April 10th -11th, 2008

Well, as you've probably heard by now, north Texas had some really rough weather last Wednesday night/Thursday morning, including 6 confirmed tornadoes!

We didn't get much rain (not more than about 0.40") that night/morning, but we got wind! The wind began gusting strongly late in the evening and continued into the early morning hours of Thursday. Plenty of inflow into those storms! By the time the storms reached us, the wind had stopped. Go figure! But at my aunt's house in north Texas, the wind came along with the storms! She lives in a very tiny house, and I was thankful that the wind didn't sweep them away! No tornadoes were confirmed in her area, but some of the damage we saw made me wonder. A huge branch of a tree fell not 10 feet from their bedroom, and another huge branch fell across their driveway through the woods! They called us late Thursday morning to tell us what was going on, and we decided to go up and give them some help. So we went up Thursday afternoon and came home Saturday afternoon. I didn't take any pictures, though.

The weather has been strangely cool since those storms came through! Lows in the lower 40's and highs in the upper 60's! This is below normal for this area for this time of year. I'm not complaining since it could just as easily be 90 degrees each day! Tonight the low is forecast to be 39 degrees!!! I'll have to cover all our little plants we have out in the garden! Wow!

If you find any spelling errors in this entry, please ignore them. I've been up since 6:10am, running on 5 hours' sleep. *yawn*

March 17th, 2008 radar pictures

Check out these links for radar pictures and eventual storm reports!

National Weather Service radar

Storm Prediction Center outlooks
(The SPC also has up-to-date watches, warnings and much more!)

Tornado chasers
(Click on Live Tracker)

March 17th, 2008 storm watching!

Hi everyone!

It looks like the weather is setting up to be interesting this evening over central and south central TX. It is warm and very humid outside, with a strong southeasterly wind. According to weathertap.com radar, storms are beginning to break through the atmospheric cap. They quickly turn severe, and then just as quickly disappear! The more storms that break through, the weaker the cap gets, so eventually we are supposed to have a squall line developing.

The moderate risk area was extended over our area at 4:30pm today. We'll see what happens!