Another COLD BLAST Looming

Despite the lack of April showers in the Brazos Valley, surly the May flowers will bloom. Pollen levels have been all over the place over the past month, but a shot of cold air and even a quick splash of rain will ease the pain temporarily.

In the mean time, monstrous thunderstorms roared over the past couple of days from I-10 and points south. Houston had massive street flooding, golf ball sized hail, and even several locations picking up over 6" of rain. San Antonio also picked up wet weather with vivid illuminations, and this afternoon, one thunderstorm dropped a brief tornado just north of Corpus Christi, in Taft, TX. Here in the Brazos Valley, there have been a few isolated pockets of heavy rain, but nowhere near what south Texas has been dealing with. We will see a few more showers, but as the April days wane and May edges closer, the heat and humidity that fueled these storms will be washed away.

Locked up to our north is a cold front that looms and will zero-in to the Brazos Valley later this week.

As of this afternoon, there is very little activity along the front with a few rain and show showers behind the front. However, the bigger story with this will be the cold air behind it. There will be a period of rain and even a few storms when the front moves in Thursday, but once the colder air seeps in, May could begin with record low temperatures.

Not only does the image above illustrate that colder air is poised to head south, this will wipe away the humidity as well beginning Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will struggle to get out of the upper 60s and even low 70s for a few days to come, but the mornings are going to be VERY COLD. So cold, that we might challenge a few record low temperatures.

Record Low Temperatures for Easterwood Airport;

Friday Morning: 45° (1954)
Saturday Morning: 42° (1954)
Sunday Morning: 47° (1953)

Keep the umbrellas handy, as well as a heavy coat, you will need it all this week.

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