Matt Lanza
@mattlanza
Meteorologist: Words and forecasts @TheEyewallWx and @SpaceCityWx in #Houston. Views expressed are mine and mine alone.
Always read Sarah.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem claims that the administration’s response to the Texas floods is the model for FEMA under Trump. Is that a good thing – and is it true? @SarahLabo explains in @PostOpinions: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
We've got a Gulf tropical disturbance that continues to look...well, it exists in time and space, I guess. No serious flooding risks but some heavy rain from it. Flooding risks do exist today from New Mexico through Kansas City and to Chicago. Details: open.substack.com/pub/theeyewall…
I had some fun with this one today. But it does speak to a communication challenge that we face sometimes -- and it requires nuanced thinking.
No formal tropical development is expected from the Gulf system, though it will bring us rain tomorrow and Saturday. Today, however, @mattlanza takes a deep dive into Bush Airport to try to answer the question: Is the IAH thermometer rigged? spacecityweather.com/hot-weather-ra…
Texas lawmakers continue to hear testimony about the deadly Central Texas flooding. They lambasted a local river authority manager who talked about why they didn't keep pursuing state money for a warning system, a decision one senator called "pathetic." texastribune.org/2025/07/23/tex…
Have y’all never looked at the sky before?
Another one of these clouds. We've had a couple pop up everyday now for over 10 days
We've got a 10% chance of Gulf development on the map, so we take a dive in on that. Additionally, we look at the persistence of flooding risks over the last month, as well as why a heat wave still matters even if it isn't setting a ton of records. More: theeyewall.substack.com/p/checking-up-…
Summer's hottest weather so far will continue today and tomorrow before rain chances arrive Friday and Saturday courtesy of a tropical wave/disturbance that should not develop. More heat is coming next week. Matt's got details: spacecityweather.com/heat-should-pe…
It's disappointing major weather media groups that exist off NOAA/NWS data have been deafeningly silent about federal staffing hits and proposed cuts to NOAA. No letters of support. No news reporting on their detrimental effects to forecasting. Just glaring editorial omission. 🧵
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Invest 94L bites the dust in the, a Gulf tropical disturbance shouldn't develop and will be only a modest rainmaker for the Gulf Coast. Flooding risks focus on the Duluth area today with additional heavy rain chances on the periphery of next week's heat: theeyewall.substack.com/p/tropics-rema…
Has our Houston summer been pretty moderate so far? It seems that way, but today we explore what the numbers tell us. That aside, yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far, and we may best that again over the next couple weeks: spacecityweather.com/has-it-been-a-…
Today we take a quick look at some tropical disturbances that should be of minimal consequence, flooding in Illinois and Missouri, and the heat wave that’s underway. More: open.substack.com/pub/theeyewall…
Matt says we could see some of our hottest weather of summer so far this week and possibly next week. A tropical wave is unlikely to develop, but it may bring an increase in shower chances in between, beginning Friday. We've got the sizzle today: spacecityweather.com/a-mostly-quiet…
Thanks to everyone for following along and all the messages. I may have to move here for good. #giddyup
My love for the movie Airplane! has come up more than once. Of all the memes to come out of the Coldplay debacle, I shall now declare a winner.
I found the best one
Under one of the proposed Texas redistricting maps, driving around Houston’s outer loop would mean crossing a congressional district border 8 times.