Hobby Airport Houston Texas

Forecast for Fourth calls for no rain for Houston

A slim chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms is possible during the next few days as moisture creeps into the Houston region from the east.

The area is on the extreme southern edge of a strong ridge of high pressure, but moisture from Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley may slip below the ridge into the region, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters said a chance for strong thunderstorms is possible mostly along and north of a line from Brenham to Liberty.

The area will be mostly dry and hot through the weekend and on Independence Day.

Today, the high temperature will top out near 96 degrees under mostly sunny skies. The low will be about 76. A 20 percent chance of showers is possible, especially after about 1 p.m. Southeast winds will be between about 5 mph and 10 mph.

The heat continues Friday and through the weekend. The high each day will be in the mid to upper 90s under mostly sunny skies. The lows will be in the mid 70s. A 20 percent chance of rain is possible each day.

Monday, Independence Day, will be hot and mostly sunny. The high will be near 96 degrees. The low will be about 76. A 20 percent chance of showers is possible.

Tropical Storm Arelene is pushing ashore at Capo Rojo in eastern Mexico Thursday morning. It packs winds of about 65 mph and is moving west at about 9 mph. Showers from the storm may stretch into extreme southeast Texas between Brownsville and Corpus Christi, forecasters said.

The Houston area remains far below normal for rainfall so far this year, according to the weather service. At Bush Intercontinental Airport, 0.92 inches of rain has been recorded so far this month, which is about 4.29 inches below normal. Since Jan. 1, Bush airport has received about 7.88 inches of rain, which is 16.10 inches below normal for the period.

At Hobby Airport, 1.79 inches of rain has fallen so far this month, which is 4.86 inches below normal. Since Jan. 1, Hobby has received about 7.20 inches, 18.47 inches below normal for the period.

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“ I used to walk to school everyday and I used to pass by the home of the richest man in the area and he had a square block that was Magnificently trimmed at all times and in the back of my mind subconsciously I considered a lawn like that as ‘success .’ So when I bought me a big house here in Houston the weeds were growing all around my trees and everything and i couldn’t get anybody to do it. Finally I found somebody that’d do it and he reached down into the grass and he got bit by a snake and I spent the rest of my day trying to save his life rather than get my yard done.” — dance instructor George Ballas, inventor of the Weed Eater, who passed away over the weekend at age 85. Ballas came up with the idea for his transformative product after watching spinning bristles clean his Cadillac at a car wash near Houston International (now Hobby) Airport. Until he sold the company to Emerson Electric, the company’s worldwide headquarters stood at 10515 Harwin. The company got a major boost from commercials shown during David Frost’s interviews with former president Richard Nixon in 1977. [Business Makers; obituary ] Photo of Ballas’s West Houston lawn: Corky and Shirley Ballas I like to let you know that George Ballas did not invent the Weedeater.I DANIEL TAIBO was the inventor.It all started in the summer of 1967 when I was cutting the grass in my front yard.I lived at 7718 ERATH ST.in Houston,Texas 77072 and as I was cutting the lawn I dreamed up the famous invention of the Weed Eater and the Lawn Wacker or lawn mower with plastic cords.The Gutierez family lived right behind us on the other street in the corner and they brought a couple friend of theirs over to visit us, they were George Ballas and his Mexican-American wife Maria Luisa we had never met them before.Me and Ballas sat next to each other and we started talking and I told him about the weed eater invention and how it worked I had dreamed up a couple of weeks before.I had even called a patent lawyer in 1967 about developing the invention but the cost was to great we were just a working family.I was 14 years old when I created the famous invention of the Weedeater.Think of all the money and the huge industry I generated an I never have gotten a single penny or recognition.GEORGE BALLAS IS A FAKE! He might be a good businessman. DANIEL TAIBO 6926 Misty Morning Trace,Richmond,Texas 77407 Cell.