Well the rain was a welcome sight this AM across the region...granted IF you had outdoor plans they were messed up. Rainfall amounts were in the .5" to 1" range, and it seemed to me at least to be one of those good soaking type rains...in other words, as I mentioned on the show this AM...good grass growing weather!

That disturbance has now moved well off towards the east of the region, however we're seeing show pesky showers/patches of drizzle develop on the back side of that disturbance now and those will be an issue for the next severall hours. so while the bulk of the significant rainfall is down with, the activity over the next few hours will be more of a nuisance and totals with this should stay under .2"...

After this whole thing ends, there is going to be a pronounced drying trend that should settle into the area and while temperatures will be considerably warmer for the next couple of days, sunshine and dry air will do that, another rather strong cold front will usher in chillier weather again by Wednesday promising another cool end to the work week with highs in the 65-70 range and lows back down into the 40s.

Here is a look at the front off the latest NAM...this is for 7PM Tuesday evening, showing the front moving into the area...

SW winds ahead of the front should prevent the front from interacting with much surface moisture...dewpoints ahead of the front should only be in the lower 50s so any convection, while not totally out of the question will be very tough to come by.

Texas should get at least some moisture this week...doesn't look like a drought buster by no stretch of the imagination but something is better than nothing...I saw this interesting animation of the evolution of the Texas and Southeast drought that I thought I'd share with you...take a look.

Well that's about it...the rainfall we get today may have to do us for quite some time...that means it looks like I'm doing a lot of watering for the rest of the month.


Joe