Matt Lanza

Enjoy the weekend, because next week looks stormy

March 4, 2016 at 7:45 am by Matt Lanza

Yesterday was a classic mid-spring like day in Houston. We hit 84 degrees, which makes it the warmest day of 2016 so far. We won’t be pushing that the next few days, but it will stay warm.All the details below, and scroll to the end for an important article you should be reading today.

TODAY

I won’t implicitly suggest today is a good day to play hooky, but it’ll be awfully nice. Expect plenty of sun, low humidity, and temperatures roughly 10 degrees cooler than Thursday (mid-70s). Another winner.

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Another stellar weekend

February 26, 2016 at 7:15 am by Matt Lanza

One thing we haven’t seen a shortage of in recent weeks are nice weekends. And we’ll be adding to that with this weekend.

TODAY

Expect plenty of sunshine again today. It will be a few degrees cooler than yesterday, as a reinforcing shot of cool, dry air arrived late Thursday afternoon. Just nice.

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A very “spring” weekend

February 19, 2016 at 7:25 am by Matt Lanza

It was a really nice Thursday in Southeast Texas, but a few hundred miles to our northwest, it was downright summer-like. Amarillo hit the mid-80s, but Kansas stole the show. Garden City, KS hit 89 degrees, Russell hit 88 degrees, and Dodge City hit 87 degrees, all of which likely set new records for warmest February day on record.

Plot of cities that set or approached record temperatures Thursday afternoon. (CoolWx.com) — Plot of cities that set or approached record high temperatures Thursday afternoon. (CoolWx.com)

For us, it’s going to continue warming up, but we will avoid the plague of obscene heat for awhile yet.

TODAY

After some low clouds in parts of the region this morning, we will clear out and enjoy a mostly nice afternoon. Sunshine will help warm us to around 80° or into the low-80s in spots. Dewpoints will hit the low or mid 60s this afternoon, which means you’ll notice the humidity but it won’t feel too oppressive.

3 PM dewpoint forecast for Southeast Texas. (Weather Bell)

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Warm-up begins

February 11, 2016 at 7:10 am by Matt Lanza

From a meteorologist’s standpoint, it has been exceptionally boring of late in the Houston area and much of Texas for that matter. Most people certainly won’t complain though. Since January 7th, we’ve accumulated a whopping 0.84″ of rain officially in Houston. Typically, this is our driest time of year, but given the expectations that we may have had with this so called “Godzilla” El Nino, there’s no question rainfall has been something of a disappointment here (and in California for that matter, though the crucial snow pack has held strong so far).

But I digress…

The next few days look brilliant.

TODAY

Pick your favorite positive adjective and use it to describe today: Super, brilliant, excellent, stellar, epic, amazing, wonderful… It looks great. Wall to wall sunshine is expected, with high temps pushing or eclipsing 75° officially. While not as desert-like as it was earlier this week, humidity will remain low.

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