2021 Rain Thread

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

14 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

I always wondered why he woke up sitting.  Did he fall asleep in the recliner or just has a phobia about beds?

He was sitting on the toilet, probably.  At least that was my teenage version of made up lyrics.  Bowel Moves.  

[Orange&White 5,522]

3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

 

 

It's raining in 78751.

Also, I have thrown around the idea of going back to school and learning GIS.  Is this a fool's errand?

 

3 hours ago, gurt said:

Yeah I wouldn’t...money isn’t great unless you’re in actual developer territory, but that is a CS degree anyways

I agree with gurt. I love doing GIS work but there just isn’t enough money to make me like it that much.

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Too Hot Tomorrow's forecast (after Too Hot Today) has an enhanced whale erection:

 

[Guest Lobo]

I love Austin in the spring.  On campus and downtown today, and the hills are alive with the sight of sundresses and yoga pants.  What we lack in a gorgeous wildflower bloom, is made up for in sublimely nice buttocks in all four directions.  

And as such, I stop and give thanks and ask Mother Nature...Why the fuck is Oak Pollen just now peaking simultaneously with unusually summer-like 95 degree temps, with 25mph wind gusts, and no rain on the forecast for a week?  This is just fucking cruel, woman!  

[Post Oak 20,210]

Hewitt TS Warning.  Getting small hail.  Yipee

[Trey3216 15,346]

46 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Hewitt TS Warning.  Getting small hail.  Yipee

Yeah we got some nickel sized hail and a shit ton of desperately needed rain. 

[Post Oak 20,210]

Yep. Another chance tomorrow PM.  

[Trey3216 15,346]

10 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Yep. Another chance tomorrow PM.  

Good.   I’m tired of already having to water the yard in March/April.  
 

maybe my trees will actually start to bloom 

Edited April 9, 2021 by Trey3216

[Post Oak 20,210]

Just now, Trey3216 said:

Good.   I’m tired of already having to water the yard in March/April.  
 

maybe my trees will actually start to bloom 

I was able to get some fertilizer down before the rain.  Not everything but something.  

My trees have bounced back but there are some in my neighborhood that are struggling

[phdhorn 6,224]

I doubt it's going to rain tomorrow. One day over 100. Then the '80s are back on the weekend, and the 70s are back next week, rain increases.

Waiting to observe the overshooting comments based on one day tomorrow.

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2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Hewitt TS Warning.  Getting small hail.  Yipee

That thing has rolled to southeast of Collie Station so far.  Just had a tornado warning for it (now expired).

[Scheiss Meister 8,407]

Yep.  It passed just east of us.  Pretty nasty hail to our north, just a McBeth storm here.

Edited April 9, 2021 by Scheiss Meister

[Trey3216 15,346]

15 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

That thing has rolled to southeast of Collie Station so far.  Just had a tornado warning for it (now expired).

Sumbitch just exploded.  Impressive long track supercell 

[Post Oak 20,210]

We got off easy then. Some small hail and much needed rain.

[Post Oak 20,210]

I was standing in the garage watching the storm, as I am want to do, and my son (5) came out there stood beside me and said "daddy we were needing this rain".

I love him so much 

[Biff Tannen 45,676]

1 hour ago, clapclapclap said:

That thing has rolled to southeast of Collie Station so far.  Just had a tornado warning for it (now expired).

What is the large group of scattered lights in south texas?  Roughly the same shape as the San Antonio-Austin curve. 

[FizzleFish 137]

Eagle Ford?

[Hate 20,108]

53 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

What is the large group of scattered lights in south texas?  Roughly the same shape as the San Antonio-Austin curve. 

Drilling rigs...and also taco trucks.

[Trey3216 15,346]

Saw this pic from Mooreville (East of Bruceville-Eddy in Falls County)

Hail about 8 inches deep 

 

[Willfully Horn 8,010]

Cool video.

 

[Anastasis 23,469]

Weather nerds. Talk to me about hail chances tonight particularly in NW Austin. Looks like the worst of this should stay west and northwest of Travis but it looks like we are going to get a piece broke off either way. 

[gsoda3 3,254]

shoot are we really?

[UnivTex34 1,763]

The NWS risks have been trending west with each revision. This morning I was worried, now, not so much.

[Hate 20,108]

44 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Weather nerds. Talk to me about hail chances tonight particularly in NW Austin. Looks like the worst of this should stay west and northwest of Travis but it looks like we are going to get a piece broke off either way. 

Here is the latest from the SPC. A big brown penis is going to extend out from Mexico and into Oklahoma. 

Edited April 12, 2021 by Hate

[phdhorn 6,224]

Not much.

6 hours ago, Anastasis said:

hail chances tonight 

Not much at all.

[atomheartbevo 89,655]

1 hour ago, phdhorn said:

Not much.

Not much at all.

So Llano got baseball-sized hail, but nobody else.  And rain chances dropping for Austin.  

[Nonbryan 173]

I heard it may rain in Austin this week

[phdhorn 6,224]

Best chance Thursday morning around breakfast time. Around / beyond that, meh, but possible thru Fri night.

[Guest Lobo]

Later this afternoon/evening starting to look dicey.  What's the word on hail, sir?  

[South Austin 52,473]

21 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Best chance Thursday morning around breakfast time. Around / beyond that, meh, but possible thru Fri night.

[Hate 20,108]

From the SPC.

[jimmyjazz 45,903]

"10% or greater" probability.

Well, that narrows it down.

[Updawg 2,266]

Aka, we won’t get a drop of rain.

[Spaulding Smails 1,552]

Quarter size hail this morning in Western Kimble County.  

[InkaUtexas 25,911]

5 minutes ago, Updawg said:

Aka, we won’t get a drop of rain.

the PhDHorn pocket will for sure. 

[Hate 20,108]

"10% or greater" probability.
Well, that narrows it down.

I don’t think the technology is yet available to be able to see if your house is going to get hail or not.

[Anastasis 23,469]

That little cell that was heading right for us just made a left turn and will miss most of Travis by the looks of it.  

[Anastasis 23,469]

@Hate @phdhorn Anything of note expected in another wave later tonight. 

[Blotto 23,498]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

@Hate @phdhorn Anything of note expected in another wave later tonight. 

I'm picking up a "new" used car this evening, so I presume there will be  a 100% chance of hail as I drive home. Why do I need a new car, you may ask? Because the hail storm at the end of March did enough damage to my last one, that my insurance company totaled out my last car. 

[gsoda3 3,254]

i love this weather, but if it leads up to no rain...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Anastasis 23,469]

2 minutes ago, Blotto said:

I'm picking up a "new" used car this evening, so I presume there will be  a 100% chance of hail as I drive home. Why do I need a new car, you may ask? Because the hail storm at the end of March did enough damage to my last one, that my insurance company totaled out my last car. 

My concern is likewise chiefly car related.  Mines in a NW austin shop right now and they don't necessarily have enough space for indoor storage of all the vehicles on premise. 

[Homercles 10,205]

Legit golf ball sized hail here in Cedar Park

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2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

the PhDHorn pocket will for sure. 

Yep, Bead Cave always gets rain.

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3 minutes ago, Homercles said:

Legit golf ball sized hail here in Cedar Park  Fore!

fifee

[Armybrat 40,832]

5 minutes ago, Homercles said:

Legit golf ball sized hail here in Cedar Park

Here’s one that fell in my yard in Brushy Creek (78717)...

 

[Nicole44 22,059]

Just now, Armybrat said:

Here’s one that fell in my yard in Brushy Creek (78717)...

 

Me too me too! 

[Paper_jam 831]

Can anybody recommend a live weather radar website that doesn't suck shit? For some time now, the animated radar on KXAN's website, and other local TV channels' websites, all seem to use the same app or codec, which works terribly on my PC.  They try to play back 6-8 hours of radar history, which is pointless--I only want to see the last hour or two.  Starting 6 or 8 hours back means I have to wait forever to get to the current radar image. Trying to skip ahead using the slider bar doesn't do shit. Doesn't matter if I use Chrome or Firefox.

 

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Paper_jam

[BrickTop 477]

RadarScope have to buy it but worth every penny

[BrickTop 477]

Disregard saw you said website try CORAD

[Hpara759 1,778]

.5"    78626.   no hail