX area. No rain in the forecast just some dry and cool weather.
Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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000 FXUS64 KHGX 240020 AFDHGX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 720 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020 .AVIATION [00Z TAF Issuance]... Large area of wrap around moisture continues to blanket the region bringing a mix of 2500-3500ft ceilings near 00z that should continue to lower overnight with IFR conditions expected to start between 03-09z from UTS area expanding southward into the IAH/HOU terminals. MVFR should prevail throughout the late night through late morning hours where the ceilings don`t lower into IFR. Expect that to go with IFR ceilings area or patchy fog will develop and lower VISBY into the 3-5 mile range as well with the lowest CIGS. Improving conditions after 15z and by 20z most sites but UTS/CXO should be VFR to SKC. Throughout the period expect winds to vary from 330-020 typically in the 4-10kt range. 45 && .PREV DISCUSSION /Issued 354 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020/... .SHORT TERM [Tonight Through Thursday]... Beta is now a post tropical system and has moved off to LA. Looking at the latest radar loop, looking like all associated rain is just about out of SETX, which for most of us in the CWA could not happen fast enough. Rain fall totals over the past few days reached over 12 inches in some areas. Well, happy to say, no rain in the forecast right now. Looking to see some foggy conditions tonight in some areas in the northern counties and could reach the some of the southern counties as well in the morning. Tonight, lows are looking to be in the mid 60s to low 70s. Tomorrow the skies are expected to start breaking out and should see some sun. With humidity dropping to around 54% and mixed with the light northwesterly breeze, its looking like a pleasant day for SETX. 35 .LONG TERM [Thursday Night Through Wednesday]... On this first full day of astronomical autumn, a potential taste of fall-like weather is in the cards for SE Texas in the form of a cold front which looks to approach the area by the middle of next week. For the time being, however, we enter into a period of relatively benign and dry weather heading into the weekend. In the wake of Beta`s departure, broad surface high pressure over the southeastern CONUS and light offshore winds should provide for a fairly pleasant weekend. Global models continue to indicate the development of a cutoff upper low over Western/SW Texas by late Friday, with an associated jet streak at 250mb increasing in strength by early Saturday. With much of the CWA within the left front quadrant of this speed max, this would normally point to additional rainfall developing over the weekend given the favorable divergence aloft that this pattern provides. However, the drier airmass in place over the region (surface PWs will remain around 1-1.25") should inhibit widespread development of showers and storms. In general, look for seasonable highs through the end of the weekend (mid to upper 80s) with dew points in the upper 60s. All in all, a fairly pleasant reprieve following the substantial rain over the past few days. With surface high pressure shifting eastward towards the end of the weekend a return to an onshore flow pattern should come by Monday. Despite this, the expectedly weak pressure gradient should prevent a surge of low-level Gulf moisture from reaching the coast, keeping dew points in the high 60s to lower 70s. Highs should rebound somewhat by the early part of the week, with most locations due to approach 90 degrees once again on Monday. Meanwhile, by Monday afternoon, a cold front extending from a deepening surface low over the Great Plains region looks to push into the central CONUS, eventually making its way into the Southern Plains by Tuesday. This looks to be our first real front of substance this season, with both GFS and ECMWF solutions indicating a stronger frontogenesis signal in the 850-700mb layer than in previous FROPAs over the past few weeks. While confidence in the timing of this feature is low, the boundary should traverse SE TX on late Tuesday and into Wednesday, with northerly winds in its wake providing a surge of cooler and drier air. With guidance indicating the potential for dew points in the 40s by Wednesday afternoon, things could certainly feel fall- like by mid-week. After the tropical season we`ve had thus far, I imagine this will be a welcome change! Cady .MARINE... Remnants of Beta continue to move northeast over the Louisiana/Lower Mississippi River tonight into Friday. This flow pattern will keep moderate northwest winds gusting from 15 to 20 knots at times this evening. Seas will gradually decrease to 2 - 4 feet. With that said, will continue SCEC flags for all nearshore and offshore waters until early Thursday morning. Conditions will improve late tonight into the weekend with winds and seas falling below headline criteria. Light offshore winds and seas up to 3 feet are expected through next week. In terms of coastal conditions, a Coastal Flood Advisory remains in effect until 7AM Thursday for the Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston Island and Matagorda Island. This is due to persisting moderate offshore flow and a potential for minor coastal flooding near the time of high tide late tonight. Conditions should improve early Thursday morning with no coastal flood issues expected at this time. 05 .HYDROLOGY... Rainfall has departed and the water levels in the river and bayou systems are doing the same. San Bernard still creeping up in few locations and may get into flood near East Bernard with a small second rise tonight/Thu morning. Boling has crested in flood and starting a slow fall while downstream at Old Ocean the updated forecast does not reach flood now but crests above bankfull shy of flood by about half a foot. Down in Matagorda county on the Tres Palacios it just dropped below flood near Midfield. Clear creek the levels continue to steadily fall and only a shrinking area below FM528 is still in flood but these too are falling steadily. 45 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 64 80 61 83 64 / 0 0 0 0 0 Houston (IAH) 67 82 65 85 67 / 0 0 0 10 0 Galveston (GLS) 72 83 72 82 75 / 0 0 10 10 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...Coastal Flood Advisory until 7 AM CDT Thursday for the following zones: Brazoria Islands...Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula...Matagorda Islands. GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION until 7 AM CDT Thursday for the following zones: Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM...Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM...Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM...Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM. && $$ AVIATION...45
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