From last Sunday to Saturday, the official report from Easterwod Airport showed 3.51" of rain fell. That of course is just for a single location. Several isolated locations across the Brazos Valley from doppler radar estimates illustrated close to 7" of rain fell. One example of extreme rainfall came just south of Brenham, where flooding was reported. Nonetheless, everyone picked up a healthy drink of water which will put a nice dent in the current drought.
When you compare the numbers that we have this year, to all of 2011, we are doing quite fine. From the reports at Easterwood, all of 2011 there was 19.97" of precipitation. So far this year, and we are not even 7 months into the year.....29.15". However, additional rainfall is much needed, but this week will be tranquil.
High pressure in the upper levels is anchored along the east coast and stretching into our neck of the woods.
With a clockwise flow around high pressure, a southeast flow will continue to shuttle in plenty of moisture off the Gulf of Mexico. Therefore, the humidity will not go away, but the atmosphere will slowly stabilize during the week.
During the stabilization process, a few storms can still ignite though Wednesday.
Know that the rain this week will not be as widespread and will not be as heavy. Also, from Thursday through the weekend, sunshine will return along with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s.
Just a couple more days to get by and then the sun comes back.
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