2023 Day 207
Wednesday July 26th Wordless Wednesday
Category: coffee muses
2023 Day 206
Tuesday July 25th "A combination of slightly cooler temperatures and slightly lower dewpoints means that the National Weather Service, for the first time in more than two weeks, has not issued a heat advisory or an excessive heat warning for today. These moderately cooler temperatures—mostly highs in the mid-90s instead…
2023 Day 205
Monday July 24th "High temperatures today will likely top out in the mid- to upper-90s for most of the region, with mostly sunny skies. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible from early afternoon through early evening, primarily along the sea breeze. Rain chances today are probably in the neighborhood of…
2023 Day 204
Sunday July 23rd Mother nature put on a hell of a light show last night. A rather large thunderstorm moved south along the east side of Galveston Bay after dark yesterday. We could see the lightning flashes in the sky while the storm was still to the north of Kingwood.…
2023 Day 203
Saturday July 22nd I am late for my morning coffee. I just couldn't pull myself out of bed this morning. It's just as well, nothing has changed.. it's hot.. it's humid.. it's summer. Just a bit of change this morning. I switched the above graphic from my Weather Underground app…
2023 Day 202
Friday July 21st It's another warm start to a hot day in Southeast Texas. Not much has changed in the past few weeks.. The morning low fluctuates a degree or two.. The daytime high does the same. The prognosticators at Space City Weather keep hinting at rain.. or the possibility…
2023 Day 201
Thursday July 20th I thought I was seeing things this morning when I saw the temperature my phone was reporting... "Today will be much like the previous days this week, with high temperatures reaching 100 degrees, sultry humidity, and only very light south winds offering scant relief. Outside of the…
2023 Day 200
Wednesday July 19th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 202 Days
2023 Day 199
Tuesday July 18th "By raw temperature values, June and July 2022 were each the hottest June and July that Houston experienced in about a century and a half of records. The average temperature last June was 86.7 degrees, and July was 88.0 degrees, both of which beat the previous monthly records by…
2023 Day 198
Monday June 17th The morning fog is a bit heavier this morning which is funny because the humidity is lower the dew point is lower and the temperature is a degree higher... "I also want to provide some big picture perspective on summer. It is now July 17. Some parts…
2023 Day 197
Sunday July 16th What a difference a day can make. The temperature in the dew point is identical at 77°. And even though the humidity is 100%, the fog in the air is so slight it's only visible in the distance. Counting Down To 70 Years – 205 Days
2023 Day 196
Saturday July 15th The humidity this morning is not so high as to be visible hanging in the air... Though the temperature at 80° is not where I want to start my day. Counting Down To 70 Years – 206 Days
2023 Day 195
Friday July 14th There is just a slight haze hugging the ground this morning. It's not thick enough to be fog. Basically, it's just the 97% humidity. And when you add that humidity to the dew point of 78° our temperature of 79° feels much warmer. So needless to say,…
2023 Day 194
Thursday July 13th It's another one of those glass fogging mornings when stepping out on the back porch covers your glasses with a layer of condensation that takes three tries to wipe off. The first thing that greeted my eyes when I picked up my phone was another excessive heat…
2023 Day 193
Wednesday July 12th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 209 Days
2023 Day 192
Tuesday July 11th Well, I missed posting yesterday.. and I slept in today. It really doesn't change the fact that summer is here and it's hot outside and getting hotter. Today's dew point at 80° pretty much says it all... And then, there's this from Space City Weather.. This is…
2023 Day 190
Sunday July 9th We are back in high summer here on the Texas Gulf Coast. When the temperature is a degree above the dew point at 79 degrees and the humidity is only 2% below 100%. It ain't nice out on the back porch this morning. Yesterday we were surprised…
2023 Day 189
Saturday July 8th I woke up this morning to a bright sunny morning.. Then I rolled over and snoozed some more. When I finally drug myself out of bed the sun was well up. As for the weather... Cloudless skies and sunshine are foretelling of a very warm day to…
2023 Day 188
Friday July 7th Weather Muses - The overcast this morning is complete. You can almost make out where the sun is on the horizon.. almost. As far as temperatures and humidity and dew points go .. it is all pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, we had…
2023 Day 187
Thursday July 6th Weather muses... This morning it is really cloudy. Though the temperature, the humidity, and the dew point are all about the same as they have been.. there is a slight downward trend. The rain showers that have been in the area for the past few days have…
2023 Day 186
Wednesday July 5th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 216 Days
2023 Day 185
Tuesday July 4th Independence Day The only difference I am seeing from day to day is whether or not there are any clouds in the sky. The morning temperature is mostly the same. The morning humidity.. it's mostly the same. And the dew point.. Don't get me talking about the…
2023 Day 184
Monday July 3rd The weather is still the same... 78, 94,76...temperature, humidity, dew point. And so the outlook is pretty much the same on this backside of the year. We've completed the first half of 2023. Today is the first day of the back half... As it's the third day…
2023 Day 183
Sunday July 2nd It's Sunday morning.. and I'm sitting on the back porch in my rocking chair. Other than the sound of the ceiling fans, and just a little bit of noise from the bypass, I am hearing the loud singing of a Carolina wren as the sun coming up…
2023 Day 182
Saturday July 1st Wow, it almost feels like a midsummer morning out there.. The temperature is 77°.. The dew point is 75°.. and the humidity while high is 94%. All of which means it's hazy out this morning. But it's not severely warm. But it's the weekend, and weekends are…
2023 Day 181
Friday June 30th While my weather app is saying it's 80° out, my back porch indoor/outdoor thermometer is telling me it's 78° and so is my cell phone. Whatever the temperature, it's warm.. but.. not as warm and not as oppressively hot feeling as last week. And, if you believe…
2023 Day 180
Thursday June 29th Walking out this morning, for the second morning in a row, it wasn't totally oppressive. The temperature was a balmy 78°.. The dew point was hanging at 76°.. of course the humidity was its normal 95%... Now don't get me wrong, it's still warm and I'd be…
2023 Day 179
Wednesday June 28th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 223 Days
2023 Day 178
Tuesday June 27th I actually got up early.. then I got involved in my computer.. I broke away long enough to take the above shots. Then I got involved in my computer again... Then I discovered I had had a typo back in April that added 10 days to my…
2023 Day 177
Monday June 26th Well, it's another day that I won't be sitting on the back porch. Even with the ceiling fans on, an 80° day with a 78° dew point and a 94% humidity just isn't conducive to back porch contemplation... And look at that.. it already feels like 88°…
2023 Day 176
Sunday June 25th I stayed in bed for a bit this morning. And so the sun is up.. The temperature is up.. The humidity is down. Do you see that "feels like" temperature? It's not even 8:30 in the morning and it feels like it's 97° outside... Not a lot…
2023 Day 175
Saturday June 24th It's hot. It's humid. And the dew point is at August levels. In other words, it's pretty much a repeat of yesterday.. and the day before.. and a preview of what's to come.. at least for the coming week to 10 days. It's the weekend.. Saturday morning…
2023 Day 174
Friday June 23rd It's warm. It's humid. It's hazy.. though it looks more like smoke than fog. But, either I am getting acclimatized or else something else is happening.. because it really doesn't feel as oppressively warm as it has. I mean look at it.. The temperature's 80°, the dew…
2023 Day 173
Thursday June 22nd Wow... The light show last night was amazing. And the thunderous applause was nothing.. but thunder. At the very least it gave us a break in the weather. While it's not really cool.. The morning's temperature of 77° sure feels that way. When you add in the…
2023 Day 172
Wednesday June 21st Wordless Wednesday
2023 Day 171
Tuesday June 20th I had to get up and get gone early this morning. It was my annual pilgrimage to fulfill the bureaucratic requirements of the school district. For some reason I am required each year to affirm in front of a notary public that the residents that I have…
2023 Day 170
Monday June 19th Juneteenth Every time I stepped outside yesterday I had this strange disorienting feeling that I had fallen asleep and slept through the month of July and skipped right into August. That was what the day felt like, a normal hot humid August day. If this is a…
2023 Day 169
Sunday June 18th Happy Father's Day The sky is overcast this morning, but there's hardly any rain in the forecast. Instead it's acting like a thick woolen blanket to hold the heat down on the ground. And it's still in a bang-up job because it's very very warm and muggy.…
2023 Day 168
Saturday June 17th The sun isn't up just yet and the temperature and dew points are already oppressive. The humidity is actually higher than yesterday... I haven't even poured my first cup of coffee... But I'm out here on the back porch anyway. I noticed yesterday that we have moved…
2023 Day 167
Friday June 16th Usually about twice per summer or so, the heat in Houston goes to what I call the next level, where it's hot like always, but it just feels worse. This is the type of heat where your body can truly suffer if you don't take it seriously.…
2023 Day 166
Thursday June 15th Stepping out the door this morning, the heated advisory slapped me in my face. It's already hot, it's already humid and the sun isn't even over the horizon yet. Just look at the dew point.. 78°. The Eastern horizon is just a wall of haze. Pale pink…
2023 Day 165
Wednesday June 14th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years - 237 Days
2023 Day 164
Tuesday June 13th Maybe I am acclimating to summer.. because, this morning even though I'm late it doesn't feel quite as sticky on the back porch. But if you look at the image above, you can see that I really should feel sticky... I mean really, the temperature in the…
2023 Day 163
Monday June 12th It was very hazy as the sun came up this morning. Though not uncomfortable, the temperature and humidity cause anticipation and dread for the afternoons to come. As I watch my backyard, I see flashes of bright red against a dark green background. And the vividness of…
2023 Day 162
Sunday June 11th It's that time of year. Where the sun comes up around the corner of the house. If it wasn't for the temperatures, I would prefer this time of year.. where the sun doesn't blind me as it rises from the horizon. Last evening we had a massive…
2023 Day 161
Saturday June 10th Well I slept in this morning and evidently missed whatever cool was left... Check out that dew point temperature... Yep, we're into summer now. It's too oppressive.. and depressive.. To sit out on the back porch right now. So... So I want to drink some coffee and…
2023 Day 160
Friday June 9th Today is actually cooler than yesterday.. at least the day is starting out that way. There's a haze in the air.. if it was a little thicker I'd call it a ground fog. A heavy dew lays on everything. Glistening where the sun hits it. I can…
2023 Day 159
Thursday June 8th Once again, there's a coolness in the air not normally felt at this time of year. Believe me, this is far from a complaint.. with the ceiling fans on, it's almost a chill... Sitting here on the back porch as the sun rises over the eastern horizon…
2023 Day 158
Wednesday June 7th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years - 244 Days
2023 Day 157
Tuesday June 6th Space City Weather keeps warning that these cool mornings will come to an end here shortly. And I'm sure they're right, because the humidity is rising. But as long as the dew points hang below 70°, I think I'll be happy. Once again it's mostly quiet out.…
2023 Day 156
Monday June 5th It's not as cool as it was when the power was out yesterday morning. The temperature this morning is 70°, the dew point is 68°. The only breeze is being supplied by the ceiling fans. The sun is trying to get above the clouds on the eastern…
2023 Day 155
Sunday June 4th We were awoken quite early this morning because of the lack of power.. electricity, you know.. it was right around 5:00 a.m. and the power was out for 2 hours.. of course everyone in the house woke up immediately. When we stepped out, we could see it…
2023 Day 154
Saturday June 3rd The sun is up.. breakfast is over.. The coffee pot is empty. The temperature is already 82°. This is probably the latest I have posted, and taking pictures, and a long long time. It's a normal Saturday.. not much on the agenda other than grocery runs. I…
2023 Day 153
Friday June 2nd I an really enjoying these unexpectedly spring-like days we've had this week. Lower than expected overnight lows.. lower than expected afternoon humidity.. gulf breezes as the day warms.. all in all, a quite pleasant week to end May and start June... As I was sitting and putting…
2023 Day 152
Thursday June 1st It's a bit cooler this morning.. The temperature before sunup was 66°.. The dew point was the exact same temperature. And with a humidity of 96%.. The pre-dawn air was slightly foggy. Bars of light split the darkness from the security lights across the street. As I…
2023 Day 151
Wednesday May 31st It's a bit warmer this morning.. The temperature is 72°, the dew point is 71°. There's very little breeze.. unless it's mechanical. The air is filled with the smell of fresh cut grass.. and the sound of a jet engine flying over. Once again, I am amazed…
2023 Day 150
Tuesday May 30th It's a beautiful day to begin our summer vacation on.. The temperature is 70°, the dew point is 68°. It's very still out.. there is a bit of a haze in the air. It's also very quiet this morning. I am not hearing much in the way…
2023 Day 149
Memorial Day Monday May 29th This mornings clouds came as a bit of a surprise. The forecast hadn't called for them.. but there they are. And it feels like the summer time dew points are coming back. The rain chances are pushing 80% this morning and thunderstorms are already in…
2023 Day 148
Sunday May 28 It's gonna be another busy day.. Full of family and grilled foods.. And breakfast Takos.. Catch ya on the other side... Counting Down To 70 Years - 254 Days
2023 Day 147
Saturday May 27th No porch time this morning. I'm already a couple of cups in and breakfast is done. I have to make a run to the grocery store in half an hour.. so I won't be saying much today. It's the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The family…
2023 Day 146
Friday May 26th A person could get used to these spring-like mornings at the end of May. The temperature on the front porch this morning is 71°, the dew point is 67°. Please do points in the '60s have been making in the mornings quite pleasant. Though with afternoon highs…
2023 Day 145
Thursday May 25th It's another one of our nice almost spring days. The temperature is 71°, the dew point is 66°.. which for this area is beautifully low for this time of year. There's a slight breeze blowing to make it feel even cooler. Well for the next to the…
2023 Day 144
Wednesday May 24th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years - 258 Days
2023 Day 143
Tuesday May 23rd Not quite as overcast.. High thin clouds only.. Sun threatening to break thru.. The temperature is 70° with a dew point of 68°. So it feels like another nice spring morning. TuesdaySkies will be mostly sunny today, with high temperatures in the upper 80s to 90 degrees.…
2023 Day 142
Monday May 22nd Once again clouds fill the morning sky... The temperature is 71° with a dew point of 66°. So it actuality it really does feel like a nice spring morning. I am out on the front porch waiting for the bus. This is the last week of this…
2023 Day 141
Sunday May 21st All I have to say today is a phrase I learned in doing genealogical research... DITTO Now I'll get comfortable for a bit with a book on my Kindle. I'll catch y'all on the other side... And as I leave here's one from my new favorite singer/songwriter...…
2023 Day 140
Saturday May 20th The sky this morning has not a bit of color.. Which is kinda' funny because yesterday the forecast called for it to be mostly sunny out today. I guess three days in a row with sunny skies was a bit much to ask this year... I've been…
2023 Day 139
Friday May 19th - Happy Birthday Sandy TGIF... And another week bites the dust... The air is still.. not a breeze is stirring.. and it's warmer today. Sadly, that will be an ongoing pattern that will not change until sometime in late September. The temperature today is already 73°. And…
2023 Day 138
Thursday May 18th Blue Sky.. Sunshine.. A cool morning.. The temperature out this morning is a mild 71°. Which, when compared to some mornings in the past week or so, is positively spring like. What makes the morning so pleasant is the dew point, which is at 68°. Even the…
2023 Day 137
Wednesday May 17th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years - 265 Days
2023 Day 136
Tuesday May 16th The morning dawned quite foggy. According to my phone, it's 72° this morning. It's quite humid. But according to Space City Weather, we are supposed to have a front move through this evening that will bring dryer air. It'll also drop the overnight lows into the upper…
2023 Day 135
Monday May 15th Stepped out before sunup to just a little bit more color. It's just a bit cooler this morning at 74°. Though now that I'm on the front porch waiting for the bus the sun has decided to hide behind the clouds. The forecast for the day has…
2023 Day 134
Sunday May 14th Happy Mother's Day Mother's Day, 10:00 a.m. It's once again muggy and wet. Which is a bit strange as it's only 74 °. But, then again, the dew point is 72 °. Which pretty much means the air is saturated. It's been raining of and on for…
2023 Day 133
Saturday May 13th Once again I lay abed this Saturday morning. And once up, I wasn't impressed with the day as it looked. The morning temperature is already hovering around 80°. As you can see.. once again the sun is hiding. My experiment this year has been a bust for…
2023 Day 132
Friday May 12th TGIF It's muggy.. it's sticky.. it's warm.. temperature is 78° and the sun is barely up. We are well into the first stage of summer. It will be a long, lol time for summer ends. It is definitely the season for electrical cooling on the southeast Texas…
2023 Day 131
Thursday May 11th We're back summer mornings.. there are breaks of the clouds.. temperature is 77°. The dew point is 74°. The ground is still wet though the almost 3 inches of rain we've had in the last couple of days has mostly soaked in. The blooms on the chaste…
2023 Day 130
Wednesday May 10th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years - 272 Days
2023 Day 129
Tuesday May 9th Once again it's overcast and muggy. This morning's temperature is 77°. The humidity isn't 90%. And the dew point is at 74°. Space City Weather is telling us but there's a high probability of heavy rates today.. maybe.. no matter what they are predicting 1 to 2…
2023 Day 128
Monday May 8th The morning is not quite as warm... Though the difference isn't enough to really matter at 76°. As you can see the sky is overcast as it has been on a majority of the days this year. It was on this day in 2006 that I started…
2023 Day 127
Sunday May 7th I slept in this morning.. and I don't have a lot to say.. so I think I'll just share all of last month's sunrises. Y'all have a great Sunday. I'll catch y'all on the other side. https://youtu.be/--OfQxwB1qE Counting Down To 70 Years -275 Days
2023 Day 126
Saturday May 6th ... and summer continues... Busy.. not much to say.. weather's blah and muggy... gonna curl up with a good (or not so good) read and chill... catch y'all on the other side... Counting Down To 70 Years -276 Days
2023 Day 125
Friday May 5th It's like walking into a sauna when I step outside this morning. The morning temperature is already 77°. The sun is trying to burn through the layer of clouds. And what little bit of breeze there is, is not making it to the bench I'm sitting on..…
2023 Day 124
Thursday May 4th The temperature outside this morning is 67°. Which is 6° cooler than inside the house, but it feels warmer. That is a perfect representation of what summer feels like on the southeast Texas coast. For me, Houston’s summer typically runs from about mid-May through mid-October. Here are…
2023 Day 123
Wednesday May 3rd Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0 RIP - November 17, 1938 - May 1, 2023 Counting Down To 70 Years -279 Days
2023 Day 122
Tuesday May 2nd It is a nice comfortable morning. The temperature is 61°. The winds are calm. I have a hard time calling it a spring morning though with the projected high going up into the mid '80s.. or even higher. Here lately I've been listening to a lot of…
2023 Day 121
Monday May 1st It's another cool and clear morning on the back porch. The day started at 56°. According to the extended forecast, this should be our last morning in the '50s for a while. By Friday morning the daily lows will be in the '70s. Summer's coming... Good morning.…
2023 Day 120
Sunday April 30th It's a cool and clear morning.. 51 degrees.. still winds.. heavy dew on the grass. A beautiful Sunday morning. I've already made a run for breakfast takos. It's becoming a Sunday tradition. John Prine is playing on the speaker.. Willie was playing earlier.. Rodney Crowell has been…
2023 Day 119
Saturday April 29th The morning dawned cool and blustery after the thunderstorms of las evening worked their way out of the area, The temperature has been falling all morning as the winds make the trees dance. When I woke up this morning the temperature was in the low 60's.. it's…
2023 Day 118
Friday April 28th It's one of those beautiful, seldom seen, cool and bright spring days. This year has been particularly uncommon in the scarcity of bright, clear days. Good morning's temperature is 60°. The winds are calm. And there's just a touch if you get it to your mirror. Though…
2023 Day 117
Thursday April 27th Happy Birthday Caitlin McKenzie Thirty-three years ago today our youngest daughter was born. My hope for her birthday is happiness! This morning has been cool and blustery with a bit of rain thrown in. The temperature is 63°. As I got out of bed this morning, distant…
