Weakly forced large-scale weather patterns often dominate the warm season (June-September) in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. In this regime, forecasting thunderstorm development is often tied to very subtle features, making this task particularly challenging. There appears to be a link between middleand lower-level moisture content (specifically at 850-700 hPa) and the frequency of thunderstorm development, with little variability in many other meteorological variables. Higher 850-700-hPa relative humidity values link to much higher rates of thunderstorm development.
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