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  Weather Week: Cool Front, but No Cooler Temperatures

  August 20 at 6:23 a.m.

  Entering the third week in August, temperatures remain at right about normal for this time of year. That is to say it is hot and humid throughout the area. But, the first inklings of fall in the form of a late August cool front are in the forecast this week...

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  Weather Weekend: More of the Same, But That's Not All Bad

  August 16 at 4 a.m.

  Not to freak anyone out, but we are deep into the month of August and...it hasn't been awful. These are the dog days of summer and they are typically the hottest of the year for us here in Houston. As the guys at Space City Weather pointed out Wednesday, is...

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  "Seeing Harvey" Shows How Texas and Its People Were Changed By the Storm

  August 15 at 4 a.m.

  Very few of us survived Hurricane Harvey unscathed. Texans lost their pets, homes and even their lives. Weeks later, after the rains had dried up and West Sam Houston Parkway started to not look like a river, there still were tears: sadness from losing treasured photographs and family heirlooms, anguish...

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  Weather Week: Heating and Drying Up

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  Temperatures around the Houston area the last few days have been almost mild considering normal summer weather thanks mostly to cloud cover and occasional spots of rainfall. Not everyone saw precipitation, but a widespread area saw between 1 and 5 inches of rain over the last seven days according to...

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  Weather Weekend: It Will Rain, but It Won't Be Blazing Hot

  August 9 at 4 a.m.

  In Houston, we accept weather trade offs. We accept the humidity and heat in the summer in exchange for stellar winter weather. While others are shoveling snow, we're running around in shorts. We also accept the rain because it is great for our local plant life and the steam that...

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  Weather Week: Rain Chances Increase

  August 6 at 4 a.m.

  The dry pattern that has persisted in our area the last couple weeks thanks to dominant high pressure began to come to an end last week with a couple damp days including Saturday. With high pressure remaining off to the west, Houston will see chances of rain increase throughout the...