We started reading our home barometer on Friday afternoon.
Our barometer shows 28-29 = stormy, 29-30 = change, 30+ = clear
Here is a chart:
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
12:25pm -- initial reading was set at 29.9, not sure when that was set
12:30pm -- 29.48
3:10pm -- 29.40
10:10pm -- 29.35
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008
1:05am -- no change, still 29.35
eye of hurricane in Galveston = 29.09 there about that time, actual eye registered there at 2:10am
6:20am -- 29.25
10:20am -- 29.18 (it is getting gray and DFW Airport shows rain, although our patio is only damp-looking)
11:40am -- 29.15 (currently raining)
12.52pm -- 29.11
3:35pm -- 29.05 (still raining, but no flooding problems)
5pm -- holding steady at 29.05. Not raining, only 0.45" in gauge for today! 76 degrees, just warm and humid.
11pm -- 29.225
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
7:11am -- 29.44
3:20pm -- 29.6 and a gorgeous sunny day with puffy clouds, 81 degrees and windy. There is another 0.1" in the rain gauge, which probably happened after 5pm yesterday.
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008
9am -- back to 29.9, the reading from before the storm.
Months later -- Sunday, December 21, 2008
1pm -- 30.2. Yesterday was in the 70s and then a cold front blew in, bringing the low this morning to 25, high in the 30s! Today is a lovely clear blue day with just a slight breeze.
