Hot, hot, hot weather in Central Texas!
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Hot, hot, hot weather in Central Texas!
Topic Author: Lon Curtis
Posted: 2:30 PM Jun 23, 2009
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The current hot, dry weather seems to be on everyone's mind, and it has been quite hot unusually early this summer. To put things in perspective, we can take a look at the record high temperatures (for the Waco airport weather station) for the balance of this month. Today's record high is 105, set in 1933. For tomorrow, the record high is 104, also set in 1933. After that, we see a string of record highs set in 1980, a year that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees or higher for more than 50 consecutive days! So, for Thursday through Sunday, the record highs are 105, 107, 109 and 106, respectively. The record high for next Monday is 104, set in 1907, then Tuesday of next week we're back to a record of 103 degrees set in 1980. What's really interesting is that the record low temperatures for tomorrow through Sunday were all set in 1974, and were all in the mid to upper 50s! Wouldn't that feel nice about now! Let's all hope that our early summer heat this year isn't a harbinger of another summer like that of 1980.
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  • by Lew on Aug 6, 2009 at 09:16 AM
    Thanks Lon; I thought that might have something to do with this searing heat we're having?
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  • by Lon Location: KWTX on Aug 5, 2009 at 09:46 PM
    Lew, in some years, the tropical cyclone season starts early; in other years, it starts late. There doesn;t seem to be much relationship between when the season starts and how bad it may get later on. I will mention that in 1980 (a summer we have mentioned several times for its record heat), the "A" (first) storm of the season was Hurricane Allen, which made landfall in far south Texas on August 10th. In 1967, the "B" storm, Hurricane Beulah, (second of the season), reached the Texas coast in mid-September. Both Allen and Beulah were noteworthy because they produced numerous tornadoes at and after landfall. It's just too early to draw any conclusions about the 2009 tropical season.
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  • by Lew Location: between waco & downsville on Aug 5, 2009 at 06:27 PM
    One thing that really seems strange to me is that AFAIK we've had no named/numbered Atlantic depressions as of yet. Aren't there usually several before early August?
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  • by Tempe Location: Salado on Jul 31, 2009 at 07:22 PM
    Hooray!!! I received 9 tenths of an inch yesterday and we are very thankful!!! Each life giving drop is precious and we appreciate each one! I watched that little one form south of us today and didn't see how it could miss us, but it turned a little west,away from I35, increased in size and turned back north going up through west central Texas as so many storms have! I don't honestly think there is a wall, but it is frustrating when the rains go around us, watering is restricted, yard grass dead & dying and young trees suffering, not to mention a dead garden!! I guess we must be patient because we know that the good Lord will provide a real toad-strangler some day soon! Thanks for your info Lon. It is appreciated! I look forward to seeing how bad that one was in the fifties!
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  • by Lon Location: KWTX on Jul 30, 2009 at 02:49 PM
    Bell County has received considerably less rain than McLennan County, and McLennan County has received far less rain than Dallas County. But ... since January 1st, Bell County has been wetter than Travis County and Travis County has been wetter tahn Bexar County. Exceptional drought conditions (the worst in over 50 years) have plagued the southern half of Texas for the last 12 months, longer in some areas. It isn't a matter of luck as much as a matter of geography ... the farther south you go in Texas, the drier it has been compared to normal. But ... we did have a good rain in Bell County today, and it came in the middle of what is normally the driest 21-day period annually! When I get a chance, I'll post a blog on the multi-year drought that began in 1952 and ended in 1957 ... And I certainly hope this one doesn't last that long!
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  • by Nick Location: Temple on Jul 30, 2009 at 08:58 AM
    This is one instance that I love being proven wrong...
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  • by Nick Location: Temple on Jul 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM
    There is something/someone affecting the weather in central Texas and I firmly believe this. Today is yet another example of this. For the last month if not longer, every time any weather tries to make its way into Bell county, no matter how powerful the front, it fizzles out once it approaches the county line. Maybe it is Fort Hood experimenting with some kind of weather device or some other entity but there is something wrong. I know I may sound like a conspiracy theorist but with the facts showing up on radar all the time proving the point it's hard to deny that something is influencing the weather and I just wish someone would acknowledge it.
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  • by Tempe Location: Salado on Jul 29, 2009 at 10:46 AM
    Lon, Why is there a rain blocking wall up & down the I35 corridor? Is it pollution, heat from traffic, or what? East Texas, north & parts of west Texas are pretty & green, but not us! I have watched for weeks now & even when rain is coming toward us, it stops, or goes away! Heat is normal in Texas, but this lack of rain in the I35 corridor is not! If there is a reason rather than just luck, I would appreciate it if you would comment on this subject. Thanks!!
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  • by Lon Location: KWTX on Jul 12, 2009 at 06:05 PM
    Weather Watcher Waco ... sometimes the computer generating those maps gets hung-up; it looks like they are up to date now.
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  • by gary Location: between vally and clifton on Jul 12, 2009 at 04:45 PM
    when it gets hot out I will start to complain.
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  • by weather watcher Location: waco on Jul 12, 2009 at 04:42 PM
    Why has your weather page not been updated on Sunday? Your maps are still showing 7:30 a.m. at 4:42 pm
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  • by Lon Location: KWTX on Jul 11, 2009 at 07:40 PM
    Replying to RC SEP ... Every summer, the jetstream shifts north leaving the southern U.S. with weak flow aloft. Depending on the location of troughs in the jetstream flow across the northern U.S. and Canada, we may be in a trough or ridge in our part of the U.S. Last year, we were NOT dominated by high pressure; in 2007, we were in a trough for the first half of the summer, and our weather was very, very wet. So ... some years we are in a neutral situation, some summers we are under a ridge, and occasionally we are in a trough. The high pressure "domes" are the result of weak flow aloft, because the jetstream has migrated northward ... a typical summer pattern.
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  • by RC SEP Location: Temple on Jul 10, 2009 at 04:12 PM
    What causes these high pressure doms that sit over us and torture us so.
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  • by Me Location: Central Texas on Jul 7, 2009 at 04:14 PM
    Alaska is looking really good, right about now.
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  • by Ron Location: Waco on Jul 5, 2009 at 12:50 PM
    The people who are having signal problems. This is a result of the switch to digital signal. Digital is not as strong as analog and any interference of any kind will cause the TV picture to freeze, drop in and out, or do kind of a stop frame with splotcy blocks. This is especially true if you live on the edge of the signal strength. I see this on cable when the satellite reception is not good. I have definitely seen this on friends' TVs who are using just rabbit ears. I don't have an answer to the problem, but it would seem that the industry and FTC are going to need to rethink how to increase digital signal strength to resolve these problems. This has always been an issue with DTV.
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