No changes from last week...HOT...DRY...Lakes and Rivers have passed thru 1/2 of original flood waters, but they will stay high thru the month of August even if we get no additional rain.

I have had several people come up to me at the grocery, the post office, and at Pinto Pony asking a range of weather questions.  Below is a consolidation of the weather related items addressed to me. some easy to answer, some humorous, some just hard to answer:   

   - When will we hit 100 in actual temperature? Our actual high temps are being held down due to the humidity and soil moisture, but we have a dome of high pressure centered slightly to our East that is causing high Heat Indexes between 105 and 110. The dome will move and center itself over Texas this weekend.  With that, and the clear skies we will begin to hit the 100+ actual temperatures next week that we normally see during late July and August.  Oppressive heat advisories are expected to be issued.

   - When is it going to rain again?  Not anytime soon.  The big boys say nothing even remotely like rain until the 23rd of July...if then, and then...only a 20% chance.
   - When will the sunset be on September 11th? The answer is 7:27pm.

Our days began getting shorter with the Summer Solstice. (today, it will set at 8:22pm)

   - Can you bring us some light breeze and cooler temps for September 11th? As much as I would like to do so, I can only tell you I can not.  Oh, sure, I could make that request, but it would be like asking for it to snow.  Not going to happen in September....Summer is still not over at that time...I will try for some moisture though...that is more likely to happen. (maybe not the answer that was being looked for).

   - I had a sweet lady of my generation approach me at the grocery yesterday who asked:"Why do they schedule funerals and grave site services in the Summer during the hot part of the day." Sorry, you will have to talk to the families and funeral homes about their scheduling. She did have a good point though.

   - Hurricane season will reach its mid point next month.  No tropical weather is in the 7 day forecast.  This time of the year a strong cold front or a tropical storm is the only real chance we have to change the current situation.  There has to be a strong system to push the high pressure out of its camped position over us. That then will allow the rising heat thermals to punch high into the atmosphere and form T-storms to bring us rain.

Please use caution in your outdoor activities during our Heat advisories.

 Tom JohnsonKTXSANAU6