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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.

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Blocking force

Posted on June 28, 2007 | Comments Off on Blocking force

KVET/KASE meteorologist Troy Kimmel sees a "large organized southeastward moving cluster of thunderstorms just southeast of San Antonio is moving into the coastal plains" and theorizes:

"My initial thought would be that this system.. being between us and the gulf moisture coming ashore from the Gulf of Mexico.. will temporarily disrupt the moisture flow and perhaps result in less precipitation for the greater Austin area for at least a part of this afternoon."

So far it seems to be working. Radar shows a lot of the heavy rain well east of La Grange, heading north to Bryan.

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Goodbye to storms

Posted on June 4, 2007 | Comments Off on Goodbye to storms

More clusters of severe thunderstorms moving in from the northwest, just like last evening. Bob Rose says we might as well enjoy the thunder and lightning, as these cells may be the last we see or a while:

"This may be the beginning of our typical summer weather pattern. If today’s long-range solutions are correct, today’s storm activity could be the last of the spring-like storms our region will see this month."

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The waves

Posted on May 27, 2007 | Comments Off on The waves

The waves of rain some meteorologists predicted seem to have made their appearance on KVUE’s Web radar, with showers at the rancho for the first time all day. But the forecast rain totals were revised downward from as much as 10 inches to as little as 2 to 4 inches. That’s good because Lake Travis is more than full for the first time in two years. The Lower Colorado River Authority has opened the floodgates at Mansfield Dam. It’s been a wild three months as the lake has come back from the drought of 05-06. Any great additional rain now in the lake’s watershed could start flooding homes out there on the shoreline. Looks like the Turnback Canyon race is going to get wet tonight. They’re probably asleep. They have to get up later this morning to retrace the whole 19 miles they came today.

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Thunderboomers

Posted on May 16, 2007 | Comments Off on Thunderboomers

Awakened by thunder several times last night, I was nevertheless surprised to see on the LCRA’s internet rain chart this morning that up to 2.5 inches had fallen across the area by dawn. Meteorologist Bob Rose says it could be the last significant cold front for a while:

"We need to really appreciate this spell of cooler weather because it’s likely to be one of the last we’ll see before…the onset of summer’s heat that will occur over the next couple of weeks. Texas weather, you gotta’ love it!"

Well, I love the spring and the fall. Not so much the inbetweens. And spring is almost over. 

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Our wet month

Posted on May 9, 2007 | Comments Off on Our wet month

May is fixin’ to live up to her name. Some big storms that have been edging closer all week are due to poke their noses into our atmosphere by this evening, possibly strong, possibly bringing heavy rain. Tonight through Thursday night. Figures. I finished the backyard yesterday. Nothing makes St. Augustine grow fast like a big rain.

UPDATE  Line of storms–stretching from Georgetown to San Antonio–is moving in at 10:45 p.m. An hour later, the rain had moved on and the rancho had a mere tenth of an inch. Ho hum.

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Where goes the sun?

Posted on May 5, 2007 | Comments Off on Where goes the sun?

 Cloudy, drizzly day at the rancho. After a week of rain, LCRA’s Bob Rose is expecting still more:

"The pattern so far this spring has been nothing short of amazing, with a parade of storm systems marching from southern California to Texas, with almost every one producing rain and thunderstorms over parts of Texas."

May is normally our wettest month. If it keeps raining, we could have big floods by June.

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