What is with all this rain?

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TheFied

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It's great for the environment and I feel bad about complaining but I was looking at the 10 day weather forecast and there is >40% chance of rain over the next 10 days going all the way to July 4. Man. Would like to get some dry days to enjoy outside a bit more.

I've never remembered it raining this much this often.
 
i think its great. i hope it rains at least some on every single one of those 10 days and is nice on july 4th. look at the bright side of it. if it rains any signifigant amount in the next 10 days, i really think barton creek will be flowing well into august.

i took my dog down to gus fruth yesterday where she pwn3d the creek for several hours, and it was high and flowing strong. i've floated the greenbelt several times since memorial day and have swam at places all over the greenbelt every few days. swimming and floating barton creek in the spring and summer is a big part of why this is the only place i'll never live anywhere again.
 
In the 12+ years I've been living in A-Town, this is the FIRST time I've ever seen anyone floating the GreenBelt... anyone know what the furthest upstream / West you can start & get a good, decent float going?
I may have to spend a few bux & buy a toob @ Academy... who's in for a little action? Will need one other vehicle & a dedicated driver to pick up @ Town Lake area then drive back W.

I imagine if we start early it could allow us to run a LONG distance. I know where Barton Creek runs out W of RR 12 in Drippin...

As the crow flies, according to GoogleMaps, it's about a 20 mile point to point distance. Factor in undulating bends & @ 4 mph it's over 6 hrs (plus occasions where you might have to portage which will add a LOT of downtime).

Now THAT would pwn.

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I've seen Campbell's hole crazy after a few storms.

I like it when it rains in the summer. It kills off a hot day, and there are plenty of those in the summer.
 
Cools the day off? You mean that it turns it so humid that my house windows fog up and it feels like a damn sauna?
 
Ya, but I think yesterday was the only day it was 80 and humid. The last two weeks have been 90-98 and humid as hell. I didn't realize that I'd moved to Houston.
 
I do think it is great. I have a sprinkler system for my yard and I have only used it 2 times in the past ~45 days. That is great and my water bill is low.

But every day over the next 10 days it is >40% chance of rain is crazy. Especially for Austin.

I'm waiting for Noah to come pick me up.
 
I'd rather it be 90 and dry than 80 and humid. That said, my grass is kicking all kinds of *** this year. Too bad my mower's been broken for 2 weeks. I don't look forward to mowing after all this rainy spell is done.
 
Statesman.com blog reports chance of 10" more TOMORROW NIGHT

The amounts are way out of whack but interesting forecast nonetheless.

Heaviest rain might be yet to come, forecasters say
By Jamaal O'Neal | Tuesday, June 26, 2007, 02:19 PM

Computer models suggest that a large area of heavy rain could form west of Austin on Wednesday night that could produce rain totals of 8 to 10 inches in some areas.

With more more rain expected this afternoon and evening, most of the region is under a flash flood watch until midnight tonight, and that could be extended.

“There’s not one place that is going to get the brunt of the system ,” said KVUE meteorologist George Kanuck. So, when will this storm system finally move out? “We’re thinking it will leave around Thursday,” Kanuck said.

The National Weather Service said it already has recorded the wettest year to date at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with 31 inches. It’s the 16th wettest year to date at Camp Mabry, with 27 inches of rain.

The heavy rains prompted the Lower Colorado River Authority to partially open the floodgate at Tom Miller Dam on Monday to allow the rising water to flow through. Because of the floodgate operations at the dam, the City of Austin has extended its boating ban for portions of Lake Austin near the dam.

Lower Colorado River Authority spokeswoman Krista Umscheid said there are no plans to open the dams at Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis. She said, however, that dams at smaller lakes could be opened to release access water.

“LBJ and Marble Falls dams could be opened or closed intermittently,” Umscheid said. “It just depends on how high the inflows are.”

Umscheid said the LCRA is asking people who live along the Colorado River to monitor the lake and river levels.

As always, you can be the weather reporter. If it starts raining at your house or workplace, or you see an area of flooding, report it here. Be sure to give a full address so your report can be plotted on a map for other readers to see.

Because most of Central Texas is under a flash flood watch, meteorologists with the weather service are advising people to be prepared for flash flooding. If you see water on a road, do not drive through it, even if there are no barricades or warnings. Learn more here.
 
My colleague just returned from Phoenix. He said that dry heat thing is BS. It was hotter than Texas at normal temps by far. This is according to him, I've never been to Phoenix. I've been to Vegas, and dry heat or not, holy crap.

Gotta call BS on 98 and humid.
 
Over 17" now. And this was tonight. The story about 8-10" was about Wednesday night. This could get really interesting.

Late last year we were talking about the drought. I said a big flood would be coming soon.
 
WOW! That was pretty much the worst case scenario for last night. As someone pointed out, the original forecast called for the major storm for tonight. Another one like that tonight in the same spot would push Travis up into some folks houses. Not to mention all of the folks it is falling directly on.

Some dates to remember for Lake Travis elevations:
November 2004 - 696.70
July 2002 - 693.47
July 1997 - 702.29
June 1997 - 705.11
December 1991 - 710.44 (Record)

The Lake has crossed over 690 about 25 times since it was built in 1942.

The spillway on Mansfield Dam is 714 feet.
 
My grandmother remembers floods from before the dams. Without the dams, a flood like this past night would have been devastating.
 
Yep, the main purpose of man-made lakes is flood control and they have done well.

I still remember in ~2002 that huge flood over July 4 that took down the Guadulupe. We were going to go tubing that day and we kept watching the CFS online and we saw it go from 500cfs to 1000cfs to ~5000cfs or more. It was crazy.

But that summer was relatively dry with one huge flood.
 
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