Meanwhile, back at the ranch (weather, but going into the climate), McAllen, TX had a 96F high, most other South Texas locations were 80's to 95F @BRO (assuming these are US highs).
A differential of 155 degrees F.
Tomorrow we have "Red Flag Warnings" all over due to the elevated temps, low humidities, and fairly high winds expected.
Given the mostly dry vegetative brush everywhere, we'll probably have an outbreak of brushfires (since the d*mned fools never learn that one can start something 'inadvertently' that one can't control...). I watched one wildfire burn unchecked for ~2 weeks once, on the King Ranch years ago. Just few years ago the Lost Pines forest near Bastrop was almost wiped out, along with many other serious wildfires. And they usually start with a human ciggie or firework of some kind, plus some from lightning of course.
Jáchym, I read your comment about "insurance" earlier, especially with such a big planetary gamble. I've tried the same line of logic: nada, zip, zilch & crickets...
http://w2.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=bro"These data are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at the NCDC -
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
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TEXAS TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
643 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
DATA THROUGH 6PM CST
HIGHEST LAST 18 HOURS. LOWEST LAST 18 HOURS...12AM TO 6PM CST
PRECIP LAST 24 HOURS...ENDING AT 6 PM CST
.BR LUB 0121 C DH18/TAIRZS/TAIRZI/PPDRZZ
:
:ID LOCATION HIGH LOW PCPN
: 24HR
:
:...NORTH TEXAS...
ABI :Abilene ASOS : 69 / 43 / 0
GKY :Arlington : 71 / 42 / 0.03
CRS :Corsicana : 71 / 62 / 0
DAL :Dallas Love Field : 72 / 49 / 0.15
DFW :DFW Airport : 73 / 48 / 0.02
DTO :Denton : 72 / 39 / T
AFW :Fort Worth Alliance : 74 / 46 / 0.22
FTW :Fort Worth Meacham : 74 / 46 / T
GGG :Longview : 72 / 49 / 0.09
LFK :Lufkin : 72 / 53 / T
TKI :McKinney : 66 / 45 / T
MWL :Mineral Wells : 74 / 38 / T
PRX :Paris : 61 / 43 / 0
TPL :Temple : 77 / 48 / T
TRL :Terrell : 67 / 45 / T
TYR :Tyler : 69 / 50 / 0
ACT :Waco : 72 / 43 / 0.01
SPS :Wichita Falls : 71 / 41 / T
:...WEST TEXAS...
AMA :Amarillo : 57 / 38 / 0.14
HHF :Canadian Airport : 61 / 26 / 0.05
CDS :Childress : 65 / 46 / T
DHT :Dalhart : 56 / 32 / 0.02
6R6 :Dryden : 79 / 46 / 0
ELP :El Paso : 49 / 42 / 0.29
FST :Fort Stockton : 66 / 47 / T
GDP :Guadalupe Pass : 44 / 36 / 0.07
LBB :Lubbock : 62 / 41 / 0.01
MRF :Marfa : 54 / 36 / 0.19
MAF :Midland : 63 / 46 / 0
MUST2:Muleshoe : 57 / 29 / 0.07
ODO :Odessa : 62 / 46 / T
PEQ :Pecos : 58 / 40 / 0
PRS :Presidio : 70 / 49 / 0
SJT :San Angelo ASOS : 75 / 39 / T
INK :Wink : 60 / 45 / T
:...SOUTH TEXAS...
ALI :Alice : 93 / 61 / 0
ATT :Austin Mabry : 81 / 48 / 0.02
AUS :Austin Bergstrom : 84 / 43 / T
BPT :Beaumont : 79 / 62 / 0
BRO :Brownsville : 95 / 56 / 0
BMQ :Burnet : 74 / 45 / 0
CLL :College Station : 77 / 58 / T
CXO :Conroe : 76 / 56 / 0.66
CRP :Corpus Christi : 92 / 63 / T
NGP :Navy Corpus : 83 / 63 / 0
COT :Cotulla : 94 / 56 / T
DRT :Del Rio : 82 / 50 / 0
GLS :Galveston : 75 / 68 / T
HRL :Harlingen : 92 / 62 / 0
HDO :Hondo : 87 / 46 / 0
HOU :Houston Hobby : 81 / 64 / 1.11
IAH :Houston Bush : 78 / 63 / 0.84
UTS :Huntsville : 74 / 58 / 0.05
JCT :Junction ASOS : 75 / 40 / 0
NQI :Kingsville : 94 / 62 / 0
LRD :Laredo : 94 / 54 / 0
MFE :McAllen : 96 / 54 / 0
BAZ :New Braunfels : 84 / 49 / 0
PSX :Palacios : 69 / 63 / 0.12
LVJ :Pearland : 83 / 67 / 0.66
RKP :Rockport : 79 / 64 / 0
SAT :San Antonio : 83 / 49 / T
SSF :San Antonio Stinson : 87 / 50 / 0
DWH :Tomball : 77 / 61 / 0.52
VCT :Victoria : 86 / 62 / 0
:...OTHERS...
SHV :Shreveport : 73 / 53 / 0
TXK :Texarkana : 68 / 54 / 0.02
.END
TEXAS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES:
Highest...96 at McAllen
Lowest....26 at Canadian"