We're back in drought status in the Texas Gulf Coast again. Just praying it doesn't get anywhere near as bad as 2011. That was a bad year for us. It also will likely increase our chances of something tropical to hit this year. Hopefully, if we do get a storm, it won't be anything more than a tropical storm (that actually moves through (Please, not another Allison)) or a Cat 1 with a mild storm surge.

TS Allison was, what I call, the tropical storm that wouldn't go away. It parked over the Houston area for like 5 days and dropped over 30 inches of rain. Areas flooded that don't normally flood including downtown Houston and the medical center.

I'm a bit late, but welcome to the Weather topic, HyperWing! It sounds like you're not a hot weather person either. Glad you're moving north where temperatures are hopefully more manageable.

Wow, fantasia, from 90° to a chance for snow and hard freeze. That is quite the contrast. And hoping y'all get rain soon, and lots of it. You too, starkat.

After the first warm weekend of the year I woke out this morning and their was 2 inches of show

Does that please you or make you want to scream?

The week is going to have stable temperature ranges with lows of around 10C(50F) and highs of around 24c(75f) which equals nice weather and finally what it should be for autumn.

Yay, IlF! Although our autumn temperatures up here are generally about 10° cooler than yours.

That is quite the mid-April snowfall parts of MN received, stargazer!!!

Only a week ago we were up there, and the snowpack was melting like that pesky little what's-her-name's spell was breaking.

And I hope the frost did not get your peach blossoms!

We received that snow a couple of Tuesdays ago, but not as much as you got, 'gazer. Was it ever pretty. And very wet and heavy. However, shoveling was hardly necessary as the temperatures rose above freezing the next day and away it went. Boy, the birds were confused at first, though.

This week brings much rain and very cool temperatures tomorrow, to the point that if they fell a few degrees further, the precipitation would probably be wet snow.

The grass is turning so green and will need mowing soon, methinks. But it is sad (imho) that now when I leave for my early morning walk, the dawn is beginning and by the time I am home again, it's quite light. *sniff* I miss the starry sky in those morning hours! It is fun, however, hearing all the birds—cardinals, mourning doves, robins, and the tap-tap-tap of woodpeckers. And we know spring is here as well because racoons and skunks are making their presence known. Yesterday morning, I heard a frantic skuffling (I had my head turned looking for a last glimpse of Venus in the east before the sunrise took it away) and looked only a few feet away to see a raccoon up a small tree, peering at me in a branch crook. Way too adorable! We had a stare-down for awhile, and when I decided to walk on, he followed me with his bright eyes, very, very carefully, until I was out of sight.

It looks like the hot weather won't be back for sometime. It has been very windy(Not unusual for perth, whether it be hot or cool wind).

@Johobbit and by the looks of it your winters a good 20C cooler.

I always enjoy reading about your early-morning adventures, jo. You never know what visitors you might have.

April turned out to be our second-wettest ever, with 6.27 inches (160mm) of precipitation. I'm sure it would have broken the record had the airport received more snow that day we got 11 inches. The past week has been cloudy, wet, and much cooler than average.

There's a weather axiom here, that if central Alaska is warm, we will be cold, and vice versa (in the winter at least). It holds today: here at latitude 45N, our high might reach 49F (10C), almost 20F (11F) below average. But Fairbanks, just south of the Arctic Circle, is expected to reach 70F (21C), about 20F (11C) above average. Go figure.

And yes, for the second straight year we got snow on May Day, though this morning was just a few flakes rather than the pile we got last year.

April turned out to be our second-wettest ever, with 6.27 inches (160mm) of precipitation.

Whereas we are having our second-driest spring ever. Second only to the year of the Dust Bowl. I don't think this is true for other parts of Kansas, but all of the storms that have been coming through keep going around the specific location where I live.

No doubt the Raccoon was a little put out at your morning stroll my good hobbit. Shall have a few words to the local Bluejays about it, and then it will be ALL OVER the woods. Terrible gossips those birds are
Though it is good to hear you are enjoying some earlier sunlight as well, it is pleasant to be able to drive to work, and be able to see all the potholes in the road instead of just hitting them
We are still about 20F degrees cooler than average, with the highs in the mid 50F's. A bit windy today as I was day camping with the Scouts, and even with the trees my hat would not stay on my head. One of the scouts mentioned how red my face looked. I don't know if it was the frustration of my headware wanting to roam to the next county, or my just getting too much sun because of it

It hit 100F here today. 'Nuff said.

That's just crazy, fantasia. I saw some TV coverage which indicated that sets a record for your earliest 100F reading.

It got up to 63F (17C) here today, the warmest reading in about 9 days.

The Weather Channel noted that Seattle has received 2.15 inches (54.6mm) of rain this month so far (5 days), which is higher than the city's average for the entire month - and more than Wichita has received all year. Quite the contrast!

100°, fantasia, whoa! That's just nasty.

Quite the contrast, indeed, stargazer!

How's your weather holding up there, IlF?

We had rain much of last week with cool temperatures. Overnight we are still getting down near freezing, which is why we cannot plant outside until after our May long weekend. It's early this year, the holiday falling on the 19th. I remember on my birthday last year (the 9th), it was an amazingly adventurous weather day with spectacular clouds and ... snow! This year, however, the forecast is 21C/70F. Getting too warm for me. Next week it will be more seasonal again, yay!

No doubt the Raccoon was a little put out at your morning stroll my good hobbit. Shall have a few words to the local Bluejays about it, and then it will be ALL OVER the woods. Terrible gossips those birds are

Raccoon was quite put out, yes indeed. You know, we used to have quite a few bluejays around, but not so many lately. Not sure why. They would snatch our raspberries off the plants often before I had a chance to go out and pick, so I can't say I miss 'em.

And, yes, the potholes are terrible this year with all the extreme winter temperatures heaving the asphalt.

This morning was a beautiful clear pre-dawn sky and I was able to enjoy the bright eye of Venus once again. So beautiful! But it is melting too fast into the sunrise.

The weather has been great. That is why I haven't come on here to complain. Though today was rather grey but, I do like the odd grey day or two. There is just a nice feeling about them and in Australia(Well perth) we don't get too many(not compared to Melbourne or London standards).

21C/70F? too warm. There is going there to be a high of 28C here tomorrow but the rest of the week has highs of around 19-22C. I consider these to be nice temperatures compared to the 38C in the summer.

Yep, 38C is just nasty. It should be illegal.

So, tomorrow is supposed to be just the opposite of last year in terms of temperature. It is leaping up to 24C/75F!!! We may be getting some thunderstorms as well. Love those! 'Til now, this year, we have been below the norm on most days. Not tomorrow. Especially compared to last year when, as I mentioned above, we even received some snow!

The weekend is bringing showers off and on and a bit above average for this time of year. Tuesday is dropping cooler to more seasonable temperatures again, yay!

Finally the buds are seen on the trees. They're so late this year. I figure we are about 3 weeks behind from our usual spring timeframe.

Quick note before shutting the computer down, and unplugging it before another round of nasty comes through.
Just had some thunder, and rain, with more coming up from the south already. One of the news stations from the Twin Cities was streaming a live broadcast of a tornado on the ground an hour ago.
Yeah! It's a little hectic at the moment.

Yes, we had some excitement here as Puddleglum noted. I'm visiting in south central Minnesota, and tornadoes were reported both east and west of here this afternoon. One by the small town of St. James apparently had multiple vortices. So far there are no reports of injuries. Baseball-sized hail was reported near here as well, but so far we just had torrential rains.

On my travels Wednesday morning, I noticed the greening line was just south of the Twin Cities (north of there, trees were just barely beginning to bud, while this far south we're close to that explosion of fresh green color that marks the beginning of spring). This rain and some sunshine should cause everything to burst forth quite soon. (Good thing I have plenty of allergy medicine on hand!)

My brother and father suffer from bad hayfever in the spring aswell stargazer. I personally do not suffer much.

It has been raining on and off today. I really must buy a new umbrella.

One of the news stations from the Twin Cities was streaming a live broadcast of a tornado on the ground an hour ago.

Yes, we had some excitement here as Puddleglum noted. I'm visiting in south central Minnesota, and tornadoes were reported both east and west of here this afternoon.

Wow! Glad there were no injuries.

Speaking of storms, we had a whopper of a thunderstorm come through here early this morning. It lasted for hours with not only those loud, jump-out-of-your-seat crashes of thunder, but also the glorious long, rumbly rolls I love so much. And the rain! So torrential. Our backyard was a lake with a few small grassy patches interspersed.

Much of this week is supposed to be rainy. The buds have sprung out in that beautiful fresh spring green, which almost seems to colour the air, itself. The tiny leaves on our crimson maple outside my window here will stretch out to their full beautiful extent in just a few weeks, most likely.

The daytime temperature is between 60 and 70F, which is fine ... although not as nice as those crisp autumn temps, imho.

Ugh, seasonal allergies.
I hope you got that new umbrella, IlF!