A long stretch of little to no rainfall led to severe drought over portions of South Texas. This included Goliad, Victoria, and northern Calhoun counties.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A long stretch of little to no rainfall led to severe drought over portions of South Texas. This included Goliad, Victoria, and northern Calhoun counties. These counties were very briefly included in the severe drought in mid-late December before a swatch of showers and thunderstorms improved conditions by the end of December.
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 Dec 23, 10:44 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1044 PM CST Mon Dec 23 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Tuesday night) Issued at 143 PM CST Mon Dec 23 2024 Our region will be under the influence of zonal flow aloft ahead of a developing trough extending southward across the Plains with a developing low near the TX/OK border. The low will dig further southeast Tuesday night before lifting northeast during the long- term period. This will kick out several disturbances into the flow including a surface boundary Christmas Eve. This weak cold front will approach our CWA Christmas morning. More details below in the long term discussion. Best shot for precipitation will be Christmas Eve into Christmas Morning around the Victoria Crossroads where there's a moderate 40- 60% chance for showers/thunderstorms. Highs over the next two days will generally range in the mid 70s near the coast to the low to mid 80s across the Brush Country/Rio Grande Plains. Overnight lows ranging in the 60s across the region tonight will be a few degrees cooler tomorrow night. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through next Sunday) Issued at 143 PM CST Mon Dec 23 2024 Key Messages: - Above normal temperatures expected from Christmas Day through the remainder of the long term period. - Low (30%) chance for patchy fog Christmas morning. - Low (20-30%) chance of precipitation for eastern areas Thursday afternoon through Friday night. A weak cold front will drift toward South Texas Christmas morning, stalling somewhere across the area. There could be a few showers early Christmas morning in the northern Coastal Bend and Victoria Crossroads, but most places will stay dry. South of the front, patchy fog will be possible through mid-morning. Temperatures should reach the mid-upper 70s Wednesday afternoon despite the front, coolest near the Victoria Crossroads. The aforementioned front is likely to lift back north as a warm front Wednesday night, and we'll stay in an unsettled pattern through the end of the week with weak boundaries in the area. A stronger front could push through by Saturday night as the mid level pattern changes with troughing shifting eastward and ridging building west. With little consistency in models, there's low confidence in any impact to temperatures behind that front, but it's more of the Pacific variety than Arctic, so we're not anticipating a big cool down. Temperatures will likely (70-80%) remain above normal through the weekend. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1027 PM CST Mon Dec 23 2024 The last two nights winds have been 5-10 knots overnight, by Tuesday morning winds will diminish to 5 knots or less. The radiational fog will be expected in the band that runs from ALI up to VCT with MVFR VSBYs expected, but there is a 20% chance for VSBYs to be IFR between 12z and 14z. One thing I looked at was the old Crossover Temperature fog tool which showed patchy fog over the same area, and maybe CRP. The only issue is the boundary layer wind and temperatures do show that there is some mixing going on, and the a low stratus deck is possible instead. That is evident on the latest model soundings. Otherwise, winds will increase again by the afternoon and the VSBY and some MVFR CIGs will mix out for the rest of the day. There is a 30% chance for showers and thunderstorms at VCT Christmas Eve (after 00z/25) as a cold front moves into the region. && .MARINE... Issued at 143 PM CST Mon Dec 23 2024 A generally weak to moderate onshore flow can be expected today through early Christmas morning. There's a moderate 40-60% chance for showers and thunderstorms as well, mainly across the offshore waters. Weak to moderate onshore flow will continue over the waters for most of this week. A few showers and storms will be possible each day. A front expected to move through over the weekend would shift winds to the north at least briefly. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 62 80 63 77 / 0 0 20 10 Victoria 60 81 57 74 / 0 10 60 10 Laredo 61 81 58 78 / 0 0 10 0 Alice 59 83 59 78 / 0 0 20 10 Rockport 63 76 62 73 / 0 0 40 10 Cotulla 62 81 58 75 / 0 0 10 0 Kingsville 60 82 61 79 / 0 0 10 10 Navy Corpus 65 75 65 73 / 0 0 30 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...BF/80 LONG TERM....CLM/93 AVIATION...JSL/86
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
A long stretch of little to no rainfall led to severe drought over portions of Victoria County. This area was very briefly included in the severe drought in mid-late December before a swatch of showers and thunderstorms improved conditions by the end of December.
A long stretch of little to no rainfall led to severe drought over portions of northern Inland Calhoun County. This area was very briefly included in the severe drought in mid-late December before a swatch of showers and thunderstorms improved conditions by the end of December.
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