PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
557 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

...DROUGHT CONDITIONS INCREASING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. THIS WILL PRODUCE
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LIMIT RAIN CHANCES. THIS CONTINUES A TREND
THAT BEGAN IN LATE APRIL AND CONTINUED THROUGH MAY. AREAS SOUTH OF
THE I-10 CORRIDOR HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY DRY WITH AREAS ALONG THE
COAST ALSO SUFFERING FROM EXCEEDINGLY DRY CONDITIONS. THE U.S.
DROUGHT MONITOR HAS PLACED ROUGHLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE HOUSTON
GALVESTON COUNTY WARNING AREA IN MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. AS OF
MAY 27TH...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES (EITHER PART OR WHOLE) ARE
CONSIDERED IN MODERATE DROUGHT:

AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...JACKSON...MATAGORDA AND
WHARTON. COLORADO COUNTY HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS SEVERE DROUGHT.

GALVESTON HAS RECEIVED 9.92 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE FIRST OF THE
YEAR BUT ONLY 2.56 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MARCH 1ST. THE NORMAL
RAINFALL THROUGH JUNE 1ST IS 15.84 INCHES. THE 3 MONTH RAIN TOTAL IS
ONLY 16 PERCENT OF NORMAL. OTHER COMMUNITIES ALONG THE COAST HAVE
ALSO SUFFERED FROM SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL DEFICITS.

CITY              MAR     APR     MAY     TOTAL     NORMAL    % NORM

ALVIN             2.31    3.52    0.02    5.85      NA        NA
ANGLETON          1.63    3.35    0.23    5.21      12.95     45%
BAY CITY          2.34    2.20    0.32    4.86      11.78     41%
COLUMBUS          2.03    1.88    0.25    4.16      12.25     34%
DANEVANG          3.16    1.72    0.32    5.20      NA        NA
HOU HOBBY APT     2.96    1.91    0.99    5.86      11.76     50%
HOU PORT          3.03    1.40    0.52    4.95      NA        NA
LEAGUE CITY       2.32    2.16    1.16    5.64      12.08     47%
MATAGORDA         2.40    3.66    0.27    6.33       9.51     67%
PALACIOS          2.26    2.55    0.16    4.97      10.01     50%
PEARLAND          2.50    1.57    0.48    4.55       8.67     52%
WHARTON           2.31    2.29    0.22    4.82      NA        NA

THE 8 TO 14 DAY TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK SHOW PROBABILITIES THAT FAVOR
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE 8 TO 14 DAY PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK
SHOW PROBABILITIES THAT FAVOR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. DROUGHT
CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY WORSEN THROUGH MID JUNE. ALTHOUGH LONG RANGE
MODELS ARE SHOWING A GREAT DEAL OF INCONSISTENCY...THERE IS SOME
INDICATION THAT THE STUBBORN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SPLIT WITH PART OF
THE RIDGE MOVING WEST AND PART SHIFTING EAST...LEAVING A WEAKNESS
OVER EAST TEXAS. IF THIS OCCURS...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED
NORTH AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE GONE 17
DAYS WITHOUT RAIN AND COULD POSSIBLY GO AS LONG AS 30 DAYS WITHOUT
RAIN IF THE RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE REGION.

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE PREPARED IN SEVEN TO TEN DAYS UPDATING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

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