Very Tropical, a few storms, then chilly!

Should be quite a "weather contrast" around South Texas as warm, tropical air starts off the first half of the week and cool Canadian air replaces it for the second half. High dew points of 63 degrees kept our low for today at 68 degrees...more like late May weather!

This pattern of warm, muggy, weather will continue through Wednesday, when a very strong front (lcfs rating of 358) moves down from Canada, dropping our temperatures below average (could see some low 40's) and pushing the tropical air back into the Gulf for a few days. As this front moves through, look for a line of storms to form which will hopefully give us some better rains than the last front...I only measured .02. Looking at the latest modeling data, most of the rain will stay to our north and NE, a pattern that is beginning to concern me. On a positive note, models continue to show a 3 day rain event from the 11th-13th for most of Texas, including our area. If this pans out, we could see 1-2 inches of rain from this event.

For all of you allergy suffers, including myself, this should be the last week of really high oak pollen. My oak trees are starting to drop their "stringers", which comes after pollination. Hopefully our morning drizzle and winds from the south for the next couple of days will give us all some relief. Unfortunately, when the front blows through on Wednesday, our winds will turn back into the north, bringing down more pollen from oak trees in the Hill Country, that are about two weeks behind us in pollination.