Posted on 07/30/2012 2:09:59 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Houston - Although it's ending on a warm note, July sure was lovely.
The region received lots of drought-quenching rain and average temperatures were a couple of degrees cooler than normal.
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But are we in for déjà vu all over again, with regard to the torrid August 2011, during the month ahead? Houston suffered through August last year with a record-shattering daily high average of 102 degrees.
Probably not, says Chris Hebert, a forecaster with Houston-based ImpactWeather. Hebert noted that a large area of high pressure has been centered for much of the summer over parts of the Midwest.
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"With the high up north it leaves the upper Gulf coast open to continued daily rounds of afternoon showers," he said.
This should also moderate daytime temperatures a bit. Whereas every day during August of last year reached 100 degrees but one, this August may not see a single 100-degree day, he said.
The slightly cooler and wetter weather may come with a price, however.
Hebert studied the 20 wettest and 20 driest Julys on record for Houston and found a striking correlation with hurricane activity.
After 40 percent of the wettest Julys a major hurricane struck Texas or Louisiana during the remainder of that year's hurricane season, Hebert said. But there were no major hurricane strikes after the driest Julys.
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Pretty much all the country south of PA is lovely. My dad was from upstate NY, and we made the drive from Louisiana to NY pretty much every year from infancy until I was about twelve, and not quite so frequently after his mom died. We took a different route almost every time, so I've seen most of TN, KY, VA, northern MS, AL, some of the Carolinas, and on up into Ohio and across. All that hill/mountain country is pretty.
Indeed!
And He sent His Son to SAVE yer scrawny butt!!!
Heck; if He could get me; you'd best Watch Out!! ;^]
And mom would say, "I keep telling you to ask for directions; but NOOOooo...!"
Apostate Mormons? Virtually impossible. Been there, done that organized religion thing.
ORGANIZED?
You’ve not seen one of MY churches meetings!! ;^)
ORGANI$$$$$$$$$$$$ZED?
Arranged marriages are for the birds!
TN is beautiful country. I never met such lovely, friendly people. I thought I had a southern accent until I came across them, LOL.
Well, maybe in some families, but my dad was a superb navigator. I don't think I have ever seen him get lost....certainly not during any of the times I was riding along. I think this was in part due to the fact that during the Depression, he and his brother had a motorcycle, and traveled WIDELY looking for work. I know they did the run from upstate NY to Florida several times.
Especially when they stopped showing the weather.
I, too, have never been lost.
But I have taken many sightseeing trips spontaneously on occasion.
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