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1 hour ago, ztejas said:

2007 seemed chill

Best summer ever. It rained, like, every goddamn day. And it was glorious. 

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Fall has fallen in Waco. 64 degrees. North wind 

Fall has fallen in Waco. 64 degrees. North wind 

58 here in Georgetown
10 minutes ago, texhorn said:


58 here in Georgetown

59 here in Hewitt, and my AC is running set on 70 since it’s been so humid and in/out of rain all day.   

12 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

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Lol what app is that 

I had no idea the temperature would be dropping. Walked outside earlier and...

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AC off... Nephew from boston still bitching about how hot it is. Closed off all the AC vents on his side of the house just to be a dick. My windows are open. Dog is even using her bed tonight and not just lying on the tile. 

We need/deserve more of this. 


 

This is the meteorological equivalent of the "dollar on a fishing line" gag. 

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Try again Houston, ya almost had it that time!

I’m so goddam pissed. Fuck you Mother Nature!

38 minutes ago, Hate said:

I’m so goddam pissed. Fuck you Mother Nature!

Houston, y'all have a problem.

[I'll show myself out.]

What's the preferred image hosting site on here these days? Freaking imgur links seem to break within a few minutes now. 

What's the preferred image hosting site on here these days? Freaking imgur links seem to break within a few minutes now. 

1. Browse to the image from your phone
2. Save the image
3. Upload from your phone using tapa or browser
4. ????
5. Profit
1 minute ago, Storm the Field said:

What's the preferred image hosting site on here these days? Freaking imgur links seem to break within a few minutes now. 

Imgur links have never worked on this site. you can upload directly to this site, and it will host for you

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19 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

What's the preferred image hosting site on here these days? Freaking imgur links seem to break within a few minutes now. 

I use https://imgbb.com/

1 hour ago, Storm the Field said:

This is the meteorological equivalent of the "dollar on a fishing line" gag. 

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Try again Houston, ya almost had it that time!

It's fucking perfect in northern 'burbs right now.  I got no complaints at all, any cooler than this and y'all can keep it.

Yeah, it’s nice out right for for 4 o’clock, but I was hoping to see some mid-sixties temps tonight. It’s not looking like that will happen.

And now it's back to the usual muggy bullshit. 

Port A is a pleasant 77° with less than 99% humidity.

Cooled down a little bit in Houston this morning, but man is it still soupy out there. Dewpoint still in the 70's. Looks like it should dry out a bit tomorrow and Sunday, so that's at least something.

It’s freaking perfect up here today. Little bit humid but the slight breeze makes everything mighty fine. Nothing quite like drinking beer in the driveway starting at 10:30. 

Yeah, it's starting to dry out. Much better than when I went for a bike ride in the soup around 8 this morning. Was still sweating my ass off despite temp only being ~73. 

That little cooloff/breeze you're feeling now is a mild cool front making its way through ATX.  That's why temps will be about 5-6 degrees cooler the next few days than the weekend was.

Not bad.  We've essentially been skipping the 90's the past 1 1/2 weeks and going into the 80's (with this past weekend exception).  How long can that last, lol?

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Forecast models currently have a very mild front making its way to Houston sometime Friday and bringing down temps & humidity levels a few clicks to make for a rather pleasant weekend, but it doesn't look like we're expected to catch anything major before the end of the month. As of now, it could possibly be a third straight year where those of us in the city proper make it all the way into October before recording a temp below 70 (not typical). 

On the bright side, looks like this long hot summer has pretty much run out of gas. Wednesday is the last day on the extended forecast with a high above 92 or a low above 75.  Following some rain on Thursday, it's a whole lot of ~90/72 days on the 14-day charts. If you hadn't already noticed, the days will start seeming significantly shorter, as we're entering the ~3 week period of maximum sunlight duration decline (-1:46/day). By the 27th, we'll be under the 12-hour mark when sunrise begins occurring later in the morning than sunset in the evening. 

In the meantime, gonna have to dust off my "winter" clothes for a much-needed vacation in the mountains starting Friday. I'm looking at like 5 straight days of 65/40, sunny and dry.

 

 

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Houston weather is the worst. And the forecasters never learn from mistakes.

5 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Forecast models currently have a very mild front making its way to Houston sometime Friday and bringing down temps & humidity levels a few clicks to make for a rather pleasant weekend, but it doesn't look like we're expected to catch anything major before the end of the month. As of now, it could possibly be a third straight year where those of us in the city proper make it all the way into October before recording a temp below 70 (not typical). 

On the bright side, looks like this long hot summer has pretty much run out of gas. Wednesday is the last day on the extended forecast with a high above 92 or a low above 75.  Following some rain on Thursday, it's a whole lot of ~90/72 days on the 14-day charts. If you hadn't already noticed, the days will start seeming significantly shorter, as we're entering the ~3 week period of maximum sunlight duration decline (-1:46/day). By the 27th, we'll be under the 12-hour mark when sunrise begins occurring later in the morning than sunset in the evening. 

In the meantime, gonna have to dust off my "winter" clothes for a much-needed vacation in the mountains starting Friday. I'm looking at like 5 straight days of 65/40, sunny and dry.

 

 

I've been noticing the days getting shorter for the last month and a half.  Used to when I got up at 5:30, by the time I had my first cup of coffee it was already bright enough outside I didn't need the lights on in the kitchen.  Now I'm almost done with the full pot by the time I can cut off the lights.  I  remember when it was still fairly light out at 8:45P, but now it's getting pretty dark by 7:30P.

I'm already dreading those days where it's freaking dark at 5:15.  Hate that shit.

4 hours ago, HoustonFrog said:

Houston weather is the worst. And the forecasters never learn from mistakes.

This summer has been pretty tame in the grand scheme of things.  Oh there were plenty of days that it was just God awful hot, but it didn't seem that bad this year compared to past summers.

20 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

On the bright side, looks like this long hot summer has pretty much run out of gas. Wednesday is the last day on the extended forecast with a high above 92 or a low above 75.  Following some rain on Thursday, it's a whole lot of ~90/72 days on the 14-day charts. 

Nice to see when the pros agree with you. From this morning's SpaceCity post:

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The overall pattern begins to change by Wednesday night or so, as an atmospheric disturbance nears the area. This should allow for the development of some clouds in the sky, and a healthy chance of rain showers.

We’re now pretty confident that some sort of front will push into Houston on Friday night or Saturday morning, but we still don’t have great confidence in the details. At this point it’s probably best to temper expectations. Yes, we’ll see some noticeably drier air. Yes, this should shave a few points of high and low temperatures. But no, at least right now, we can’t definitely say it will feel like fall in Houston. However, the good news is that we don’t expect to go back to highs in the mid-90s and lows near 80 after this front passes. Summer’s days are numbered as we should see more fronts after this one.

 

 

This summer has been pretty tame in the grand scheme of things.  Oh there were plenty of days that it was just God awful hot, but it didn't seem that bad this year compared to past summers.

Yeah it hasn’t been that bad. Would still guess they are off an average of 1-2 degrees per day if you look at a 5-day forecast against actuals

The blastfurnace is coughing and sputtering. Bout time to shut her down for fall maintenance.

Time to start enjoying mornings and evenings again. Dewpoints above 70 are kindly encouraged to fuck right off and never return.

Seemed like everyone in my neighborhood was out enjoying the evening weather yesterday.

We can probably shut this thread down for a while.

The current forecasts covering the next 10-14 days are about as nice as you could ever hope for this time of year. Lots of sun and significantly drier and cooler, especially towards the end of next week and on into next weekend.

 

1 hour ago, Storm the Field said:

We can probably shut this thread down for a while.

The current forecasts covering the next 10-14 days are about as nice as you could ever hope for this time of year. Lots of sun and significantly drier and cooler, especially towards the end of next week and on into next weekend.

 

 

I think this cool September is also going to help us miss ‘Cricket Season’ 

We got 2 fronts coming in over the next 4-5 days, not much rain.  Temps will get into the 90's on the weekend (nowhere near 100°) then back into the 70's-80's.

This thread is metaphysically dead.  It's now called "autumn in Texas."

On 9/25/2020 at 9:57 AM, phdhorn said:

We got 2 fronts coming in over the next 4-5 days, not much rain.  Temps will get into the 90's on the weekend (nowhere near 100°) then back into the 70's-80's.

This thread is metaphysically dead.  It's now called "autumn in Texas."

We call it Fall in Texas. Autumn is for the Brits. 

16 minutes ago, hornian said:

We call it Fall in Texas. Autumn is for the Brits. 

Call it what you want.  Meteorologically, it's "autumn" ("autumnal" vs. "vernal" equinox).

On 9/25/2020 at 9:57 AM, phdhorn said:

We got 2 fronts coming in over the next 4-5 days, not much rain.  Temps will get into the 90's on the weekend (nowhere near 100°) then back into the 70's-80's.

This thread is metaphysically dead.  It's now called "autumn in Texas."

i dunno.  got my haircut outside today as I am wont to do...and it's already balmy as hell.  given the humidity, says it's supposed to be about 98 today with heat index/realfeel, which is not NOWHERE NEAR 100 man!  I kid, I kid.  Always love your meteorological insights (and my meatyour insights with South Austin's Mom).  Looks like we're done with 90 degrees for the calendar year, right?  That's all I care about.  So what time tomorrow (Monday) should we expect this titanic shift in our weather pattern?  I wanna make sure I'm outside with the kids, and not stuck at work, when it rolls in.  Thanks...

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1 hour ago, Lobo said:

i dunno.  got my haircut outside today as I am wont to do...and it's already balmy as hell.  given the humidity, says it's supposed to be about 98 today with heat index/realfeel, which is not NOWHERE NEAR 100 man!  I kid, I kid.  Always love your meteorological insights (and my meatyour insights with South Austin's Mom).  Looks like we're done with 90 degrees for the calendar year, right?  That's all I care about.  So what time tomorrow (Monday) should we expect this titanic shift in our weather pattern?  I wanna make sure I'm outside with the kids, and not stuck at work, when it rolls in.  Thanks...

DarkSky says high of 92, but feels like 105?!?!

220,221, whatever it takes...

Highs in the '80s all week, climbing from about 80 or 81 tomorrow to about 88 by friday.

On 9/24/2020 at 11:24 PM, Trey3216 said:

I think this cool September is also going to help us miss ‘Cricket Season’ 

Au contraire, cricket season is just ramping up. 

https://www.iplt20.com

 

That was the nicest September I can remember. June and September were pleasant 

July and August were nightmares per usual 

^

Yep, that 10-day streak of 100 degree days was a beating.  But there was good rain and it was pleasant in the early mornings and late evenings.  That's rare.  This ragweed can suck my balls though.  

I already consider, with great disdain that, other than that one day of rain, this was the shittiest August in Austin history. I know August is supposed to suck, it always has.  But 110-115 degree heat indexes were a brutal for the kids.  They couldn't go out and play the whole fucking month.  I'd take 'em out around 7:30a or so for an hour and it was already too hot.  Then we'd try to ride bikes after dinner and it was 110.  The humidity, as always, was the teasing bitch.  

Anyway, let's stop and give thanks for a great September.  October is off to a lovely start.  Leaves giving their first hint of color change in our yard, very subtle though.  Gonna camp with the oldest one on Saturday night after the TCU game.  She's been wanting to go all summer but the evenings are finally cool enough so dad can make it through a whole night in the tent.  Fishing has been better lately as well.  And there's football and playoff baseball to watch.  But it's 2020, so I'm sure we're due for a flood.

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