It was 6:30am on Friday, September 12th, 2008, and my alarm had just gone off. My normal grogginess was unapparent as I hurried out of bed and made my way to my desk in my apartment. I logged in to my computer as fast as I could not knowing what to expect, but before looking at one bit of weather data, I pulled up a webcam that looked down onto the Strand District of Galveston Island and was immediately shocked and whirled into disbelief. Storm surge water from Galveston Bay was already up to the top of the nearly two-foot high curbs near 25th street in front of the Railroad Museum. I jumped out of my chair and ran back to my room to get my phone. As I fumbled to start dialing my Dad’s number, my wife asked what was wrong…
Hurricane Barry Update! As of this morning’s hurricane hunter recon flight into the system, in additional to several ground-based measurements near the center of Barry, it was determined that Barry […]
Barry is becoming better organized today. There is still some northerly wind shear affecting its ability to strengthen, and weak steering currents still have it moving very slowly westward. A […]
Happy Hump Day, y’all (*somewhat sarcastic tone*)! I don’t know about you, but Barry hasn’t formed yet and I’m already over it. New Orleans was hit hard by flooding rains […]
Where’s all the hype from yesterday!? Yesterday SE Texas was the bullseye of a tropical system by Saturday with flooding rainfall and all kinds of bad tropical stormy things, and […]
More Flash Flooding Possible Tonight and Tomorrow The National Weather Service in Houston (NWS) has issued a Flash Flood Watch for our coastal counties in Southeast Texas (including Galveston, Brazoria, […]
Busy in the Tropics As mentioned last night, we are in the peak of the tropical season. Out there in the Atlantic we have Hurricane Florence. She poses the gravest […]
Peak Season is Upon Us The phrase “that escalated quickly” never rang truer than it did today. That’s because today just so happens to be the day that is known […]
Now that Harvey has moved inland, the weakening stage is ongoing. There is no doubt that the stories and images we will see come out of Rockport and surrounding communities […]
This evening’s infrared satellite view of Tropical Storm Harvey, at 10:15PM, shows that it has really gotten its act together today and strengthening is very slowly occurring now that the […]
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SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS
- Air Quality Alert issued May 30 at 2:53PM CDT by NWS...Ozone Action Day... The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria area for Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone pollution in the Houston, Galveston, and