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Cold front and rain

Posted on September 3, 2010 | Comments Off on Cold front and rain

The first cold front of the season? Probably. Anyhow, it’s drawing moisture out of the Gulf and producing thunderstorms and steady rain. Over an inch so far at the rancho. Been a fairly wet year. Hope it continues. Had enough drought, after a hot and unusually dry August. But LCRA’s Bob Rose says it’ll return next week.

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Thanks for the rain, Alex

Posted on June 30, 2010 | Comments Off on Thanks for the rain, Alex

We’ve had more than an inch since Tuesday afternoon, when moisture from the storm in the Gulf began flowing in. This afternoon we’re expected to get the outer bands of rain directly. Or as the National Weather Service says:

"SPIRAL BANDS FROM ALEX WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE LOCAL
AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND PROBABLY LASTING INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND."

Appreciate it, Al. We do. Got little rain in May. Only fair to get more now. I will use the occasion to pull some weeds in the flower beds, the ground being softened up.

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September monsoon

Posted on September 13, 2009 | Comments Off on September monsoon

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When it rains in Texas, it pours. This is from Friday, the second day of almost all-day rain which is expected to continue throughout today and finally start to taper off tonight. There are flooded streets and swollen creeks all over the place. The lakes are still low because their watershed hasn’t gotten that much yet. But it will. El Nino is not even cooking yet, but it’s coming. Flashfloods ahead.

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Wet ahead

Posted on September 9, 2009 | Comments Off on Wet ahead

The ridge of high pressure that kept us really hot all summer is gone. We haven’t hit a triple-digit high in several days. And a nearly-stationary trough of low pressure over West Texas is drawing in moisture from the Gulf. LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose expects we’ll see showers and thunderstorms through the weekend. He doesn’t expect to see a lot of rain, but there’ll be a chance for more into next week. We sure need it, though I would prefer a couple of flash floods back-to-back.

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Rain, rain go away

Posted on September 4, 2007 | Comments Off on Rain, rain go away

Some parts of the Hill Country have had almost three inches of rain since midnight. Much of it is under a flood watch until 7 a.m. tomorrow. The National Weather Service says the usual tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico is being augmented by high-level Pacific moisture from Hurricane Henriette. The radar images certainly show it: masses of green and occasional blobs of yellow moving northeast from out of the southwest–in other words, in the direction of where Henriette is poking around on Baja California. I just hope it doesn’t start Lake Travis rising again.

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Howdy dry

Posted on July 10, 2007 | Comments Off on Howdy dry

After weeks of soaking rains, it’s a treat to see the sun and a near-empty weather radar screen. It was getting so bad there for a while I could hear the grass growing a couple of inches a day. Of course Lake Travis is still flooded, though it’s declining about a foot a day and at this hour is a mere 697.04. At this rate it’ll be about two weeks until I can get the family sloop a few miles uplake for a replacement of the 22-year-old standing rigging–about 12 years more than it should be for safety’s sake, even on a freshwater lake. ‘Course I’ll probably have to start over again cleaning the mildew in the cabin, which I expect will be renewed after almost a month of being closed up. Still it’s good to be dry for a change. Howdy dry, sit down and stay a spell, if you please. You will? Great!

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