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…

The last thing we coastal residents want to think about right now is hurricane season! But it is just around the corner and May 3-9 is Hurricane Awareness Week. With hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin starting on June 1, now is the time for Galveston County residents to consider their pe…

So far, over the past few weeks, the strong storms, heavy rains and severe weather have remained mostly to the north of Galveston County, especially near the coast.

Thunderstorms rumbled across Galveston County yesterday afternoon as another upper-level disturbance moved east across the region. This round of storms brought more or less the same results as the day before, with the bulk of the rainfall located over the northern half of the County, with mu…

Yesterday, our mini-version of hot Santa Anna type winds broke heat records in Galveston County with the 92 degree highs in Galveston and League City, setting a new record for the date (eclipsing the prior record 85 degrees). It also was the hottest Easter Sunday ever observed in Galveston a…

Relatively warm, stable air flowing in from the Gulf of Mexico will result in periods of fog, a mixture of clouds and sun and mild to warm temperatures through Thursday. However, an upper-level low off the California coast will slowly work its way east over the coming week, leading to a grad…

March, 2020 will almost certainly go into the record books as the warmest March ever in Galveston County (with observations in Galveston going back to 1871). A weak cold front pushing offshore this morning will lower temperatures and humidity levels slightly, but not enough to prevent new re…

This week, weather-wise, should be characterized as bringing nearly ideal (if not a little warm) spring conditions. Periods of sun, clouds and a little fog will be accompanied by overnight temperatures in the low-70’s at the coast to the upper to mid-60’s inland. Likewise, high temperatures …

With average temperatures running 6.7° above normal in Galveston and 7.8° above in League City through mid-month, the area is well on its way towards a top 10 warmest March. In addition, with only 0.03” of rain for the month in Galveston and 0.05” in League City, drought conditions persistin…

Sunday brought another breezy day to the area. This made temperatures feel cooler than they actually were (high temperatures of 71 degrees at League City and 70 in Galveston), but that's not unusual for this time of year. March, April and May are the windiest months of the year (based on ave…

Astronomically we are still in winter until the spring equinox on March 19. Climatologically, however, we are well into early spring over Southeast Texas with the average daily temperature having risen from 55.0° in mid-January to 60.5° currently as the increasing hours of sunlight and decre…

A reinforcing cold front due to reach the coast tonight will bring a touch of winter back to the area. With this front, wind gusts to 35-mph and temperatures dropping into the 30’s over the mainland and the low-40’s at the coast are expected by Thursday morning. This will result in rather ch…

With weather, as with many things in life, timing can make the difference between favorable outcomes and unfavorable ones.

We'll see more clouds and fog than sun over the next few days as an upper-level low and trough to our west and an advancing cold front reaches the coast by early Tuesday, before stalling and heading back northward as a warm front.