Squirrel Watch Caption Contest

click2houston — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:00:02 +0000

Congratulations to Alex Arguello, our squirrel watch caption contest winner. His comment, “I’m glad the Wilsons bought a big screen. It’s so much easier to watch Anthony and the crew on Local 2 from here,” wins a prize.

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Tornaodes in January

ayanez — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:21:55 +0000

So far this January we’ve had 81 tornadoes, placing us in third place for the most tornadoes in the month of January.

January 2008 had 88 confirmed tornado touch downs. It’s been an incredibly active month.

The red dots represent tornado touch downs in the United States.

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Tornado Surveys & Weekend Forecast

ayanez — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:25 +0000

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Electricity in the Sky

ayanez — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:24 +0000

Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct one.

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The Most Snow

ayanez — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:09 +0000

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Hotshots@click2houston.com

ayanez — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:47:31 +0000

Photo by: Tony Tarver, Baytown

Eisenhower Park in the morning fog.

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How Well Do You Know Us?

ayanez — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:00:07 +0000

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Hotshots Archive #6

ayanez — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:29:22 +0000

Photo By: Jon Littmann, Spring.

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Minor Dent in the Drought

ayanez — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:00:41 +0000

2.54″ of rain fell at Hobby Airport in 1955. That record was shattered yesterday. Even so we’ve got a long way to go to get back to normal. For this question I only included rain from 2011 and 2012. This is from the National Weather Service:

Rainfall deficits began shortly after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Southeast Texas rainfall was below normal in 2009 and well below normal in 2010. This drought has been in the making for several years. Despite recent rains, Houston’s Hobby Airport has over a 29-inch rainfall deficit for this year alone and over a 3-foot departure from normal over the last three years. Galveston is suffering a rainfall deficit over 46 inches over the last three years.

HOUSTON HOBBY
Normal: 53.96
2009: 52.65 (-1.34)
2010: 47.02 (-6.94)
2011: 23.53 (-29.74)
Total Departure: -38.02

HOUSTON
Normal: 47.84
2009: 47.01 (-0.83)
2010: 42.72 (-5.12)
2011: 22.06 (-26.49)
Total Departure: -32.44

COLLEGE STATION
Normal: 39.67
2009: 38.98 (-0.69)
2010: 27.78 (-11.89)
2011: 17.86 (-21.05)
Total Departure: -33.63

GALVESTON
Normal: 43.84
2009: 37.16 (-6.68)
2010: 33.14 (-10.70)
2011: 20.50 (-29.15)
Total Departure: -46.53

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Kelvin-Helmholtz Wave Clouds

ayanez — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:00:19 +0000

This picture was taken in Birmingham, Alabama. These cloud-waves rarely occur because you need almost perfect atmospheric conditions. Much like ocean waves, the air on the tops of these clouds is moving faster than the bottom of the clouds. The clouds near the surface are most likely cold and the wind speeds are light, like fog. Over the low clouds is a warmer and faster-moving layer of air creating the crest, like we see in the ocean.

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