There have been no major changes to the forecast; East Texas will continue to experience hot and mostly sunny afternoons for the foreseeable future. Daily highs will be in the upper 90s and triple digits for the next 7 to 10 days, heat alerts from the National Weather Service will likely continue. There are low-end chances for rain in the forecast, but overall, most of East Texas will stay dry through the end of August. New today, both Smith and Gregg counties have issued burn bans. For counties not under burn bans, the fire danger is still high to very high. In the long-range, no major changes either. Warmer and drier than normal conditions are expected through the end of the month. Being a Tuesday, NOAA and the Climate Prediction Center did release new long-range tropical weather outlooks that depict low chance areas for potential development into early September.
Today in weather history... On August 18, 1983, Hurricane Alicia made landfall on Galveston Island, Texas, as a Category 3. Thousands of homes were destroyed by wind and storm surge, and nearly all skyscrapers in Houston lost windows. 21 people were killed and $3 billion in damage was left behind. The daily weather history segments come to us courtesy of the Southeast Regional Climate Center.
Also on today's show, updates on the aftermath of Lala in Hawaii, as well as video of a lightning strike on a World War II-era battleship. Lastly, our satellite imagery of the day (from the archive), showing mystical swirls of ice along the Greenland East Coast, courtesy of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.
