2021 Rain Thread

[Nicole44 22070]

Forcefield gonna get it!
 

 

[hornian 5222]

Raining sideways on Jollyville Road near Duval in NW Austin at the moment. This should make my drive home interesting. 

[South Austin 52523]

Shit’s hitting Brentwood now.

[Nicole44 22070]

Fuck the force field! Die! 

[Nicole44 22070]

Check the guys to the west maverick! 
 

 

[mchookem 16338]

12 minutes ago, hornian said:

Raining sideways on Jollyville Road near Duval in NW Austin at the moment. This should make my drive home interesting. 

 

6 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Shit’s hitting Brentwood now.

pretty much in the middle of you guys (Allandale)...crazy wind, that's it. dammit.

[Longhornlax 58]

Got 2 inches in McKinney this afternoon.  Several straight up downpours.

[F250 28794]

So I am supposed to go to Schiliterbahn tomorrow. Is that not happening?

 

[Hate 20126]

So I am supposed to go to Schiliterbahn tomorrow. Is that not happening?
 

Schlitterbahn is coming to you.

[Hate 20126]

There may be a return to the cooler and wetter pattern we had earlier this summer.

[Okie State 3821]

Yes please

[NorthLoop 14218]

Yeah I'm already sick of the heat and it's only 94

[atomheartbevo 89750]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

There may be a return to the cooler and wetter pattern we had earlier this summer.

*I hope you are actually right, but it's Texas.

[Hate 20126]

Me??  I hope the Climate Prediction Center is right.  Some weather models are sniffing out another "cool" front around August 11th and there is some agreement from multiple models.  It's not going to make it fall like, but it could keep highs in upper 80's and lower 90's with pretty good chances of rain throughout.  That huge cold front that we had in February will have lasting impacts.  I've read some reports that it kind of "reset" the weather patterns and it may take a few more months before things return to "normal".  That being said, I fully expect a drought to begin this fall and we are all wearing shorts and t-shirts on Christmas. 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Hate

[Pescado_Rojo 19426]

Got a random pop-up in 78628 yesterday evening that dumped a little over 1/2 inch in about 40 minutes. Still haven't turned my sprinklers on, grass is still green. Crazy. 

[gurt 749]

yeah I got rained on for 30 minutes while out on the golf course in Round Rock yesterday.  The fact that it is even possible for that this time of year is great.

[hornian 5222]

Weird pop up shower at 2222/Bull Creek. I can look north and it's still sunny as all get out, look south it's just rain. I'll take it! 

[InkaUtexas 26012]

Great rain in the 666. Damn what a week. We get to wreck aggy's 50 year plan AND it rains in Central Texas. In July. 

 

 

[Hate 20126]

Here is the GFS model forecast for rainfall until the middle of August.

 

[hornian 5222]

11 hours ago, Hate said:

Here is the GFS model forecast for rainfall until the middle of August.

 

California will get nothing and like it!

[Catpfish 618]

You know the song...It never rains in Southern California...until you get grandstand seats for the Rose Bowl parade on January 1, 2006.  Then it pours for hours.

 

 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Troops starting to assemble out west.  Heading our way.

[boknowstecmo 216]

Line's formed. Let's see if the forcefield believes in lazy Sundays like I do. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17784]

1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:

Troops starting to assemble out west.  Heading our way.

Looks to be falling apart around Leander/CP. Ugh

[boknowstecmo 216]

Go figure.

[InkaUtexas 26012]

We all know it will rain in Bee Cave. 

[phdhorn 6224]

It really isn't supposed to rain around here today.  Look for it to pick up late tonight.  Monday will be the rainiest day, whatever that means.

It'll rain in Bee Cave starting about 11:30 p.m. 

Until then, nothing expected, nothing lost.

[Updawg 2278]

Raining in bee cave now

[AUS-97HORN 11810]

hearing lots of rumbling.... must mean the forcefield is fighting . 

[faps 806]

Damn, that current line popped up outta nowhere. Forcefield will probably make short work of it. 

[ballrific 215]

NW Austin getting just the tip right now and its already fun

[The University 851]

3 minutes ago, ballrific said:

NW Austin getting just the tip right now and its already fun


 

yep. not even a drop of lube.

Edited August 1, 2021 by The University

[Hmbre97 6323]

It poured its ass off with lots of wind and lightning over here at 183 and Braker. Still raining at the moment but not as hard.

[Deej 76855]

15 minutes ago, Hmbre97 said:

It poured its ass off with lots of wind and lightning over here at 183 and Braker. Still raining at the moment but not as hard.

Some day a real rain will come and bathe the homeless at 183 and Braker. 

[Paper_jam 831]

I swear my fucking house has a backup forcefield that kicks in whenever Austin's primary goes down.

 

[ftf82 485]

Force field!  LOL

[hornian 5222]

1 hour ago, ftf82 said:

Force field!  LOL

I got a couple of breakthrough infections downpours at my place at 2222/Bull Creek

[Anastasis 23479]

Was fun watching that thing run in from the old man's porch.

 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

5 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Was fun watching that thing run in from the old man's porch.

 

That's a great pic.

[Anastasis 23479]

30 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

That's a great pic.

Didn't catch any of the lightning show. 

[miguelito 11266]

2.5 inches in NW Boerne this evening. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17784]

4 hours ago, ftf82 said:

Force field!  LOL

Not a fucking drop in cedar park

[Anastasis 23479]

2 hours ago, miguelito said:

2.5 inches in NW Boerne this evening. 

Your mom needs to calibrate her yard stick. 

[williemackgarza 1826]

Rained for about 20 mins in round rock pretty hard with lotta wind.
Not a turd floater though

[Cajun 11722]

6 hours ago, miguelito said:

2.5 inches in NW Boerne this evening. 

I was there picking up my daughter and HOLY SHEEEIIIIIT!

Powerlines went down, vehicles slid off the roads, flooding all over the place, dogs and cats living together.

Crazy stuff.

[HenryJames 66134]

Y’all can shut the fuck up about the force field for awhile.

[3adays 454]

Hardly a drop out in Drip and my power is out.

[phdhorn 6224]

15 hours ago, Updawg said:

Raining in bee cave now

Yesterday around 4:30 I was out doing some yard work.  Wasn't particularly threatening looking.  Wrapped up and went in to take a shower.  About 4 mins. later I'm in the shower and suddenly a series of huge thunder blasts rumbles through the house.  Finished my shower and thought it was just an electrical show typical of when a storm ramps up.  Nuh-uh.  It was pouring, torrents of rain.

All in all about 25 minutes of a huge downpour.  I had about 2.65" of rain in that little span.  

What happened was a line of storms running NE-SW popped up right over me, and most of the rain ended up happening south and east of Austin.

But did it rain in Bee Cave?  Hell yes, it did.  A lot.

Today more of the same - spotty showers - and here's the thing - temps will struggle to make 90° in most of the area.  On August 2.  Unbelievable.

Week will see a slow drying out, less rain chance each day, by the weekend we'll be in the upper 90's again.  But August ain't done yet, could easily be cool as it could be hot.  What a summer.

[South Austin 52523]

It got pretty dark yesterday late afternoon in Brentwood, but thunder and lightening woke me up sometime past midnight and my neighborhood got a good soaking. 

phdhorn is right.  These temperatures in early August are indeed unbelievable.  I can't remember a summer this mild since I moved to Austin in 1994.

[Orange&White 5528]

We have still only had one day of 100 degrees and it was only at Mabry and it was only for about 2 hours (June 14). We have only hit 99 twice (the day before and the day after the 100).

Obviously we have topped 100 a few times with the heat index, but this is all still pretty out of expectations and welcomed.