Technically the “dog days of summer” refers to the period from July 3 through August 11. This is when Sirius, the brightest star visible from anywhere on earth, rises in conjunction with the Sun. Sirius is part of the constellation Canis Major (or Greater Dog), hence the reference to “dog days”.

An upper-level low pressure trough digging southwestward from the Midwest and Tennessee Valley region into Texas, a summer-time cold front expected to near the coast by tomorrow, along with ample moisture and daytime heating should bring an increase in shower and thunderstorm activity for mu…

A weak trough over South Texas, ample low level moisture, daytime heating and the afternoon seabreeze front will continue to provide scattered showers and thunderstorms across Southeast Texas for the foreseeable future. Due to the scattered nature of storm development, rainfall amounts will …

The Houston-Galveston National Weather Service Office has posted a Flash Flood Watch for Galveston County through Thursday.

Most of Galveston County got a break over the July 4th holiday weekend. Although some locales did receive heavy rains and isolated street flooding, most areas of the County saw only intermittent showers and thunderstorms, which provided opportunities for outdoor activities and fireworks displays.

Dark clouds rolled into Galveston County yesterday evening providing the first hint of a pattern change that bring showers and thunderstorms to the area from later today into early next week.

Sunny, warm to hot conditions, with isolated to widely scattered thundershowers should prevail this weekend. In other words, somewhat typical late June weather should prevail.

Thunderstorms rumbled across Galveston County on Sunday. Rainfall amounts of up to 1 ½ inches in parts of Texas City and the east end of Galveston were accompanied by brilliant lightning and booming thunder.

At 10 am the poorly defined center of Potential Tropical Cyclone #3 was 220 miles south of Morgan City. The storm was moving northeast at 14-mph on a track that will bring it ashore south-southeast of New Orleans Saturday morning. There is still a chance that the cyclone could organize enoug…

The Tropical Atlantic Basin has suddenly become active as we move into mid-June with three areas having potential for development over the coming five days. One, off the coast of North Carolina has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone, another in the far eastern Atlantic has a …

High pressure gradually building in from the east and low pressure along the dry line in West Texas will result in brisk southerly winds and warm summertime conditions for much of this week. With high humidity and maximum temperatures expected in the mid-80’s to low-90’s across the Galveston…

Thunderstorms rumbled across Galveston County on Thursday and night, bringing up to 3 inches of rain to some areas along the Bay and the extreme northwest part of the County. By late evening, outflow boundaries set off additional storms closer to the coast bringing precipitation totals there…

Watering the lawn is unlikely to be a priority as we move into June as yet another system promises to bring more rain to Galveston County and Southeast Texas. This, combined with a cooler and wetter than normal May will keep soggy conditions around for the next week or two.

A most, somewhat unstable atmosphere is producing showers and isolated thunderstorms this morning with one line of showers tracking south-southwestward into the Houston-Galveston area and another line of thunderstorm rumbling across Deep East Texas.

The Houston-Galveston National Weather Service has issued a Coastal Flood Advisory for the local area as a tropical low continues to move toward the Texas Coast. Tides running are running 1-2 feet above expected levels, with additional build-up possible as brisk southeast winds of 20-30 mph …

A relatively well-defined 1010 millibar low has formed in the Gulf of Mexico with winds of 30 to 35 mph near and east of the center. The National Hurricane Center has raised the probabilities of development to 60 percent. So far, convection and thunderstorm activity is minimal near the cente…

A developing surface trough and low east of Brownsville has a 40% chance of developing into a tropical depression over the coming 24-hours as it drifts northwestward towards the upper-Texas coast.

Heavy rain is in the forecast for the next 24-48 hours as a weak coastal trough or low forms along the Texas coast. Additional precipitation totals of 3-4 inches are not out of the question as this situation evolves, leading to a threat for localized flooding in the Galveston-Houston area.

Thunderstorms rumbled across Galveston County yesterday afternoon and evening, bringing amounts from ½ inch to a little over 1 inch for much of the County, with rainfall totals generally ranging from 2/3 to ¾ inch.