PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1128 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

...WET CONDITIONS TO FINALLY COME TO AN END...

IT HAS BEEN VERY WET ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS SUMMER. A
PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN JUNE AND JULY BROUGHT
CLOUDY...COOL AND SCATTERED SHOWERS. A BRIEF DRY SPELL IN AUGUST
ENDED WHEN TROPICAL STORM ERIN MADE LANDFALL AND DUMPED VERY HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPED
OVER THE REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF AUGUST WITH MORE
SHOWERS. SEPTEMBER HAS STARTED OUT WET BUT A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION.

SEVEN OF THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 2007 HAVE BEEN VERY WET
(REMEMBER THAT FEBRUARY 2007 WAS ONE OF THE DRIEST FEBRUARYS ON
RECORD). HOW WET...WELL THAT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU RESIDE. THROUGH
AUGUST...THE WETTEST LOCATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS THE CO-OP
SITE AT HOUSTON HEIGHTS. THIS LOCATION HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 71.55
INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH AUGUST 31ST. THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE
HOUSTON AREA THROUGH AUGUST IS BETWEEN 32 AND 34 INCHES. SO HOW
WET HAS IT BEEN? EVERY OBSERVATION SITE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS
RECEIVED ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR BUT SOME SITES HAVE
RECEIVED MUCH MORE RAIN THAN NORMAL. IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND
HOUSTON...IT HAS BEEN EXCESSIVELY WET. BUT IF YOU LIVE NEAR
COLLEGE STATION OR CONROE...UMMM NOT SO MUCH.

TO PUT THIS YEARS WET SPELL INTO PERSPECTIVE LET`S LOOK BACK IN
TIME. BELOW ARE THE FIVE WETTEST JAN-AUG FOR HOUSTON...GALVESTON
AND COLLEGE STATION.

          HOUSTON           GALVESTON          COLLEGE STATION

       55.07 - 1900       54.01 - 1900          43.51 - 1968
       49.76 - 1968       47.16 - 1888          41.88 - 2004
       49.16 - 1919       44.97 - 1991          40.26 - 1919
       48.60 - 1959       44.37 - 1919          39.65 - 1979
       48.22 - 2004       44.02 - 1973          37.18 - 1929

SO HOW DOES 2007 ADD UP? HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 48.07 INCHES OF
RAIN SINCE JANUARY. THIS IS THE SIXTH WETTEST JAN-AUG ON RECORD.
GALVESTON HAS RECEIVED 36.72 INCHES OF RAIN AND THIS IS THE 21ST
WETTEST JAN-AUG. COLLEGE STATION HAS RECEIVED 29.67 INCHES OF RAIN
WHICH IS THE 25TH WETTEST JAN-AUG.

BELOW IS A RANDOM SAMPLE OF RAINFALL FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY
THROUGH AUGUST FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

COMMUNITY           RAINFALL

ALVIN               50.46
ANAHUAC             46.18
ANGLETON            46.38
BAYTOWN             52.08
BRENHAM             44.96
CALDWELL            31.99
CLEVELAND           36.49
CLODINE             51.13
CONROE              35.10
CORRIGAN            40.13
CROCKETT            35.65
DACUS               39.56
EDNA                45.52
EL CAMPO            42.35
HOUSTON HEIGHTS     71.55
HOUSTON HOBBY       56.01
HOUSTON PORT        51.93
HOUSTON WESTBURY    58.26
HUNTSVILLE          40.33
JAMAICA BEACH       46.45
KATY                48.78
LIBERTY             41.64
LIVINGSTON          30.72
MADISONVILLE        38.44
MATAGORDA           57.63
NEW CANEY           47.27
PALACIOS            52.37
RICHMOND            46.88
SOMERVILLE DAM      32.39
SUGARLAND           45.67
TOMBALL             39.63
WEST COLUMBIA       56.26
WHARTON             44.38