Aggies are Cool with the Cool Front
As all of you Aggies returning to Aggieland this semester have noticed, the recent weather is certainly not normal. And to all of the freshmen and new students out there: Whichever weather dances you all did before moving in these semester, we are extremely grateful!
A cool front has been making its way across Central and South Texas, reaching College Station earlier than normal this year. The temperatures have been dropping to the 40′s, 50′s, and 60′s during the night due to a system of dry air. Most students wouldn’t even believe that the words dry and air could be used in the same sentence around here, not to mention in combination with pleasant temperatures in mid-September.
What exactly is going on? A “strong trough of low pressure developed south of Canada,” making its path all the way to College Station (Bob Rose on Weather, lcra.org). Low pressure systems move in much quicker and stronger than gradually-progressing warm fronts, knocking down high pressure systems as they cut across the country. High pressure systems are those which keep our temperatures in the triple digits, and our air moist.
The Aggies seem to be fans, not only of our Fightin’ Texas Aggie Athletics, but of the rare entrance of these cool, low pressure systems. Students are waking up to breezy mornings, and a number of sweaters can even be accounted for in classrooms. A student visiting from Colorado was not so convinced in the “cool” of our so-called cool front. But, we Aggies are simply happy to wipe a little less sweat off of our brows as we walk into class each day.
The predicted high temperatures for the rest of the week do not exceed 92 degrees. Compare these to the high temperatures of this week for September 2011, which did not drop below 101 degrees. Along with the cool front comes a follow up rain predictions. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday have 30-40 percent chances of rain to finish up the week. It seems the reopened Memorial Student Center and our entrance to the South Eastern Conference are not the only changes coming to Aggieland this year. Students are welcoming this as yet another exciting change, accepting it with open arms and less sweaty t-shirts.
Weather facts and predictions from:
http://climatexas.tamu.edu/cs-monthly-summaries/september-2011
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=climate_cll
http://www.lcra.org/water/conditions/weather/weather_column.html
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