Man, I'm getting to the point of the Summer where I'll be happy just to see a day on the forecast where the low is even 2 degrees less than the day before. Every single day in the current 14-day outlook for Houston is a high between 92-96, high humidity, and a low of 78 or 79. Groundhog Day weather, where it's just the same day over and over and over.
Really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Colorado the week after next. That first evening in town at sunset and it's in the 50's after flying out from a heat index over 100 is one of life's great pleasures.
In a world where anything goes as planned for the '25 Astros, Smith gets frequent days off, accounting for the fact that he has only spent 32 games in the minors and has never played anything remotely close to a 162-game season.
Welp, had to push this trip back to next Saturday, which had me bummed out b/c I was really looking forward to getting out there for the first time in months, but it seems to have worked out for the best as it's currently raining cats and dogs at the lease and looks like it will for most of the day. There's a lot of things that can be said about our place but "a fun place to be when it's raining" is not one of them.
The hot, dry days touching 100 only stuck around SETX through Wednesday. Back to mid-90's and high humidity for the foreseeable future. Still a good 40 days away from when I start scouring the GFS models for any hint of the Fall's first cool front.
Only noticeable difference over the next few weeks will likely be the days getting a little bit shorter. Currently losing a little about 90 seconds of sunlight each day. 2 Fridays from now will be the last sunset of the year later than 8 p.m. in the eastern portion of TX.
Quite an unexpected trade deadline for the Stros, IMO. We re-upped at 3B, OF, and UT, but didn't grab a single arm. And we gave up next to nothing talent-wise but took on a lot of payroll.