The 10 a.m. Hurricane Advisory is in with a few changes based upon this morning’s observations and information from aircraft reconnaissance. For starters, Hanna continues to slowly intensify and is expected to make landfall a little south of Corpus Christi early Saturday evening.

Last night, the National Hurricane Center in Miami upgraded the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico to Tropical Depression No. 8 with a good chance that it will become Tropical Storm Hanna. As a result, a Tropical Storm Watch from issued for the Texas coast from High Island to Port Mansfield.

Bands of thunderstorms rolled across parts of Galveston from yesterday afternoon, overnight and into this morning as expected. The downpours temporarily prompted a flood advisory that expired at 9:30 am this morning. Rainfall amounts around the County have ranged from 6 to nearly 7 inches ar…

As anticipated, much needed rain moved into Galveston County late this week. Amounts ranging from 0.51” at Scholes Field in Galveston, 0.86” at the National Weather Service Office in League City put a damper on a two week dry spell. These and heavier rainfall totals of up to 1 1/3” to 1.70” …

Any number of adjectives can be found to describe our weather of late. Steamy, muggy, sizzling and sultry are just a few that come to mind. July temperatures are running from 3.5° above normal in Galveston to almost 5° above in League City. Rainfall has totaled a paltry 0.16” at League City …

Although a surface trough to our north and an upper-level trough dipping southward across the Mid-South have brought a few more clouds and some showers to our area over the past few days, rainfall amounts have been quite minimal. The first six days of July brought 0.32” of rain to Scholes Fi…

High pressure to the east and low pressure to the west is resulting in brisk southerly winds and dangerous rip currents as we move into the new week.

Another thunderstorm complex (MCS) is moving gradually towards Southeast Texas this morning. Although the atmosphere locally has dried out and stabilized some in the wake of yesterday’s storms, persisting southerly to southeast winds and daytime heating will probably be enough to replenish l…

Spotty thunderstorms have deposited from ¼ inch to 1 inch across various parts of the County over the past couple of days, with official amounts totaling 0.36 inch at Scholes Field in Galveston to 1.07 inch at the Weather Service Office in Dickinson/League City.

After a few days of low humidity levels and slightly cooler temperatures, local conditions are slowly transitioning back to more typical mid-June weather. With intense sunshine, overnight lows near 80 at the coast and the mid-70’s inland, highs near 90° and only a slight chance of afternoon …

A weak cold front pushed across the County this morning, bringing light rain (ranging from 0.18” at Hitchcock to 0.08” at Scholes Field in Galveston). The rain, brisk northerly winds gusting to 29-mph at Scholes Field and lowering humidity levels resulted in almost instant relief from two da…

Forecast models are in fairly good agreement that the center of Cristobal will move ashore east of our area over central or southeast Louisiana with a modest northwestward turn as it tracks further inland.

Although nobody likes ambiguity with tropical systems, we are in a period of much uncertainty and very little certainty regarding the development, track and intensity of Tropical Depression No. 3 in the Bay of Campeche.

Tropical Depression #3 has formed in the Bay of Campeche. It is generally expected by the National Hurricane Center to develop into Tropical Storm Chantal within 36-48 hours if it takes a northward track and doesn’t interact too much with the landmass of southern Mexico.

The possibility for tropical development still exists and has some potential for impacting the Texas coast by next weekend or beyond as a weakening Tropical Storm Amanda moves north across Guatemala and into the Bay of Campeche where it could redevelop into an organized tropical system.

Early Monday, a gusty line of thunderstorms roared across Galveston County, bringing 56-mph wind gusts and up to 1.68 inches of rain on Galveston Island. By contrast, an expected round of storms this morning failed to produce much in the way of rain, gusty winds or lightning. Rainfall amount…

As I walked my dog this morning, I could certainly feel the heat of the late May sun. Fortunately, there was just enough of a breeze to lessen the impact a little. Still, there is no doubt that we are moving into summer-like conditions as the high of 92° in League City and 90° on Sunday in G…

An influx of deep tropical moisture and an upper-level low expected to move east across Texas will bring a chance of heavy rain to much of the area. Upper-level lows tend to create very unstable conditions aloft and when this interacts with low level moisture and daytime heating, heavy rain …

The weather over Galveston County has been close to idyllic the past couple of days. Low humidity levels clear skies and morning temperatures of 62° in League City and 64° in Galveston and high temperatures in the 70’s. Coming in the wake of a cold front and dramatic squall line on Friday th…