Jun. 14 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was warm, mostly cloudy, and sunny. Isolated light to heavy showers and maybe a few thunderstorms were scattered across the Houston, TX area, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. A moderately heavy shower passed over where I work in northwest Houston, TX, sometime during the late morning, and a few light showers passed over where I work in northwest Houston, TX, during the afternoon. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with maybe some really strong gusts. A mixture of alto stratocumlus to stratocumulus clouds with some nimbus clouds covered most of the sky, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. The sky looked to have become clear, during the night. It felt warm during the morning, early and mid-afternoon, and night. It felt hot during the late afternoon. It felt very warm during the evening. I didn't hear about, or see any watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements being issued for the Houston, TX area, during anytime of the day. The low temps looked to be in the 70's and the high temps looked to be in the 90's, or maybe high 80's, for the Houston, TX area. I didn't hear about, or see any flooding, or damages with the showers and possible thunderstorms that passed through the Houston, TX area. I did see some big puddles after the moderately heavy shower passed through during the late morning. The big puddles were all dried out by the mid-afternoon.

Locations: Northwest Houston, TX

Thoughts: I got to see some pretty decent rainfall today!

Jun. 13 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was warm, mostly cloudy, and dry. More light to moderate/moderately heavy with maybe some heavy to really heavy showers and possible thunderstorms were scattered across the Houston, TX, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. A moderate shower looked to have passed over my house in northwest Houston, TX, on TWC radar, during the early morning and a shower was said to have passed over where I work in northwest Houston, TX, during the late morning. The sky stayed mostly covered in alto stratus to stratus clouds with some nimbus clouds, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. The sky looked to have become clear, or maybe mostly clear during the night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts during the morning with some really strong gusts during the afternoon and evening. The wind speeds looked to be calm with maybe some moderate to moderately strong gusts, during the night. It felt warm during the morning, evening, and night. It felt hot during the afternoon. 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 70's and the high temps looked to be in the 90's, for the Houston, TX area. I didn't see, or hear about any reports of flooding, or damage from the showers and possible thunderstorms.

Locations: Northwest Houston, TX and Cypress, TX.

Thoughts: Things are starting to heat up with not much rain in sight. I am still holding out for a decent shower, or thunderstorm.

Jun. 12 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

West Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was warm, mostly cloudy, and dry. Light to heavy showers and maybe a few thunderstorms were scattered across most of east Houston, TX and parts of other areas in and around the Houston, TX area, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and night. I saw a few moderate sprinkles falling on my cars wind shield in northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.  I didn't see any rain before, or after that. Altostratus and alto stratocumulus with stratocumuls and stratus clouds looked to cover most of the sky during the morning, afternoon, and evening. The sky looked to be clear, or maybe mostly clear during the night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts. It felt warm during the morning, evening, and night. It felt hot during the afternoon. There were no watches, warnings, alerts, weather statements, or advisories issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The low temps were in the 70's and the high temps were in the 90's, for the Houston, TX area. I didn't hear about any flooding, or damages from the rain that fell in and around the Houston, TX area.

Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX.

Thoughts: It felt hot during the afternoon. I feel like this is the first of many hot afternoons in Houston, TX, for the next few months.

Jun. 11 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Near, or maybe in Cypress, TX, during the early afternoon.

Tomball, TX, during the early afternoon.

Spring, TX, during the early afternoon.

Spring, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

Tomball, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the mid-afternoon.

Katy, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Summary: The day was warm, sunny, and dry. Light to moderate, some moderately heavy to heavy showers and maybe a few thunderstorms were scattered across the Houston, TX area, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. I saw a few drops from a nearby shower on my way from Spring, TX to Katy, TX, possibly somewhere in, or near Cypress, TX, during the mid-afternoon. I didn't see anymore rain drops after, or before that. Altocumulus and stratocumulus clouds looked to be scattered to widely scattered across the sky, during the morning, afternoon, and evening. The sky looked to have become mostly cleared of the cumulus clouds, during the late evening. The sky looked to be clear, or maybe mostly clear, during the night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts and maybe some really strong gusts. It felt warm during the morning, evening, and night. It felt very warm, during the afternoon. There were no watches, warnings, advisories, weather statements, or alerts 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 low 90's with maybe some mid 90's, for the Houston, TX area. The scattered showers looked to have only left some brief wet roads. No storm damages, or flooding was reported that I know of.

Locations: Northwest Houston, TX, Spring, TX, Cypress, TX, Tomball, TX, and Katy, TX.

Thoughts: I enjoyed seeing those pop up showers on the radar. I am hoping to see some more rain this week.

Jun. 10 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late evening.

Summary: The day was warm, sunny, and dry. I think there were some isolated light to moderate showers with maybe some possible thunderstorms, in and around the Houston, TX area, during the morning, afternoon, evening, and maybe night. I didn't see, feel, or hear any rain drops. A deck of alto stratus, maybe stratus clouds looked to be scattered across the sky, during the morning and afternoon. The sky looked to have become mostly clear, or maybe clear during the evening. The sky looked to be mostly clear, or maybe clear, during the night. The wind speeds were calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts with some really strong gusts, especially during the late afternoon and early evening. It felt warm during the morning, late afternoon, evening, and night. It felt very warm during the early and mid-afternoon. There was an air quality alert issued for today. There were no other watches, warnings, alerts, weather statements, or advisories 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, or maybe 90's with some 80's, for the Houston, TX area.

Locations: Northwest Houston, TX.

Thoughts: Just another sunny Saturday!

Jun. 9 17

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early morning.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the late afternoon.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early evening.

Northwest Houston, TX, during the early night.

Summary: The day was warm, mostly cloudy, and dry. Maybe some isolated light to moderate showers and possibly a few thunderstorms, especially, around the Conroe, TX area. I didn't feel, see, or hear any rain drops. The wind speeds were calm with maybe some moderate to moderately strong gusts. The sky looked to be mostly clear during the morning, then became mostly cloudy with a thick layer of alto stratus clouds, during the afternoon and continued on through the early evening, before becoming completely covered with a layer of alto stratus clouds, during the late evening and night. It felt warm during the morning, evening, and night. It felt very warm, during the afternoon. There was an air quality alert issued for the Houston, TX area, for today. 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 either the 80's with maybe a few 90's, or maybe 90's with maybe a few 80's, for the Houston, TX area. Note: A line of showers and thunderstorms moved east through Texas from Austin, TX, during the day and just barely clipped the Houston, TX area, during the late afternoon and evening, maybe hitting some of North Houston, TX, Spring, TX, and the Woodlands, TX. The line of showers and thunderstorms did look to have passed through the Conroe, TX area, although the rain looked to be very light to moderate with maybe some moderately heavy rain at times.

Locations: Northwest Houston, TX.

Thoughts: I wonder where that line of showers and thunderstorms came from? I am thinking the air was too dry to form any rain in the Houston, TX area, but I don't know. It did look like it was going to rain today with all those clouds in the sky.

Jun. 8 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 warm, sunny, and dry. There was no rain in, or around the Houston, TX area, that I know of. Stratocumulus clouds looked to be scattered across the sky from the morning, through the evening and maybe night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with maybe some moderate to moderately strong gusts. It felt warm during the morning, evening, and night. It felt very warm during the afternoon. There was an air quality alert issued for the Houston, TX area, for Friday, June, 9, 2017. There were no other watches, warnings, alerts, advisories, or weather statements issued for the Houston, TX area, that I know of. The low temperatures looked to be in the 70's with maybe a few 60's and the high temps looked to be in the 90's with maybe a few 80's, for the Houston, TX area.


Locations: Northwest and west Houston, TX.


Thoughts: The weather has been pretty calm lately in Houston, TX. I am still monitoring the forecast for next week. There is still a chance for rain for the Houston, TX area, early next week.

Air Quality Alert

TXZ213-237-238-091930-

AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
229 PM CDT Thu Jun 8 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 JUNE 9 2017.

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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