During some down time I decided to take a look back at the last five years of climate data. Generally, this isn’t a big enough sample size to do any real number crunching or analysis,…
Tag: Drought
One-Two punch means rain chances for southern plains
Mother Nature doesn’t often get compared to boxing, but this weekend the southern plains will be facing a one-two punch of systems giving the area decent chances for rain. Scenario As one area of low…
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Recent Texas panhandle rains only offer short term relief
The majority of the Texas panhandle is still being monitored for severe, extreme or exceptional drought. During the last week, it might seem like the Texas panhandle received an unusual amount of precipitation, but it…
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High pressure across the High Plains
September Drought Index released
The latest drought numbers are showing a positive trend across most of the United States. While the we aren’t drought-free, we are moving in the right direction. In Texas, things are also moving in the…
High pressure, dry weather
It is August after all, on one should be surprised. Even though most of the area is enjoying a rather wet summer so far, Mother Nature couldn’t forget it was August forever. And she finally…
Odd weather pattern helps high plains drought, heat
Well, that was odd. Sometimes, it takes an odd weather phenomena to break an equally “odd” weather pattern (read: drought). The normal pattern for storms to take is from southwest to northeast. That didn’t happen…
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Amarillo feeling summertime heat
For those of you who have been waiting for Summer to arrive, this week will be the first full dose of the “warm stuff” this season. For those of you who aren’t ready to let…
Here comes the 90s!
Buckle up Amarillo, a return of the 90s this week. Perhaps a few chances for rain, too. I’ll get a full write-up published by this afternoon…
