Most of Texas to remain wetter and cooler than normal
May 14, 2016 8:24:58 GMT -5
Post by rah on May 14, 2016 8:24:58 GMT -5
This will continue through the rest of the month of May. This has a lot to do with why the tornado count is down. Texas gets far more tornadoes than any other state during an average year.
But this spring Texas has been much wetter and thus cooler than average and thus Texas is seeing far fewer tornadoes than average. May is the most active tornado month and there were only three of them nation wide yesterday and none in Texas. So now we're running 170 below average for the year and that difference is getting ready to increase a great deal more since conditions for severe weather are very poor nearly across the whole nation and will generally remain so through the rest of this month.
On the downside the focus of heavy rains in Texas has moved west and north of the last blast which caused the flooding in the Houston area so now the already wetter than normal Dallas area will probably see some significant flash flooding. IOW Jer your probably going to be pretty busy over the next 10 days or so.
George, your area is forecast to see some somewhat warmer than normal weather over the same period.
We here in Central Indiana are having cooler than normal weather right now. It was 43 deg. F when I got up this morning and low for tonight will be in the mid 30s. But come the end of the week it will warm up into the 70's and continue to warm more so it will be suddenly summer here. It will plenty hot when the run the Indy 500 at the end of the month.
One other aspect for those places in the west that have been experiencing a wet and cool spring. More rain and cooler temps helps the vegetation grow and then when the heat comes and things dry out this summer many areas will have a great supply of fuel for wildfires. So it is to be expected that a great deal of the West and SW will see a very active wild fire season.
But this spring Texas has been much wetter and thus cooler than average and thus Texas is seeing far fewer tornadoes than average. May is the most active tornado month and there were only three of them nation wide yesterday and none in Texas. So now we're running 170 below average for the year and that difference is getting ready to increase a great deal more since conditions for severe weather are very poor nearly across the whole nation and will generally remain so through the rest of this month.
On the downside the focus of heavy rains in Texas has moved west and north of the last blast which caused the flooding in the Houston area so now the already wetter than normal Dallas area will probably see some significant flash flooding. IOW Jer your probably going to be pretty busy over the next 10 days or so.
George, your area is forecast to see some somewhat warmer than normal weather over the same period.
We here in Central Indiana are having cooler than normal weather right now. It was 43 deg. F when I got up this morning and low for tonight will be in the mid 30s. But come the end of the week it will warm up into the 70's and continue to warm more so it will be suddenly summer here. It will plenty hot when the run the Indy 500 at the end of the month.
One other aspect for those places in the west that have been experiencing a wet and cool spring. More rain and cooler temps helps the vegetation grow and then when the heat comes and things dry out this summer many areas will have a great supply of fuel for wildfires. So it is to be expected that a great deal of the West and SW will see a very active wild fire season.