Violent storms in Houston were fueled by a massive heat dome centered in Central America, pushing warm, humid air towards Texas. The storms met derecho criteria and formed atop the heat dome, with other factors intensifying their impact.
How Houston's rare derecho was fueled by a Mexican 'heat dome' creating high temps in Texas https://t.co/BDWPPw3gzn
How Houston's rare derecho was fueled by a Mexican 'heat dome' creating high temps in Texas https://t.co/hxjxw7CbOk
How Central America's record-shattering heat wave helped trigger the Houston derecho. Includes heat wave details, incl. Fla milestones. https://t.co/7wUn1Rq3sr
What happened yesterday in #Houston was actually not an atypical #derecho setup. A line of thunderstorms running on the north side of a strong heat dome (the record heat in FL and S TX set it up). It was farther south than normal for a derecho, but not unprecedented. #TXwx #HOUwx https://t.co/4iEArbkSWt
In today's Berardelli Bonus: The wicked #Derecho that hit Houston was partly fueled by a huge Central American Heat Dome. That heat dome - present for weeks - has been guiding heavy rain over the same area, north of Houston. Up to 35" has fallen in 30 days - 70% of yearly rain. https://t.co/Iut7LHdxlY
Houston thunderstorm complex met criteria of derecho per @NWS and (despite bizarre tweets from some taking issue with this) they formed atop a record-setting heat dome that stretched from South Florida across Gulf and into Mexico. Other factors fueled their intensity as well. https://t.co/E7dvhsQ3Ap
Good summary of what fueled violent storm in Houston. Storm fired up along stalled front on northern periphery of massive heat dome centered in Central America, which has pumped record-setting heat into Florida and was also pushing warm, humid air toward Texas. https://t.co/rVPXYxapRe
Good summary of what fueled violent storm in Houston. Storm fired up along stalled front on northern periphery of massive heat dome in Central America, which has pumped record-setting heat into Florida and was also pushing warm, humid air toward Texas. https://t.co/rVPXYxaXGM