Richard Heatwave Berler
@heatwavekgns.bsky.social
I ❤️ weather! CBS Duluth, MN 1976-80, KGNS Laredo, TX 1980-now. NCEI/NWS coop site 415060 1985 to 2023. NOAA Thomas Jefferson Award. AMS CBM#18. Key to the City of Laredo.
Saturday 8:53 am: The atmosphere above is a little less moist, lifted air only buoyant enough to rise to form small fair weather cumulus in our afternoon skies. 100F heat.
September 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Saturday 8:53 am: The atmosphere above is a little less moist, lifted air only buoyant enough to rise to form small fair weather cumulus in our afternoon skies. 100F heat.
Friday 7:13 pm: Green light for football! A shower is grazing the far south tip of Laredo, a nearly dissipated shower on northeast tip of Laredo.
September 26, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Friday 7:13 pm: Green light for football! A shower is grazing the far south tip of Laredo, a nearly dissipated shower on northeast tip of Laredo.
Friday 6:07 pm: Looks like the last of the scattered showers (~6-10 miles east of Laredo) will track across north Laredo in the next half hour if they survive the trip. Football should be ok.
September 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Friday 6:07 pm: Looks like the last of the scattered showers (~6-10 miles east of Laredo) will track across north Laredo in the next half hour if they survive the trip. Football should be ok.
Friday 3:08 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: Tropical weather will be our weather control for a number of days. A drier atmosphere will ring sunnier skies, 100F heat this weekend. Radar shows isolated short lived showers.
September 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Friday 3:08 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: Tropical weather will be our weather control for a number of days. A drier atmosphere will ring sunnier skies, 100F heat this weekend. Radar shows isolated short lived showers.
Friday 1:05 pm: Cumulus are growing, isolated clouds are tall enough to produce short lived showers.
September 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Friday 1:05 pm: Cumulus are growing, isolated clouds are tall enough to produce short lived showers.
Friday 9:27 am: Plenty of cumulus in our marginally moist atmosphere. Isolated showers are still possible, most places stay dry. Isolated think most isolated showers that do occur would be done in time for football, will monitor. Upper 90’s today.
September 25, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Friday 9:27 am: Plenty of cumulus in our marginally moist atmosphere. Isolated showers are still possible, most places stay dry. Isolated think most isolated showers that do occur would be done in time for football, will monitor. Upper 90’s today.
Thursday 9:29 pm: A dot of a shower at Loop 20 between McPherson and International.
September 25, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Thursday 9:29 pm: A dot of a shower at Loop 20 between McPherson and International.
Thursday 9:04 pm: The last shower that was approaching Laredo has dissipated as it reached the Lake Casa Blanca area.
September 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Thursday 9:04 pm: The last shower that was approaching Laredo has dissipated as it reached the Lake Casa Blanca area.
Thursday 8:41 pm: A quickly weakening shower is passing over far south Laredo. Another shower approaching a little further north, heading for the Guadalupe to Saunders part of town is also weakening.
September 25, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Thursday 8:41 pm: A quickly weakening shower is passing over far south Laredo. Another shower approaching a little further north, heading for the Guadalupe to Saunders part of town is also weakening.
Thursday 8:08 pm: Shower that moved into eastern Laredo dissipated quickly. Last showers of the evening are approaching from the southeast…
September 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Thursday 8:08 pm: Shower that moved into eastern Laredo dissipated quickly. Last showers of the evening are approaching from the southeast…
Thursday 7:43 pm: A small weakening shower is approaching the Guadalupe Street part of town:
September 25, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Thursday 7:43 pm: A small weakening shower is approaching the Guadalupe Street part of town:
Thursday 4:19 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: A tropical airmass is in control of our weather. Still moist enough, lifted air buoyant enough for scattered mainly short lived showers until ~ 7 pm for a few spots, will watch radars.
September 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Thursday 4:19 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: A tropical airmass is in control of our weather. Still moist enough, lifted air buoyant enough for scattered mainly short lived showers until ~ 7 pm for a few spots, will watch radars.
Thursday 4:03 pm: An example of how quickly the small showers go through their life cycle: 3:30 pm, no shower over Laredo. Decent small shower over central Laredo at 3:47 pm. Nearly dissipated shower exiting northwest Laredo at 3:58 pm.
September 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Thursday 4:03 pm: An example of how quickly the small showers go through their life cycle: 3:30 pm, no shower over Laredo. Decent small shower over central Laredo at 3:47 pm. Nearly dissipated shower exiting northwest Laredo at 3:58 pm.
Thursday 3:50 pm: Quick shower developed out of growing cloud that I caught on camera between ~Calton and Del Mar, moving quickly west:
September 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Thursday 3:50 pm: Quick shower developed out of growing cloud that I caught on camera between ~Calton and Del Mar, moving quickly west:
Thursday 3:35 pm: Cumulus are growing, some are tall enough to produce short lived scattered showers, they are quick to bubble up and then fizzle out. A few spots will be lucky and get wet.
September 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Thursday 3:35 pm: Cumulus are growing, some are tall enough to produce short lived scattered showers, they are quick to bubble up and then fizzle out. A few spots will be lucky and get wet.
Thursday 3:14 pm: Scattered small showers are ~14 miles east of Loop 20:
September 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Thursday 3:14 pm: Scattered small showers are ~14 miles east of Loop 20:
Thursday 12:08 pm: Cumulus are growing in our marginally moist, buoyant airmass. I will watch the radar. Showers will be scattered and short lived. It would take luck to be under one, but you would get wet under one!
September 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Thursday 12:08 pm: Cumulus are growing in our marginally moist, buoyant airmass. I will watch the radar. Showers will be scattered and short lived. It would take luck to be under one, but you would get wet under one!
Thursday 9:22 am: The atmosphere remains marginally moist, lifted air marginally buoyant to rise to form scattered short lived showers. Once again, it would take some luck to be under one. Will watch, upper 90’s.
September 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Thursday 9:22 am: The atmosphere remains marginally moist, lifted air marginally buoyant to rise to form scattered short lived showers. Once again, it would take some luck to be under one. Will watch, upper 90’s.
Wednesday 5:35 pm: Shower from south Laredo fading over Nuevo Laredo, northern edge may have brushed the Outlook Mall area. Small showers in northern Zapata County.
September 23, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Wednesday 5:35 pm: Shower from south Laredo fading over Nuevo Laredo, northern edge may have brushed the Outlook Mall area. Small showers in northern Zapata County.
Wednesday 5:12 pm: Brief, decent, short lived shower now moving through south Laredo near/south of hwy 359.
September 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Wednesday 5:12 pm: Brief, decent, short lived shower now moving through south Laredo near/south of hwy 359.
Wednesday 4:23 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: We remain in a tropical airmass, cool air passing by well to our north. 98F so far, high90's to low 100's next several days, clouds may hold us under 100F Thursday, possibly Friday.
September 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Wednesday 4:23 pm: Big Picture Weathermap: We remain in a tropical airmass, cool air passing by well to our north. 98F so far, high90's to low 100's next several days, clouds may hold us under 100F Thursday, possibly Friday.
Wednesday 4:18 pm: Scattered short lived small showers continue to bubble up and the fizzle, a matter of luck to have one wet a place down. Northern edge nearing Rio Bravo area.
September 23, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Wednesday 4:18 pm: Scattered short lived small showers continue to bubble up and the fizzle, a matter of luck to have one wet a place down. Northern edge nearing Rio Bravo area.
Wednesday 3:35 pm: Tiny shower dots between Loop 20 in north Laredo and the Tourist Bureau on I-35, others nearing Siesta Shores in Zapata County.
September 23, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Wednesday 3:35 pm: Tiny shower dots between Loop 20 in north Laredo and the Tourist Bureau on I-35, others nearing Siesta Shores in Zapata County.
Wednesday 2:24 pm: Scattered short lived showers are bubbling up, then fizzling out, now reaching southeastern Webb County. A matter of luck to be under one, will watch.
September 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Wednesday 2:24 pm: Scattered short lived showers are bubbling up, then fizzling out, now reaching southeastern Webb County. A matter of luck to be under one, will watch.
Tuesday 8:56 am: A cool airmass is passing by to our north, leaving us in a marginally moist, buoyant airmass. Isolated short lived showers, a few lucky spots get wet, similar to Monday, will watch. Upper 90’s to ~100F.
September 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Tuesday 8:56 am: A cool airmass is passing by to our north, leaving us in a marginally moist, buoyant airmass. Isolated short lived showers, a few lucky spots get wet, similar to Monday, will watch. Upper 90’s to ~100F.