A Mixed Bag of Weather. . .

Hope you will excuse me but I woke up this morning at 5 in a writing mood. Mainly because my little 9-pound pal gave me a free hour or so before commanding me to take her on a walk. This is not a Weather By The Numbers but it is somewhat the same. Some of this may be of little or no interest so that is why I am using several different titles.

HERMINE
* No longer a tropical storm…just an ordinary low, but loaded with tropical moisture, centered over North Texas and moving north
* At least 25 Texas counties now under a Flash Flood Warning in a wide string from near the coast north to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A Flash Flood Watch for numerous additional counties affecting a lot of Oklahoma and into parts of Kansas.
* A North Fort Worth intersection was under one foot of water this morning.

TEXAS RAIN AMOUNTS BECAUSE OF HERMINE
13.20 Georgetown
6.20 San Antonio
5.86 Waco
1.29 Wichita Falls
3.48 Austin
1.34 Baton (well, not in Texas. Home of the LSU Tigers)
2.70 Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW Airport)
2.55 Houston
6.04 Fort Worth/Meacham Airport

USA EXTREMES
114 yesterday in Death Valley
34 this AM in Yellowstone National Park (or “Jellystone” for you Yogi Bear fans)

STRETCHING THE OLD THERMOMETER TO THE LIMIT
117 this hour in Basrah, Iraq. Should be 110 or higher through Sunday
108 below zero this hour, Vostok, Antarctica (That is a 225-degree difference!)
153 below zero is their projected wind chill Friday night. That would make me reach for an overcoat except this hot-natured guy has never owned one.

OCTOBER IS REAL NICE TO BIRMINGHAM
* Because we have never had 100-degree weather in October with records dating back to 1885.
* The average high temperature for October is 74.9, ranging from 80 at the beginning, lowering to 70 at the end of the month. Cheers!

SEPTEMBER CAN BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
* 98 yesterday in Muscle Shoals, 97 in Montgomery and 95 in Birmingham, Pinson, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville, for example.
* In September, 1925, record highs for Birmingham on nine different days, all 100 or hotter including 105 or 106 on four days.
* Just two years later, in 1927, another major heat wave with Birmingham having 100 or higher on seven days.
* The latest 100 on record for Birmingham is September 22, 1925 with an even 100.
* Little or no air conditioning in any of those years.

ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD
* Pakistan unheard of flooding.
* A part of that country equal to the size of Florida under water!
* Six million people homeless
* More than 17 million people affected
* 17 million acres of farm land under water

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