Good evening from the Lake Houston area. This is the Friday evening lake and weather reading for Friday, October 16. There is no flood watch, flood warning or flood advisory in effect for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties. One Wind Advisory is active for Harris and Montgomery counties through 1 a.m. Saturday.
Lake Levels at a Glance
| Lake | Level | Percent full | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Houston | 42.38 feet | 100.0 percent | 5:30 p.m. Central, Friday, October 16 |
| Lake Conroe | 199.73 feet | 94.1 percent | Daily value for Friday, October 16 |
The Lake Houston level in the table is the U.S. Geological Survey intraday gauge reading. The percent full figure beside it is the Texas Water Development Board daily value for the same date, because the USGS gauge reports elevation only.
Lake Houston
The USGS gauge at Lk Houston nr Sheldon, TX, site 08072000, read 42.38 feet at 5:30 p.m. Central on Friday, October 16. Over the previous 48 hours the gauge logged 190 readings and ranged from 42.37 feet to 42.71 feet, with the high point recorded at 10:45 a.m. Friday and the low at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. That is a spread of about a third of a foot across two days.
The Texas Water Development Board daily value for Lake Houston on the same date is 42.44 feet and 100.0 percent of conservation capacity, close agreement with the USGS gauge as expected.
Lake Conroe
The Texas Water Development Board daily value for Lake Conroe on October 16 is 199.73 feet and 94.1 percent full. That is up from 199.71 feet and 94.0 percent on October 15, a rise of about two hundredths of a foot. This is a once daily value rather than an intraday reading, so it carries a date rather than a timestamp.
San Jacinto River Authority releases from Lake Conroe flow down the West Fork of the San Jacinto River into Lake Houston. That is why the upstream level matters to residents of Kingwood, Humble and Atascocita, and why this paper carries it alongside the Lake Houston reading every day.
Weather
Tonight. Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. The forecast carries no chance of precipitation.
Saturday. Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. The forecast carries no chance of precipitation.
Saturday night. Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North wind 5 to 10 mph. The forecast carries no chance of precipitation.
No heat index value is given for any of these three periods. The forecast was last updated at 1:21 p.m. Central on Friday.
Active Alerts
One alert is in effect for the three counties this desk tracks. The National Weather Service office in Houston and Galveston has a Wind Advisory covering inland and coastal Harris County and Montgomery County, issued at 1:31 p.m. Friday and running until 1 a.m. Saturday. It calls for north winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, and warns that gusty winds may blow around unsecured objects, bring down tree limbs and cause a few power outages. Drivers of high profile vehicles are advised to use extra caution. Nothing is active for Liberty County.
There is no flood watch, flood warning or flood advisory anywhere in Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties. Both lakes are sitting in their normal operating range, and nothing in today’s data points to a flooding concern.
Sources
Readings in this post come from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Texas Water Development Board and the National Weather Service Houston and Galveston office. USGS gauge readings are provisional and subject to revision.
