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Winter to linger, flood chances increase

Posted on March 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Winter to linger, flood chances increase

Rainfall has been above normal across Central Texas since Jan. 1, according to the National Weather Service. That’s expected to continue, with a consequent risk of significant flooding, especially on area rivers and lakes.

Forecast rain & storms today through Monday will only add to the problem.

Meanwhile, LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose says one of the coldest winters in the past hundred years isn’t quite ready to relinquish its grip. This month and next are expected to be cooler than normal: “Springtime temperatures aren’t here yet, and it looks like it will still be a while before we see a consistent stretch of warm…”

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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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Turn around, don’t drown

Posted on June 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Turn around, don’t drown

With big storms moving in from the north, and some places out near the lakes picking up 3 inches or more, according to the LCRA’s automated guages, it seems timely to repeat the weather service slogan for low-water crossers, and to pass along this great site’s complete approach to Texas floods. For the rare reader who might benefit. I realize this isn’t radio, but it’s tempting to treat it that way sometimes. It’s not hard to get excited. We live in the most flash-flood prone part of North America.

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Still more rain

Posted on June 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Still more rain

All that flooding in England and Wales sounds familiar. If we get much more rain, we’re going to have our own flooding problems here shortly. Another 80 percent chance today and another flash flood watch. I suppose we shall all grow flippers and webs between our toes soon enough. Feast or famine.

UPDATE  The Mad Housewife is happy with all the rain. That’s good, because Bob Rose says there’s lots more to come. 

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El Nino returns

Posted on September 12, 2006 | Comments Off on El Nino returns

Austin meteorologist Bob Rose says the federal Climate Prediction Center made the call Monday and the weather service will issue a news release on it tomorrow. Big rains a’comin’, probably.

"…the Climate Prediction Center stated that atmospheric conditions and oceanic temperatures in the Pacific have reached a critical threshold to declare El Nino conditions. Water temperatures in the tropical Pacific have been warming over the past couple of months. This warming combined with increased westerly trades and a negative Southern Oscillation Index all indicate the onset on El Nino.

"…El Ninos often bring Texas and the southern US increased rainfall during the fall and winter months. They also tend to bring our region cooler temperatures during the winter. El Nino will likely play a large role in our region’s weather over the next several months."

Like they say, in Texas it’s either droughtin’ or floodin’. We’ve had the former for almost a year (some say more) and the latter looks to be on the way. Some of the fall-winter storms we’ve had in El Nino years have been hellacious.

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