Brazos

Brazos takes home sixth place

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The Brazos Cougars cross country team competed in the Shiner Comanche Cross Country Meet on Saturday in Shiner. The varsity girls team finished sixth in the 3A-4A Varsity Girls race with 123 points while the varsity boys finished sixth in the 3A-4A division with 139 points. Individually for the Brazos girls, Esmeralda Garcia placed first, Rubi Garcia finished 10th, Lily Bertrand was 33rd, Hannah Gonzalez 40th, Denise Hauer was 43rd, and Gracie Arteaga 54th. There were 67 runners and 10 teams in the race. Individually for the boys, Wesley Holub finished sixth, Rees Snedaker placed 20th, Bryan Pedroza was 23rd, Anthony Gonzales 51st, Gustavo Lara 54th, and Payton Nanez 64th. There were 80 runners and 11 teams in the race. In the junior varsity boys’ race, Jaime Gonzalez placed eighth, Eric King finished 26th, Logan Main was 29th, and Ramiro Cantu 39th.

Heavy rainfall threat will increase from north to south over the next 24 hours

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Impressive overnight urban flash flood event in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with 9.46 inches of rainfall in 6-hr and 7.8 inches in 3-hr. Significant flash flooding has resulted. A 1-hr storm total of 3.01 inches was recorded at DFW with a storm total of 6.54 inches which wiped out 67% of the sites 2022 rainfall deficit in a few hours. 

Wet Weather Pattern

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After months of drought and heat it finally appears that much of the area will see some relief this week as several factors combine to bring widespread rains to the area. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will again develop along the seabreeze today…these storms will have the potential to produce lightning induced fires (as seen yesterday over east Texas). Wednesday starts the same as today, but changes begin by afternoon as a decent shortwave in the developing eastern US trough digs southward over the MS valley.

Fire weather and rain chances

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Mid and upper-level ridge is centered over the southern plains this morning, but is just far enough inland that tropical moisture is sliding NW toward the TX coast. Radar shows scattered showers and thunderstorms across the offshore waters and a few have moved inland over the coastal counties this morning. As temperatures warm into the low to mid 90’s showers and thunderstorms will develop along the inland moving seabreeze boundary.

Rain Chances

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Upper level ridge of high pressure currently located over the SW US will back westward slightly today and weaken on the eastern flank. This will allow a trough over the southern US to move westward a bit. Local radars over LA this morning show a complex of thunderstorms east of the central LA area moving westward and convection allowing models (CAMs) are in general agreement that this complex and its associated outflow boundary will continue westward toward the Sabine River today and then into east Texas this afternoon and toward the I-45 corridor by mid to late afternoon.

 

Heat Advisory: Austin, Harris, Colorado, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto, Waller and Wharton Counties.

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Upper-level ridge of high pressure will intensify slightly today and this will add 1-2 degrees to the already very hot afternoon temperatures. Afternoon temperatures of 104-106 in the excessive heat warning area can be expected with heat index values of 108-110. Elsewhere afternoon temperatures in the 100-103 range will be common with heat index values of 107-110. College Station recorded 106 yesterday which tied its 71-year-old daily record.