Eric Berger

June’s site sponsor: Meyerland Animal Clinic, P.A.

A new month means a new sponsor for Space City Weather, and I’m pleased to announce that Meyerland Animal Clinic, P.A. will support the site in June.

(Meyerland Animal Clinic, P.A.)
(Meyerland Animal Clinic, P.A.)

 

Thanks to their generous support we can provide all of our weather content for free, and without advertisement, for the entire month of June. The advantage of the sponsorship model is that we are under no pressure to generate web traffic for the sake of web traffic—so there’s no hype, no click bait and no nonsense. All we’ll do is continue to make the best possible forecasts we can make. So if you appreciate that, and have furry friends, please check them out!

Heavy rains still on tap for Houston this week

Good morning. Strong storms approached the western Houston metro area on Tuesday evening, but fortunately they died as they moved into western Harris County. Unfortunately we probably won’t be as lucky for the rest of the week.

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Tuesday night’s rains over the Brazos Valley certainly didn’t help with the rise of the Brazos River, which is now expected to crest near 55 feet near Richmond tonight, about 10 feet above flood stage.

The rising Brazos River. (National Weather Service)
The rising Brazos River. (National Weather Service)

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And just like that … the rain returns

Anyone watching a radar this afternoon will have seen a line of thunderstorms moving toward Houston from central Texas. While these storms have weakened somewhat, and should continue to do so, they are strong enough to produce moderate to heavy rains as they move eastward. A flood advisory is now in effect for the Brenham area.

The radar at 7pm CT shows showers moving in from the west. (Intellicast)
The radar at 7pm CT shows showers moving in from the west. (Intellicast)

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Do pre-season tropical storms augur a busy year? No.

It’s not even June 1 and the Atlantic basin has already recorded two tropical systems in 2016—Hurricane Alex back in January, and Tropical Storm Bonnie last weekend. Some readers might be concerned that this augurs a particularly busy hurricane season, which officially begins Tuesday, but that is not necessarily the case.

That’s because there is little to no correlation between seasons with at least one tropical cyclone (tropical depression, tropical storm, or a hurricane) prior to June 1 in a calendar year, and that season’s overall activity. The following chart, with data since 1950, was recently shared by The Weather Channel’s Michael Lowry.

(Michael Lowry/The Weather Channel)
(Michael Lowry/The Weather Channel)

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