Category Archives: Texana

TRSA

Posted on July 3, 2007 | Comments Off on TRSA

That’s weather-speak for thunderstorms, with rain, which is what we’re expecting today through Thursday. Heavy at times. A recent one was a gusher, but without thunder, and it stopped after a few minutes. Lots more on the radar, little green blobs everywhere, with a few yellow and red ones mixed in, all flowing northwest. The weather service in New Braunfels says tonight through noon tomorrow the blobs will coalesce and the rain could be heavy. By then the jetstream will have settled in east of here, to interact with the damn low pressure trough that seems to have been here forever. At least we missed our June layer of Saharan dust. Some years it’s ash from the Chiapan farmers of southern Mexico burning their fields before the planting. But the dust from the African desert is more regular, June to August. Washed out of the air so far.

Comments Off on TRSA

Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged , , , ,

Captain Nemo’s highway

Posted on July 2, 2007 | Comments Off on Captain Nemo’s highway

CPTNemoHighway.JPG

So called. This is (or was) the entry to a park and boat ramp on Lake Travis. It’s one of the reasons the lake is closed to recreation for July 4. Worse is what’s going on out in the watershed to the northwest. Almost 3 inches has fallen near the Colorado River at Lampassas today, which means the lake probably is going higher than the 701 feet above msl already forecast. Radar shows most of today’s rain is in the watershed, and some of it is of the red and yellow variety. So the lake’s flooding problem is going to get worse soon.

Comments Off on Captain Nemo’s highway

Posted in Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged , ,

Perpetual rain

Posted on July 2, 2007 | Comments Off on Perpetual rain

It’s back. After a few days rest, rain (heavy at times) is back in the forecast. On the radar it’s all south and southeast of Austin, so far. Houston and Galveston are really getting pounded. My fingers are crossed that the watershed of the lakes doesn’t get a lot more. With Lake Travis already predicted to hit 701 feet above msl in a few days (the record is 710 in 1991) still more water would present a terrible problem for LCRA, boatowners and everyone who lives out there.

Comments Off on Perpetual rain

Posted in Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged , ,

Lake Travis flag

Posted on July 1, 2007 | Comments Off on Lake Travis flag

Flagpole.JPG

This is what almost 18 feet above normal looks like in the Cypress Creek channel at Lake Travis. The floating docks on either side rose, the flagpole didn’t. And the cleat for the flag’s halyard being well underwater, nobody’s going to be taking it down soon. Especially when LCRA says almost 3 inches of rain Saturday in the Colorado River watershed around San Saba will push the lake to 701 feet in a few days. It could be weeks before things are back to semi-normal.

Comments Off on Lake Travis flag

Posted in Sailing, Scribbles, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged , ,

Lake on the rise

Posted on June 30, 2007 | Comments Off on Lake on the rise

LCRA automated site shows Lake Travis up to 697.85 feet above mean sea level, or almost seventeen feet above full. On the way to 700 by Monday is the latest prediction. Believe I’ll visit tomorrow, to see what I can see and what can be shown here.

Comments Off on Lake on the rise

Posted in Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged ,

Bye, bye rain

Posted on June 29, 2007 | Comments Off on Bye, bye rain

Rain chances are significantly diminished through Sunday until they rise to 50 percent on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Nice to know. I can finish mowing the lower forty tomorrow. Unfortunately, Lake Travis is likely to remain in the flood pool until late in the week.

Comments Off on Bye, bye rain

Posted in Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged ,

Mildew & mold

Posted on June 28, 2007 | Comments Off on Mildew & mold

I just finished cleaning the sloop, well, last week I did. I was considering cutting a hole in the forward hatch to install a solar/battery-powered Nicro air ventilator to cut down on the mildew and mold. Too late. The LCRA’s latest data has Lake Travis at 695 point something feet, with projections for it to rise as high as 699 by the weekend. That means the docks at the marina (not to mention the parking lot and entry road) won’t be accessible until late next week, if then. And, boy, is the mildew and mold going to have fun growing in the cabin in the meantime.

Comments Off on Mildew & mold

Posted in Sailing, Texana, Weather/Climate

Tagged , ,