Current Radar – behold the rain approaching from our SW
Just an abbreviated post tonight. Spending most of our time on the radar and on Twitter.
Radar extrapolation & assumption suggests you should wait until 6:30-7 PM to trick or treat. Rain maybe gone then. pic.twitter.com/piCG4qeHsi
Current Radar – behold the rain approaching from our SW
Two important things to note this morning
First, all that rain is coming in from the southwest. Here’s what the HRRR model expects today from now until 8 PM:
Current Radar – behold the rain approaching from our SW
I wrote this just before 2 PM this afternoon:
Despite what HRRR says, I remain unconvinced the rain will be here before noon tomorrow. I'll feel better about timing tonight.
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Another Radar, Refresh to Update
As you can see from the above radars, what little rain we have is coming from the south. Expect off-and-on, mostly “off,” drizzle and light showers tonight.
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Another Radar, Refresh to Update
Poncho up, y’all. We’ll need them through the next few days. Today will be the “driest” day through Wednesday.
As you can see, the rain blob is SW of us, spinning around that low pressure center. That NE appendage is what’s going to deliver us our rain today.
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Another Radar, Refresh to Update
A moisture plume remains stretched from Mexico to Tennessee. Most of our atmosphere is saturated (precipitable water is two standard deviations above normal), but at the low levels, there’s still a little dry air. As a result, some rain visible on radar is only hitting the ground as sprinkles or light rain.
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Another Radar, Refresh to Update
A corridor of rain stretches from San Antonio to Nashville this morning, but the worst of it is in Texas.
Morning rain should be light and sporadic. The HRRR model thinks rain coverage will increase by noon through early afternoon, then switch back to a light, sporadic, mostly “off” pattern tonight:
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Another Radar, Refresh to Update
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We are clouding up, but we don’t think we will see rain until after midnight, as rain approaching from Arkansas breaks up a bit, but still kicks off a rainy weekend:
Current Radar – Pinch & Zoom
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