Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Tropical cyclone
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Houston faces a dry Wednesday as high pressure moves in, but the tropical system Invest 93L could send downpours to Southeast Texas by Thursday.
A flood watch will go into effect for much of south Louisiana this week as a slow-moving low-pressure system heads toward the Gulf of Mexico, bringing with it the potential for downpours and flash flooding along the Gulf Coast.
Texas on Saturday faces an upper-atmosphere wave of low pressure that could trigger storms and an increasingly deep flow of Gulf moisture.
Radar and precipitation data and National Weather Service warnings show the floods were the result of extraordinary atmospheric conditions that sent intense plumes of Gulf of Mexico moisture into parts of Texas long known to be vulnerable to flash flooding,
Last week, the Port of Brownsville and shrimping industry officials hosted a “Blessing of the Fleet” — an annual tradition when members of the clergy deliver a non-denominational dockside sermon before traveling up and down the harbor to pray for and bless each trawler before the season begins.