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Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall with maximum sixty-five mph winds this morning on the upper Texas coast, between High Island and Sabine Pass, but did little more than soak the beaches on Galveston Island. Right now, it’s rapidly falling apart as it moves inland, headed our way. We await its outer rain bands this afternoon amid a flash flood watch and predictions of up to six inches of rain by tomorrow morning. Sky’s still clear, but radar shows patches of green and yellow still formed in a loosening ball that’s rolling towards us. Promises to cool us down to about ninety degrees for a high on Wednesday.

Finally, a good chance for some good rain and at least a day or so relief from the heat, after what seems like months of hundred degree days, though it’s actually been only forty-one days in Austin since May. But there’ve been a lot of ninety-nines mixed in there as well. More from Weather Underground’s  Jeff Masters and the Lower Colorado River Authority’s Bob Rose if this is a permalink.