It appears as if Georgetown just experienced a heatburst over the last 2 hours. At midnight, the temperature was 82 and it skyrocketed to 99 at 1:10AM! See the time series plot from the TX mesonet. Humidity dropped to as low as 17% as well. #txwx
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We have been experiencing it in Jarrell. The wind was very strong for over an hour. Still windy but it was much stronger.
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Sounds about what we'd expect. Usually get some very gusty winds during a heat burst
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Been a weather junkie forever but never heard of heat burst until tonight. And it happened twice tonight. The first one was at Hearne. How often do they occur?
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They are not particularly common and typically occur at nighttime with decaying thunderstorms. It's thought that when rain evaporates aloft, it can make the air cooler and denser than its surroundings. The air rapidly descends, heated through compressional warming.
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Yes, the two are somewhat related. However, a wake low is usually associated with pressure differences
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As a thunderstorm decays, it can sometimes produce locally strong winds and a sharp increase in temperature. You can read more about heat bursts here:
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