San Antonio Weather Thread (Anthony, Medina: storage, trucks, neighbors)

[scuba steve]

it's all rumbly n' stuff out in my neck of the woods. fun times, i'm on the edge of noaa's warning box. i guess it's a good enough excuse to keep on playing mafia wars on facebook for a while.

edit: ooo, flashy now too

[Deep Forest]

We skated (alot)...unbelieveable....

[AnthonySA]

Already see the next batch behind this stuff approaching Midland.

[rd2007]

some nice banging and clanging in my area, but not much of the wet stuff I guess that warrants a

[AnthonySA]

Haha... I had about .4" here. This is just round 1 of many to come.

[AnthonySA]

Here it comes!

[sapphire]

Man, it's nice this morning!! Cool and breezy, and it looks like it rained at my house, but I slept through it.

[AnthonySA]

…and the storminess continues!

Usually the song and dance for forecasting the weather in South-Central Texas is never underestimate the power of the ridge. That is what usually keeps us dry and the reason why we miss out on so many storm events. Last night, that was not the case. We underestimated the power of a nice shortwave trough in West Texas that pushed eastward firing up a very steady and heavy batch of showers and thunderstorms that roared all night long into the early morning hours. Some of these storms did in fact reach severe limits. There were reports of a funnel cloud near Leakey, pea sized hail in Hondo, and a gust to 58 mph. Here in Bexar County we saw some very heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and an awesome display of lightning. I originally expected that these storms would fire up by Tuesday evening/overnight … instead, we were all surprised by their early arrival.

What does this mean for today’s forecast? It is actually a no-brainer — more of the same. This morning’s Doppler radar and infrared satellite imagery continue to indicate several impulses activating in West Texas and Northern Mexico pushing eastward into the region. The next line of storms has already developed and should cross the border into western portions of South-Central Texas fairly shortly. These storms will probably make it to the San Antonio-Metropolitan area/ IH-35 corridor around lunch time. Again with these storms the main threats will be heavy rainfall, strong winds, and large hail. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. I do not expect a widespread outbreak of severe storms due to the lack of upper-level dynamics, but there is certainly more than enough instability to get these storms going strong. And behind this? Another round of storms will move through the region yet again later this evening into the overnight hours.

Thunderstorms remain again in the forecast on Thursday and Friday, albiet less organized than last night and today. Most of the storms will be the product of daytime heating and will fizzle out after sunset. A late season cold front may move through by Friday ending our rain chances at least temporarily.

Another series of disturbances is forecast to approach South-Central Texas by Sunday and continue through at least the early portions of next week. As a result of all the precipitation, high temperatures should be much more moderate than previously anticipated. We will not see nearly as much sunshine so I have reduced highs to hover between the mid 80s and low 90s the next 8 days. Overnight lows will be in the mid 60s to about 70 accounting for the possibility of rain-cooled air.

Quite an amazing shift in our weather pattern considering how long and brutal our drought, which began in September 2007, has been. And as always, we will surely keep a very close eye on each and every storm system that moves through the region.

[scuba steve]

It rained like crazy at my place. The 6gal bucket below my roofline had 3 inches of water in it before last night, now it's full. Wish there were a way to store all the rainwater.

[perticusrex]

It is rumbling outside my house - freakin' me out! Last nite was pretty crazy too! I thought the storm was going to come thru my window.