Well..... SciGuy Eric Berger, Analysis: When will the terrible Texas drought end? A couple of weeks ago I reported on the possibility of the current drought plaguing Texas extending into next summer. This is because of the 50 percent probability that La Niña will redevelop after this fall, bringing another dry winter to the state of Texas. With this in mind, now that we’re into fall, I asked ImpactWeather‘s Fred Schmude for his thoughts on the drought persisting for awhile. He responded with a long, and thoughtful answer, which I’ve attached below as a guest blog entry. It’s worth reading in its depressing entirety.
A friend just reported this - not sure if any of you are near it : Big (and growing) brush fire in Sheldon/NE Houston off the corner of BW8 north and east #hounews #txfire #centraltxfires Also, Needville/Fort Bend County had a fire that hit about 300-400 acres : http://www.click2houston.com/news/29110602/detail.html
complete opposite weather here in colorado. Its rained every day this week and even dipped into the 40s last night
The Galleria was completely socked in by smoke when I drove thru it at 7AM on my way to the office....
All that science, doom, and gloom, based on a "50% probability" eh? Pardon me if I presume we're due for some rain anyway.
We're having the same temperatures in Tx. It was in the 40's 2 nights ago, and been on the border around 51-52 the last few nights. But dry dry dry...and SMOKEY.
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Made me go and hug my dog. Hope they get reunited. It's a part of this tragedy that you forget about. The other family members.
and Fire. You may want to add that to the title. Just signed up to volunteer at www.helpourcounty.org. Not sure if there is much to do but watch the fires consume what they will. It may not be the consensus cause of the current conditions but the solar maxim was pushed back from 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 by NASA in 2006. In fact this year we have experienced 6 X-class solar flare. The last time before this year there was an X-class flare to reach Earth was 2006 (near the solar minimum), and the two most recent such flares came September 6 and September 7 (the past two days). So yeah, while these types of high pressure, hot and dry climates have normally been attributed to La Nina, a Pacific based phenomena rather poorly understood, I still wouldn't rule out the Sun's influence.
