Climate

Sizzling heatwave expected to break records by Friday

Record drought and record heat are the norms this season in north Texas. As of 08/08/11, DFW Airport observed 38 consecutive days with daytime high temps of 100 degrees or more! This is the 2nd greatest number of consecutive 100+ degree days, and within 4 days of the record set in 1980. Summary of this [read more...]

Weather outlook for next seven days

Looks like we’ll have another relatively dormant weather pattern for us the next few days. An upper level high pressure is building into the region bringing clear, quiet and dry conditions for the next five days. Highs will remain in the mid 70s, lows in the low to mid 50s. Overall these temps are quite [read more...]

This won’t be an extensive review on climate change, simply an observation of current trends and its known impacts based on the past. So far this year El Nino conditions have popped up with average sea surface temperatures in the pacific tropical zone at least 1.0 degrees C above average. El Nino has been known [read more...]

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