Tropics The Topic...Will We Gain Some Rain?

I'm not really sure what's going on with Blogger today. I couldn't post any pictures this morning. So this one is going to be illustrated with the keyboard. And the picture may be a wetter one as we head into the latter half of the week and into the weekend. And the headline says it all....Tropics The Topic.
Take a look at rainfall this year compared to last year and average:

• Since June 1st - 2006: 6.63" 2005: 12.37" AVG: 7.73"
• Named Tropical Storms Through July 25th:
• 2005: 7
• 2006: 2

Last year's very active tropical season helped double our rainfall compared to this year. As a result, last year we were sitting pretty with a surplus of more than 4 inches. This year "Alberto" and "Beryl" have been too far east to help us out. And when you combine a lack of Gulf moisture with a ridge of high pressure over our heads, you end up with deficits like we have now -1.25" below average since June 1st.....-7.61" since the beginning of the year.

Will we gain some rain?

The overall pattern is looking more like July should over the next week to two weeks. High pressure off the eastern seaboard brings up Gulf steam and scattered showers and storms are the result. Right now a disorganized system south of Texas is stirring up rain that is mainly over the Gulf, but heading north. And some of this flow should feed northeastward towards us later this week. Hefty rains for coastal Texas, thinning out as it heads our way. But at least we get some. So heeeeeeeeeeere we go.

Today: Partly cloudy with only a 20% chance for an isolated storm. High near 90.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, warm and muggy. Low near 69.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy again with only a 20% chance for an isolated storm. High near 91.

Thursday: Partly cloudy with a 40% chance for scattered storms. High near 88.

Friday: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance for scattered storms. High near 86.

Saturday: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance for scattered storms. Highs near 88.