PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
844 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008

       ...JANUARY TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL...

    ...RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL NEAR THE COAST AND BELOW
       NORMAL INLAND...

THE MONTH STARTED OUT COOL AND QUICKLY WARMED WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
NEAR 80 DEGREES ON THE 6TH AND 7TH. MID-MONTH WAS COOL AND RAINY
AS A SERIES OF COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DELIVERED THICK CLOUD
COVER AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE. THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS STORMY
AS A SQUALL LINE RACED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE SQUALL LINE PRODUCED BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. EPISODES OF DENSE FOG REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A
HALF MILE ON THE 6TH...10TH AND 21ST. THE NORTH AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WERE DRIER THAN COASTAL SECTIONS. RED
FLAG WARNINGS FOR FIRE DANGER WERE ISSUED ON THE 1ST...2ND AND
29TH. THE COLDEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 20TH AS OVERNIGHT
LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE 20S OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS AT THE CO-OP SITE IN
ANGLETON (8.48 INCHES). THE LEAST RAINFALL OCCURRED AT COLLEGE
STATION (2.06 INCHES).

HERE IS THE MONTHLY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE
SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE          AVG     AVG     AVG     DEP     RAIN     DEP
              HIGH    LOW     MONTHLY

IAH           62.0    42.4    52.2    +0.4    4.62     +0.94
GLS           61.1    49.0    55.1    -0.7    6.04     +1.96
CLL           60.3    39.6    49.9    -0.2    2.06     -1.26
HOU           62.8    45.5    54.1    -0.2    6.55     +2.29

HERE ARE SOME MONTHLY CO-OP RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

CITY               RAINFALL     CITY               RAINFALL

ALVIN              6.71         ANAHUAC            3.46
ANGLETON           8.48         BAYTOWN            6.56
BAY CITY           6.06         BELLVILLE          2.94
BRENHAM            2.90         CLEVELAND          4.11
CLODINE            5.00         CONROE             3.32
CROCKETT           2.18         EL CAMPO           2.50
FREEPORT           6.91         HOUSTON PORT       5.89
HOUSTON WESTBURY   6.05         HUNTSVILLE         3.40
KATY               4.24         LIBERTY            3.74
LIVINGSTON         5.29         MATAGORDA          4.63
MONTGOMERY         3.46         NEW CANEY          5.44
RICHMOND           3.86         SUGARLAND          5.49
THOMPSONS          5.65         WASHINGTON ST PARK 2.47
WEST COLUMBIA      6.57         WHARTON            5.13