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| Sailor's Forecast for the Next 12 to 48 Hours | |
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| Observation | Forecast |
| Surface winds and clouds moving in different directions | Rain in 12-48 hours |
| Upper and lower clouds moving in different directions | Rain in 12-48 hours |
| Herringbone clouds | Rain in 15-20 hours |
| Mackerel sky | Rain in 15-20 hours |
| Halo around the moon | Rain in 15-25 hours |
| Mare's tail clouds | Rain in 20-30 hours |
| Insects become more active (they like warm moist air) | Summer Storm Approaching |
| Birds flying lower (pressure aloft bothers their ears) | Storm Approaching |
| Human joints ache (lower pressure causes gas in joints) | Cold Front Approaching |
| Wind shift to West or North | Humidity Decrease |
| Wind shift to East or Southeast | Humidity Increase |
| Dew at night | Clear Sky Tomorrow |
| Foggy mornings | Clear Sky Today |
| Barometer | Forecast | Mercury inches | Rapidly Falling (0.2-0.3 in 3 hrs) | Slowly Falling (0.1 in 3hrs) | Steady | Rising |
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| 30.2 | Rain in 12-24 hrs | Rain in 1-3 days | Little change for 1-2 days | Rain possible in 2 days |
| 30.1 | Rain in 12-24 hrs | Rain in 1-3 days | Little change for 1-2 days | Rain possible in 2 days |
| 30.0 | Storm within hours | Rain, continuing for 1-3 days | Little change for 1-2 days | Clearing |
| 29.9 | Storm within hours | Rain, continuing for 1-3 days | Little change for 1-2 days | Becoming partly cloudy |
| 29.8 | Severe storm within hours | Rain, continuing for 1-3 days | Little change for 1-2 days | Rain diminshing |
| Sun | Temp | Rain | First Freeze Dec 15 . . . . . . Local Houston History . . . . . . Last Freeze Feb 5 | |||||||||||
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| up/dn | hi/lo | in | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| am | 6:40 | 6:20 | 6:40 | 6:15 | 6:00 | 6:10 | 6:30 | 6:40 | ||||||
| am | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:20 | 7:10 | ||||||||||
| deg | 90 F | 94 F | 94 F | |||||||||||
| deg | 80 F | 85 F | 88 F | 83 F | ||||||||||
| deg | 72 F | 73 F | 76 F | 77 F | 72 F | 75 F | ||||||||
| deg | 62 F | 65 F | 63 F | 68 F | 64 F | 64 F | ||||||||
| deg | in | 54 F | 6.4" | 54 F | ||||||||||
| deg | in | 43 F | 45 F | 5.4" | 5.4" | 46 F | ||||||||
| in | 4.8" | 4.5" | 4.1" | 4.3" | ||||||||||
| in | 3.6" | 3.3" | 3.1" | 3.4" | ||||||||||
| in | 2.8" | |||||||||||||
| pm | 5:35 | 5:40 | ||||||||||||
| pm | 6:00 | 6:30 | 6:55 | |||||||||||
| pm | 7:40 | 7:00 | ||||||||||||
| pm | 8:00 | 8:30 | 8:40 | 8:35 | 8:20 | |||||||||
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