PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1047 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

        ...AUGUST TEMPERATURES WERE CLOSE TO NORMAL VALUES...
           ...RAINFALL TOTALS WERE HEAVIER THAN NORMAL...

TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD BROUGHT SOME EXCITEMENT TO THE REGION EARLY
IN THE MONTH. THE STORM MADE LANDFALL ON AUGUST 5TH BETWEEN HIGH
ISLAND AND SABINE PASS. THE STORM BROUGHT SOME BENEFICIAL RAINS TO
THE REGION. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVED INTO TEXAS MID-
MONTH. THIS FEATURE BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF RAIN. MOST AREAS RECEIVED ABOVE NORMAL
RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH. ONLY THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTION
OF THE REGION HAD BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. A WET MICROBURST DAMAGED
A FEW AUTOMOBILES AND A ROOF AT ELLINGTON FIELD ON THE 26TH
OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. AT THE END OF THE
MONTH...HURRICANE GUSTAV FORMED AND MOVED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

HERE IS THE CLIMATE DATA FOR A FEW ASOS SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE     AVG     AVG     AVG     DEP     RAINFALL     DEP
         HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH      92.6    75.3    84.0    +0.7    7.45         +3.62
HOU      91.4    75.8    83.6    -0.8    8.28         +3.74
GLS      89.4    78.7    84.0    -0.4    7.68         +3.46
CLL      94.4    75.5    85.0    +0.3    6.69         +4.06
CXO      92.2    73.1    82.6    -0.7    5.38         +1.68
UTS      92.6    74.2    83.4    +0.2    6.32         +2.60
PSX      90.5    77.7    84.1    +1.1    1.68         -1.68
LBX      91.2    74.0    82.6    +0.2    5.95         +1.19
SGR      93.6    75.6    84.6    +1.5    5.46         +0.08
LVJ      90.9    74.9    82.9    -0.4    7.72         +2.70
HGX      89.3    74.9    82.1    +0.1    7.93         +3.36

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