Some beneficial rainfall occurred over portions of the Brush Country and Coastal Bend during the last week of the month. Drought conditions improved over these regions.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Some beneficial rainfall occurred over portions of the Brush Country and Coastal Bend during the last week of the month. Drought conditions improved over these regions. But most of south Texas received well below normal rainfall with drought conditions worsening over the northern Coastal Bend and western Victoria Crossroads.
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 11:54 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1254 AM CDT Sun May 1 2022 .AVIATION... Currently MVFR/VFR conditions with a weak southeasterly flow. SREF probabilities overnight tonight show CIG's to drop to IFR for ALI/VCT with some BR reducing VSBY's to around 4-5 SM. MVFR conditions expected elsewhere as the lower ceilings spread inland. Conditions will improve to MVFR Sunday morning as BR dissipates and lower CIG's give way to higher ceilings. Some isolated showers and a few thunderstorms are possible Sunday morning and lingering into afternoon hours for western sites as an upper level disturbance progresses across the area. Have left the mention of this out of TAF's for now. Expect southeasterly gusts to around 25 knots tomorrow afternoon and evening with MVFR conditions returning in the evening hours. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 719 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022/ AVIATION...00Z TAFs Frontal boundary has moved south into the Hill Country but looks to have stalled and will drift northward during the overnight hours. Low level flow will be weaker than previous nights with southerly winds up to 20 knots. Scattered to broken cumulus/VFR conditions early this evening with MVFR ceilings expected to affect coastal regions by 04Z Sunday. These lower ceilings will gradually spread inland and reach LRD area by 08Z. SREF probabilities along with the HRRR show ceilings will likely lower to IFR over the inland coastal plains from 07-08Z with MVFR vsbys in fog through 14-15Z Sunday. MVFR ceilings will be prevalent elsewhere until 17Z for the coastal plains and a little later for the Brush Country. A few light showers could affect the Brush Country Sunday morning also. VFR conditions will occur through the rest of the afternoon with gusty southeast winds. PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 326 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Sunday Night)... A boundary has pushed into the area this afternoon, stretching at time of writing from around Laredo to around Corpus Christi. The boundary hasn't has much impact on our sensible weather, but has been a focus for just a few small showers mainly near the coast and offshore. Dont expect much out of this at the boundary continues to sink southward. Will have to keep an eye out though to the west for any potential mountain convection that develops this evening and into tonight. While convection will likely stay pretty close to the cold front draped across Central Texas, 850-300mb thickness contours tonight are aligned more northwest to southeast and could bring some convection down into the area. That said...only the FV3 meso model is really showing this scenario...other models either keep it along the front or far west of our area. Will carry some 20 PoPs west into the night for the small chance here. By tomorrow, a weak upper shortwave is progressing across the area, and with PWAT values at or above 1.5" the energy could be enough to trigger a few showers during the day. Will just stick with mainly 20 PoPs through the day though as the wave is pretty weak. A stronger wave will move mainly north of the area by tomorrow night, and could be a concern for showers and storms though the best chance will once again be north of the area as strong storms are expected to develop over West Texas ahead of a dry line, then push east in the late evening and overnight. Expect a mainly easterly movement, but can't rule out some storms moving or developing into our northwest counties. Min temps continue elevated tonight and tomorrow night with abundant low level moisture. Expect lows mainly in the lower to mid 70s. Despite expected cloud cover, high temps tomorrow should reach into the lower 90s west and mid to upper 80s east. LONG TERM (Monday through Saturday)... Not too much change to the forecast for the upcoming week with continued breezy/windy, humid and hot conditions persisting. Models continue show a quasi-zonal flow aloft with upper low pressure systems remaining north of the region and high pressure remaining across Mexico well south of TX through mid week. Embedded short waves in the flow aloft are progged to bring isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms into S TX Monday and again Wednesday night. By the latter part of the week, models indicate a mid/upper long wave trough digging southeastward across northern Mexico with the overall synoptic pattern becoming more amplified by Thursday/Friday and bringing additional rain chances to S TX. A short wave Monday morning will bring a chance of convection to the western half of S TX then dries out from west to east through Monday afternoon as weak ridging builds in behind the short wave. Tuesday looks rain free, humid and hot with heat indices around 105 across the Brush Country/Rio Grande Plains. Heat indices could reach 105 briefly each afternoon through the latter part of the week. As low pressure in the mid/upper levels moves across northern Mexico, an associated frontal boundary is progged to move across South Central TX Thursday with models indicating convection ahead and along the bdry. Models have been inconsistent from run to run and with each other with this feature. Some runs have brought the boundary into S TX either Thu, Fri or Sat or stall it north of the area before it retreats and washes out by the end the week. Given a southwest flow aloft ahead of the approaching long wave trough, feel the frontal boundary will not make it to S TX. That being said, an outflow boundary from convection farther north could move into S TX. Kept with the National Blend which shows increasing rain chances beginning Wed night into Thu across the western CWA then shows a slight chance across S TX Thu night through Fri night. The NBM progs the surface winds across S TX to back briefly to the east by Sat with no definitive boundary in the area. P-ETSS continues to forecast above normal tides through the period with water levels possibly reaching the dunes during times of high tide. Tide level trends will continue to be monitored for the potential for minor coastal flooding. MARINE... A mainly moderate onshore flow will persist tonight through Sunday night before increasing to more moderate to strong levels Sunday night. Moderate to strong onshore flow will persist through the week with advisory conditions possible at times. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible toward the end of next week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 87 75 87 75 88 / 10 10 10 10 0 Victoria 88 73 87 72 89 / 10 10 10 10 10 Laredo 93 75 95 74 97 / 20 30 20 0 0 Alice 90 74 92 73 94 / 10 20 20 10 0 Rockport 84 76 85 76 86 / 10 10 10 10 0 Cotulla 92 73 92 74 98 / 30 40 40 10 10 Kingsville 89 75 90 74 91 / 10 20 10 10 0 Navy Corpus 83 75 82 76 83 / 10 10 10 10 0 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && BF/80...AVIATION
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 525 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-011030- La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval- Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-Inland San Patricio- Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg- Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands- Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands- Calhoun Islands- 525 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Moderate risk of rip currents Sunday. Heat indices could briefly reach 105 degrees Wednesday afternoon across portions of the Brush Country. Minor Coastal Flooding will be possible Sunday through Tuesday during times of high tide. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible Sunday and Monday across the Brush Country. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday through the end of the week across portions of South Texas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GMZ231-232-236-237-250-255-270-275-011030- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM- 525 AM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Occasional Small Craft Advisory conditions will be possible through next week. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible next weekend across the Gulf waters. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
24 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme to exceptional drought over the county improved to severe due to rainfall during the last week of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought over the county improved to severe due to rainfall during the last week of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought over the county improved to severe due to rainfall during the last week of the month.
Extreme to severe drought over the county improved to just severe drought over the western half of the county by the end of the month.
Extreme drought continued over the northern and central parts of the county during the month while conditions improved slightly over the southern part of the county.
Severe drought improved to abnormally dry by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought improved to moderate drought by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought improved to moderate drought by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought improved to moderate drought by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought improved to moderate drought by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought improved to moderate drought by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought improved to moderate drought by the end of the month as beneficial rainfall occurred during the latter part of the month.
Severe drought continued over the area for the month.
Severe drought continued over the area for the month.
Severe to extreme drought worsened during the month with exceptional drought over the northern third by the end of the month and extreme over most of the rest of the county.
Severe to extreme drought worsened during the month with exceptional drought over most of the county by the end of the month.
Severe drought worsened to extreme drought over most of the county by the end of the month.
Severe drought worsened to extreme drought over the northern part of county by the end of the month.
Severe drought continued during the month.
Severe drought continued during the month.
Severe drought continued during the month.
Severe drought continued during the month.
Severe drought continued during the month.
Severe drought continued during the month.
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