Earth Day 2010

As we have mentioned in numerous twitter and facebook posts, we are in need of a few volunteers on April 22 for our annual Earth Day celebration. We just need about 3 to 5 people. Lots of fun planned for everyone. Plus there will be food!

Every year we try to make it bigger and better, with more activities and exhibitors and so far, this year will not be an exception. We've got loads of activities prepared with both a rain gauge relay and recycle relay planned along with flower seedling planting and numerous others. Lots for the kids in attendance. Who wouldn't want to go home with their own flowers seeds?

While the activities are pretty exciting, you can also come and interact with our exhibitors. As of now, we have The Arboretum, Hogg Middle School, Green Houston, Houston Tomorrow, Houston Landscapes Unlimited, Urban Harvest and the Houston/Galveston national Weather Service coming over. All will have information about their organizations on hand. If you have any questions about them, be sure to come over. We're working on getting someone involved with organic farming also. A lot of people are becoming more and more interested with organic food, so if you know any organic farmers that would like to come over and exhibit, send them over, we'll gladly have them.

That's not all though. The first 100 people in attendance will get a free tree sapling donated by Houston Landscapes Unlimited (http://www.houstonlandscapes.com/). How neat is that!

A quick forecast for you all: The rain will go away, just not today. We've got a weak stationary front located just to the east of us that is producing the clouds and scattered showers. This front is expected to dissipate late tonight, which would normally spell the end of the wet stuff. However, there is a weak short wave moving though northern Mexico that will affect us tomorrow, giving us another shot at a few showers.

After that quick burst, the weather will get better. Clearing and warmer weather can be expected Wednesday and Thursday (Earth Day!!) as a weak high pressure system moves across the Gulf and onshore flow resumes in response to another cold front developing near the Rockies. Sadly, the chances of rain moves back in Friday as the next front moves through the midwest and Texas.

Changes coming

Changes in the weather for Houston is quickly approaching as high pressure over the eastern US erodes on the western end due to the influence of troughing over the Rockies. This will put us in an area of weaker pressure over through Saturday, meaning we'll have cloudy skies and a chance of rain through the week (chances increasing as the days go on with a max of 40% to 50% by the beginning of the weekend). On the plus side, the constant presence of clouds will act to moderate temps and decrease the flux between the highs and the lows. So, temps topping off in the upper 70's with lows in the upper 50's will be the norm, which is great, because this is where we are normally at, climatalogically speaking.

Still need more photos for our Earth Month Nature Photo Contest. http://www.wxresearch.com/earth/photocontest.html. We'll most likely be extending the contest through the end of April with the contest winner being awarded their prize at the beginning of May. Right now, we need lots more photos. I mean, A LOT more. We've got 4 right now and they all look great. If you read this, take a few extra minutes to send over a nature themed photo. We all have them and, who knows, you may win a great prize!

Tropical season is just around the corner! The next update will deal with that topic. Keep reading, and send over some pics! :)