San Antonio Weather Thread (Howe: swimming, restriction, year round)

[AnthonySA]

If you have an air conditioner... USE IT and NEVER LEAVE IT.

This will help in your transition from Seattle to San Antonio. Unfortunately, even as the temperatures look a tad bit lower on the 7-day forecasts, the humidity will counteract that producing relatively the same heat indices. Therefore, there will not be much difference in how hot it actually feels outside.

Another tip that worked for me is spend a summer in Laredo before moving to San Antonio... you'll never complain about the heat again!

[scuba steve]

Wonderful. I'm more worried about the part of the drive through the 4 corners region and down into New Mexico. I've driven that highway before and it's about the most desolate place I've experienced. A lot of stuff I'm going to be doing after the move sorta involves the outdoors... energy efficiency type stuff like installing a radiant barrier in the attic and throwing down more blown insulation. Of course I'll either do that in the morning or evening to try and cut down on the heat in the attic.

I also need to transfer some raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries into 20 gallon pots after the move because the soil PH is too different over there for them to survive. Then install a gutter in the back yard and rain collection barrel. To make this semi-weather related, I'm guessing I won't need to put a very big one down by the spout until after summer...

[AnthonySA]

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[AnthonySA]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
430 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-281200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WA****A-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
430 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS PART OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTH OF
ALVA... TO KINGFISHER... TO GUTHRIE... TO CHANDLER. ADDITIONAL
SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA... INTO
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

IMPACTS...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...A FEW TORNADOES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD PREPARE FOR
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT EXTENDED FROM
FAIRVIEW TO CHANDLER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY MAY DRIFT
SLOWLY NORTH. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY THERE IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND SUNSHINE. CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS EXPECTED
TO BE SUFFICIENTLY LOW FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE IN A REGION OF STRONG
LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH FAVORABLE VEERING WINDS ALOFT.
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS PART OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY PRODUCE
TORNADOES AND ASSOCIATED VERY LARGE HAIL.

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE ZONE
BETWEEN ALVA AND ALTUS. CONVERGENCE HERE WILL BE LESS THAN THAT IN
NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... AND THE BOUNDARY MAY PROVIDE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IN THIS AREA IS LARGE HAIL.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MAY 25.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...90 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SUNDAY AND MONDAY... THE DRY LINE WILL SET UP IN THE EASTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE... WHILE JET STREAM WINDS CARRY STORMS OFF THE DRYLINE
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY.

ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO FOCUS ALONG
A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. UPPER LEVEL WINDS
WILL DECREASE... RESULTING IN SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SUNDAY.
$$

CMS

Hazardous Weather Outlooks like these are only part of the reason why I like the NWS Weather Forecast Office in Norman, OK.

[AnthonySA]

WOOHOO I'm getting a storm

* AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL
UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTHONY

[gwrober]

We were out at a park all day for a soccer tourney - it was HOT and HUMID. It didn't cool down until after 6:30. We had a break between games and came home to shower and change!

No rain in the forecast.

[rd2007]

Originally Posted by scuba steve

Now's not the time to be moving... it's maybe 75 here today. But I head out on Tuesday and closed on the house yesterday so it's kinda a done deal... :/

It hasn't been 75 here in days and I'm talking for a low temperature. it barely gets below 80... get ready to burn

[AnthonySA]

Latest 8-Day Outlook from my eyes

[Deep Forest]

With your Troll-B-Gone® and my patented Troll Whacker® maybe a joint business venture is in the offing.......

[Paka]

The patio area around the pool is actually wet this morning...I had to go and ensure something wasn't leaking!!! LOL Just a drizzle, but some moisture none the less!