Strong wind gusts produced some damage on Galveston Island.
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Strong wind gusts produced some damage on Galveston Island.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 12, 4:04 AM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
504 AM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022
.SHORT TERM [Through Wednesday Night]...
Moderate southerly flow underway with dewpoints in the upper 60s
to around 70 with abundant clouds. Radar at 4 am showing a few
showers and thunderstorms over Mexico/S TX area in advance of a
potent southern stream shortwave over Mexico. Over the Gulf sea
return is evidence of the impressive capping inversion present in
models and AMDAR this morning.
Through the morning hours rain chances should start to increase
with showers and eventually thunderstorms as the s/w closes in on
the area. The focus for where these develop looks to favor the
Gulf well offshore but by this afternoon the cap looks breakable
especially in the 2 pm-7 pm window over the south and in the
northwest. The environment is very unstable above the inversion
with lapse rates 7.5-8.0C and 30+ knots of shear. Which will favor
strong/severe thunderstorms with mainly a hail threat but the wind
profiles just inland up to around Huntsville this afternoon are
problematic with strong low level helicity available. The guidance
is all over the place with timing/initiation/track/coverage but
most have at least something tracking/developing over the south.
A few models are also supportive of more organized multicell
becoming supercell north of the I-69 corridor probably up near
Montgomery/Walker/San Jacinto area mid afternoon. Late
afternoon/evening will be watching for the storms initiating off
the dryline (in the 'Enhanced' area) to propagate eastward and
probably clip the northern areas but by the time it gets here late
afternoon more likely evening the instability may be waning and
the shear profiles weakening. Still some strong wind and hail
threat with these. Secondary development along the actual Pacific
cold front Wednesday morning should move in from the northwest
and then weaken in the evening as the front moves into the coastal
areas. Have trended the forecast more toward the global solutions
with the cold front late Wednesday which should bring an end to
the rain chances by Wednesday night in the central and western
areas but still some low end chances in the east and Gulf.
Winds today will remain out of the south and could get gusty with
the LLJ lifting out but not the magnitude of yesterday's winds.
Temperatures should be on the warmer side of the envelope and
wouldn't rule out mid 80s west of I-45 and very warm at Galveston
as well. Overnight tonight the warm continues with lower 70s
followed by high temperatures trending up for Wednesday with the
more S-SW flow into the mid 80s inland to near 90 on the western
border from College Station to Edna. The cold front pushing
through Wednesday night should take a large chunk out of the
temperatures dropping back into the mid 50s to low 60s by sunrise
Thursday.
.LONG TERM [Thursday Through Tuesday]...
The day will start off cooler on Thursday thanks to Wednesday's cold
front but will warm back up into the low to mid 80s in the afternoon
as the front starts to track inland as a warm front and
southeasterly flow pulls in warm and humid air from the Gulf.
Conditions will get warmer and more humid on Friday with the passage
of this warm front and may help trigger a few showers, possibly some
isolated thunderstorms during the day. On Saturday, warm and humid
once again with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. A weak cold
front will move into northern and central TX, but will likely not
make into Southeast TX. How close does it get to our area however,
will depend on which model you choose. For the time being, have
placed some chances of showers and isolated thunderstorms for the
northern third of Southeast TX Saturday afternoon through early
Saturday night.
Things get a little muddled with rain chances on Sunday into Monday
with the next cold front. In this forecast package, the front is
currently progged to move across Southeast TX sometime Monday
morning. But model solutions right now are not in sync with the
timing, strength of the front, nor how much cool/dry air makes it
through after the front. A great example of the latter is the GFS
showing PWs of 1.4 to 1.6 inches on Monday afternoon while the ECMWF
has PWs dipping down to around 0.5 inches. Thus, went with a blend
solution for both days and have slight chances of showers and
isolated thunderstorms starting Sunday afternoon into Monday, but
will get more tailored in the next few days. Also, temperatures will
cool down after the front. The highs will go from the upper 80s on
Sunday to the lower 80s on Monday and be even cooler on Tuesday (in
the mid to upper 70s). How much it will or will not cool down
however, will depend on what happens with the cold frontal passage.
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&&
.MARINE...
Hazardous marine conditions will continue to prevail through at
least mid week as moderate to strong onshore winds and elevated seas
persist. The risk for strong rip currents will also continue across
the coasts through at least Wednesday evening. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms will be possible through Wednesday as a series of
weather disturbances pass through the area. Winds will briefly shift
to the northeast or east Wednesday night as a weak front moves off
the coast and turn southeast on Friday as a warm front pushes
inland. Moderate onshore flow along with elevated seas persist
during the weekend. Winds turn east to possibly northeast Monday
into Tuesday as another weak cold front moves across the region.
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&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR stratus ceilings prevail across the area and will continue
into the afternoon hours for most sites but during the afternoon
some breaks with VFR are looking more likely except perhaps the
coastal sites. Gusty southerly flow of 13-18kts gusting to 25 kts
looks likely through evening. For now will be carrying a mix of
VCSH this morning then VCTS this afternoon. Still on the fence for
prevailing TSRA for HOU/LBX/GLS late morning/afternoon. Will
probably wait til/lean on the 12z package latest short term
trends. MVFR ceilings return overnight and continue into Wednesday
morning. 45
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
College Station (CLL) 84 71 88 54 84 / 30 20 40 0 10
Houston (IAH) 82 73 85 59 83 / 40 30 50 10 10
Galveston (GLS) 82 73 81 66 81 / 50 20 40 20 0
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...High Rip Current Risk through Wednesday evening for the
following zones: Bolivar Peninsula...Brazoria
Islands...Galveston Island...Matagorda Islands.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION through Wednesday afternoon
for the following zones: Galveston Bay...Matagorda Bay.
Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM CDT Wednesday for the following
zones: Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship
Channel TX out 20 NM...Coastal waters from High Island to
Freeport TX out 20 NM...Waters from Freeport to Matagorda
Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM...Waters from High Island
to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM.
&&
SHORT TERM...45
LONG TERM...24
MARINE...24The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole was downed along with several power lines. The gust was estimated from nearby KGLS ASOS observation at 939 AM CST.
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