High pressure setup a hot end to the summer.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
High pressure setup a hot end to the summer.
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 Sep 14, 5:41 AM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 641 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Sunday) Issued at 319 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 Key Messages: - Moderate to major risk of heat related impacts across the northern Brush Country, and minor to moderate across the remainder of South Texas, Today. - Sunday, Minor to moderate risk of heat related impacts across South Texas. - Low (20-30%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday. Today, The 500 mb ridge that has been bringing the return to the hot weather of the summer, the last day or two, continues to be blocked by the rex block made up of the ridge in the Lower Great Lakes and 500 mb low, which are the remnants of Francine. So the main concern is the heat as the temperatures range from around 90 near the coast to at or just above 100 around Cotulla and LaSalle county. Minimum relative humidity levels will remain around 40% in the Rio Grande Plains to near 80% at the Coastal Bend. The best heat indices would then end up in the inland portions of Kleberg and Nueces counties with 105-110 heat index values expected. Tonight, clouds begin to move into the region as moisture moves in from the west over the mountains, and also from the southeast, along the Rio Grande Valley toward the sfc lying along the leeside of the Rocky Mountains and into West Texas. For Sunday, the models have been all over the place with how the thunderstorms would evolve. Over the last few nights, the models have been back and forth with what to do about about tropical storm Ileana in the Pacific. A couple of nights ago the GFS explicitly pulled the energy east over the mountains and into South Texas. Last night, it looked like it would take the energy north, but pull the moisture east. While most of the models have been showing that Ileana moves north dissipates, and some of the moisture moves east- southeast, and mainly in to Deep South Texas. So tonight, the GFS and the ECMWF have brought the two solutions together. Most of the energy moves north into Arizona, but a vort max at 500 mb seems to make it into the Rio Grande Plains of Mexico, with most of the moisture of Ileana moving over the mountains into Mexico. So some of the remnants of Ileana meet up with the moisture in the Rio Grande Plains which seems to be drawn north by a sfc trough in the lee of the Rocky Mountains and West Texas. The sfc trough initiates the convection in the Rio Grande Valley Sunday morning, and spreads them east toward the southern Coastal Bend (Kleberg and Nueces Counties)with isolated to scattered (15-35% chance) showers and thunderstorms in southern Brush Country. The models are all pretty much on board with the rain heading southeast into Deep South Texas in the afternoon. Thought the NBM was a little underdone, so blended the 00z ARW/GFS/ECMWF to boost the western and southern pops a bit. So the expectation is for showers/thunderstorms to fire off in Mexico and travel down the rio Grande Plains and out of our area. Temperatures look to remain into the lower to mid 90s from the cloud cover and the bit of rain that falls over the southern Brush Country. Heat index values are expected to remain between 100-105. && .LONG TERM... (Sunday night through next Friday) Issued at 319 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 Key Messages: - Low to medium (20-35%) chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday night into Monday. - Moderate to Major risk of heat related impacts across the Brush Country, and Minor to Moderate across the remainder of South Texas through the end of the work week. Low to medium rain/storm chances start off the Extended period owing to the combination of moisture advection from what it currently is Tropical Storm Ileana over the Baja Peninsula and associated mid- level energy. Although the highest precip chances can be expected across western zones Sunday night into Monday, an approaching weak frontal boundary from the northeast may bring some activity to the Crossroads area in the evening hours of Sunday. PWATs will climb to around 2.0-2.4 inches during the aforementioned timeframe, remaining at around 1.5-1.8 inches through the remainder of the work week. However, by Tuesday high pressure is expected to settle back over the region with drier air filtering in at the mid-levels, confining moisture to the lower layers. A few showers will still be possible through the end of the week (mainly along the seabreeze), but PoPs will stay below 25%. Temperatures are forecast to be on the warm side through the period, with highs generally in the mid 80s to around 100 all week. With such high moisture expected over the area along with the warmer temps, heat index values will be in the 100-109 range throughout this upcoming week. The risk for experiencing heat related illnesses will be at Moderate to Major levels over the Brush Country all week, with generally a Minor to Moderate risk elsewhere. Overnight lows will range in the 70s nightly. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 622 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 Fog is once again forming along the Coastal Plain with ALI, NQI, T69, and VCT (at least for a time) having or had VSBYs down to 1 SM or less, and CIGs below 1000Ft. So have those condition in the TAFs through 14z. After 14z, the expectation is for another sunny/VFR day. After 00z, the moisture moves up the RGV, and from over the Sierra Madre to kick off showers and thunderstorms in Mexico. There is a 20-40% chance that the showers and thunderstorms will make it into LRD between 06z/15 and 12z/15. && .MARINE... Issued at 319 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 A weak to moderate south to southeast flow is expected today through Sunday. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible in the nearshore waters near Baffin Bay, Sunday as a disturbance moves into Deep South Texas. Weak to moderate south to southeasterly flow will persist through mid week. There is a low (10-20%) chance of showers and thunderstorms daily. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 96 77 90 76 / 0 0 20 10 Victoria 97 74 95 74 / 0 10 10 10 Laredo 101 79 93 76 / 20 30 40 20 Alice 98 76 94 74 / 0 10 20 10 Rockport 89 78 91 77 / 0 0 10 10 Cotulla 101 78 97 76 / 0 10 10 10 Kingsville 97 77 92 76 / 0 10 20 10 Navy Corpus 90 80 87 79 / 0 0 20 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...JSL LONG TERM....ANM AVIATION...JSL/86
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 642 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 TXZ232>234-241>247-342>344-346-347-141545- Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces- Inland San Patricio-Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun- Coastal Kleberg-Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio- Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun- Including the cities of Beeville, Skidmore, Pettus, Pawnee, Goliad, Victoria, Bloomington, Alice, Orange Grove, Premont, Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo, Riviera, Robstown, Tuloso, Bishop, Sinton, Mathis, Taft, Odem, Rockport, Fulton, Holiday Beach, Refugio, Woodsboro, Long Mott, Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Portland, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Bayside, Austwell, Seadrift, Port Lavaca, and Port O Connor 642 AM CDT Sat Sep 14 2024 ...AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING... Areas of fog have developed across portions of South Texas this morning. Expect visibilities generally 1 mile or less with a few locations seeing visibilities 1/4 mile or less at times. Use caution if traveling as visibility may change rapidly in a short amount of time. Use low beam headlights and leave extra distance between your vehicle and others on the road.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
CWOP weather stations in the city of Victoria reported heat index values of 110-115.
Sinton Airport measured a heat index of 110 for 2 hours.
Corpus Christi Airport measured a heat index of 110 for 2 hours.
CWOP and public weather stations observed a heat index of 110-115 for at most 5 hours.
CWOP weather stations observed a heat index of 110 for 4 hours.
Ingleside Airport as well as another CWOP weather station reported heat index of 110-114 for 3 hours.
Kingsville Naval Station reported heat index of 110-114 for 4-5 hours, briefly touching 116.
Public weather station measured a heat index of 110-113 for 3 hours.
CWOP and public weather stations observed a heat index of 110-115 for at most 5 hours.
CWOP weather stations in the city of Victoria reported heat index values of 110-115.
Rockport AWOS reported heat index near 115 for 2 hours.
Ingleside AWOS and CWOP station reported heat index near 115 for 2 hours.
CWOP weather station reported 110-114 heat index for 2 hours.
Kingsville Naval Station and CWOP weather station reported 110-113 heat index for 3 hours.
Live Oak County Airport station reported 110-113 heat index for at least 4 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1217953, 1217954, 1217955, 1217956, 1217957, 1217958, 1217959, 1217960, 1217961, 1217963, 1217964, 1217965, 1217967, 1217968, 1217969.