Has been hot, dry, blue, very windy with south southeast winds in
south Texas. See
here and more Texas weather
here. Cu's
throughout the state this morning with over running this morning in Zapata
starting at 2:35 AM.

Mike Barber and Pete Lehmann are in Zapata (we're in Austin) with Gary Osoba and
David Glover and are ready to go at 9 AM. The cloud base in Zapata is higher
than what we've ever seen during the over running with the NAM forecast calling
for a 4000' - 5000' cloud base at 10 AM when it is normally 3,000' by 10 AM and
2,000' at 9 AM.

For the last few days, it's been too dry for good cumulus development, although
as I reported over the weekend there was good flying from the coast at Columbus
which is northeast of Zapata, a couple of hours southwest from Houston.

With a south southeast wind, the wind in Zapata comes over Mexico instead of out
of the Gulf. This occurs when the high pressure is centered just west of Fort
Meyer, instead of south of New Orleans. But today the cu's are there.

The prognosis is not good for tomorrow and the next few days with a cold front
coming deep into Texas on Monday evening and likely cutting flights short (after
300 miles) today.

The Brazilians are supposed to show up in Zapata on Monday. We'll see how it
goes. We'll be heading down there soon, as the internet access has much improved
at the Lakefront Lodge.