2023 Rain Thread

[Born to Run 6583]

You know what middle age is? Sitting around waiting for the fucking rain and putting the radar loop on refresh every 15 mins. 
Fuck those putos 

Word to that. I was sure it would have rained enough to fuck up the mountain bike trails or rivers for fishing when I planned my Friday. Nada. I had the afternoon off and no kid or lady friend, and instead of doing that, I'm doing ding repair on surfboards and Sups and checking the weather in my garage with a dry ass yard as well.

Come on Rain, your wife says you only got an inch, don't last long and do not satisfy.

[HOOKEM4 5075]

1 hour ago, troph said:

Anything less than 7 inches will be wholly unsatisfying. 

What if I told you that you can get 7 inches over 7 days!

Edited May 13, 2023 by HOOKEM4
Yeah!

[troph 24928]

52 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

What if I told you that you can get 7 inches over 7 days!

[Chet Steadman 940]

I love me some @phdhorn but I’m a big fan of this only-comes-out-during-big-events thing he’s got going on.  Quite mysterious /LinusCaldwell

he’s become our Jim Spencer of Surly.  

[Jersey Man10 3661]

Yeah I don’t even bother checking the weather. I just check this thread.

[CooterBrown 18089]

Did the rain pussy out or what?

[MissingInAction 25303]

[tx 3 putt 77927]

Big rain about to roll through 

[troph 24928]

I don’t talk about no hitters in the 7th inning.

[jimmyjazz 46475]

What's a no-hitter?

#texasbaseball

[atomheartbevo 90054]

[tx 3 putt 77927]

Huge rain in helotes 

[Trey3216 15380]

5 hours ago, troph said:

Mind the gap 

[NorthLoop 14302]

That gap just closed up and got real orange and red. I think we're all gonna get some real rain this time. 

[tx 3 putt 77927]

Heavy rain for least 25 mins. Street out front looks like a river 

[troph 24928]

4 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

That gap just closed up and got real orange and red. I think we're all gonna get some real rain this time. 

Just officially started, we got ourselves some rain! Whoo hooo!!

[Anastasis 23506]

512 about to get @NowThised. 

[NorthLoop 14302]

Also a LOT of green behind that front line. I think we're in for a deluge tonight. If they don't cancel my kids soccer game I'm gonna take a huge shit in the middle of the field. 

[Anastasis 23506]

chub intensifying. 
 

[atomheartbevo 90054]

Anybody that was using Dark Skies and then switched over to Apple's weather, has it been absolute shit lately?  Like constantly showing rain every hour for hours at a time when there was nothing?  

[tx 3 putt 77927]

One hour rain here in helotes area. 

There’s a huge aquifer recharge spot close by, it’s getting a load 

[NorthLoop 14302]

Pretty sure the entire hill country is getting Peter North'd tonight. 

[Blotto 23701]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

One hour rain here in helotes area. 

There’s a huge aquifer recharge spot close by, it’s getting a load 

I'm pleased to report that operation rip-a-bowl was a complete success. I can hear the thunder rollin in.....lets do this! Drifting off to sleep stoned as a spring storm moves through....

[atomheartbevo 90054]

I hear thunder in in the Mopac/Shoal Creek area.  Building up.

Don't do us wrong tonight.

[atomheartbevo 90054]

[Radical Larry 28673]

Yeah shit’s about to go down in 78759.

[Nicole44 22197]

2 inches and climbing in 78717.

[atomheartbevo 90054]

31 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

2 inches and climbing in 78717.

[TexArcher 38420]

Woke up to piss and can't fall back asleep with all this thunder.  Meh.

[HenryJames 66279]

BUT THE FORCEFIELD!!

[South Austin 52688]

2 hours ago, TexArcher said:

Woke up to piss and can't fall back asleep with all this thunder.  Meh.

Kinky.

[TexArcher 38420]

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Kinky.

Your mom says hi.

 

[South Austin 52688]

3 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Your mom says hi.

Ah I get it. And then she brought the thunder?

[HenryJames 66279]

16 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Ah I get it. And then she brought the thunder?

[Nicole44 22197]

17 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Ah I get it. And then she brought the thunder?

Your mom is hot! Thanks. Never tried that before. 

[TexArcher 38420]

1 minute ago, Nicole44 said:

Your mom is hot! Thanks. Never tried that before. 

 

 

[CooterBrown 18089]

Just woke up. Did it rain in 78757? Thunder has been going on for a while but I haven’t noticed any significant rainfall.

[Wally Pryor 5310]

https://hydromet.lcra.org/coa

[HenryJames 66279]

Waller Creek, imo.

[utee94 15879]

1.46" in NW Travis.

[troph 24928]

1.35 inches. Was hoping for more. I’ll take it though. New grass looks thrilled and we added 3,955 gallons to our supply. 

[troph 24928]

LT is unimpressed, river flows aren’t either. 

 

 

Edited May 13, 2023 by troph

[troph 24928]

7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Anybody that was using Dark Skies and then switched over to Apple's weather, has it been absolute shit lately?  Like constantly showing rain every hour for hours at a time when there was nothing?  

Apple went to shit. 

[utee94 15879]

2 minutes ago, troph said:

LT is unimpressed, river flows aren’t either. 

 

 

Yeah I keep telling folks, it takes something more like 10x what we just got, over the same short timespan, to really have any effect on the lakes.  Those inbound riverflows have got to get up into the multiple thousands of CFS before we'll see it rise.

 

But hey, here's hoping we get a ton more rain over the next few days.

[Trey3216 15380]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Love the young Sam Jackson cameo in that one. 

[troph 24928]

6 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Yeah I keep telling folks, it takes something more like 10x what we just got, over the same short timespan, to really have any effect on the lakes.  Those inbound riverflows have got to get up into the multiple thousands of CFS before we'll see it rise.

 

But hey, here's hoping we get a ton more rain over the next few days.

Except the ground is soaked enough for it to start moving if we get real rain. It could move up this week some. But reality is we need a 6-7 inch event isolated at once on top of these modest rains to see meaningful increases.

[leaf 704]

Had 2" inches in 78628

[utee94 15879]

39 minutes ago, troph said:

Except the ground is soaked enough for it to start moving if we get real rain. It could move up this week some. But reality is we need a 6-7 inch event isolated at once on top of these modest rains to see meaningful increases.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.  We need a massive event on top of what we already have, to get the streamflows up.  4-5" over 3-4 days won't do much.  7-10" within 24-48 hours of what we just got, will.

Edited May 13, 2023 by utee94

[PantsTent 2002]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Anybody that was using Dark Skies and then switched over to Apple's weather, has it been absolute shit lately?  Like constantly showing rain every hour for hours at a time when there was nothing?  

I used Wunderground but gave Apple app a shot after the Dark Skies integration. It sucks ass for rain prediction and the radar often has empty sections with no data. And yes, yesterday, it was telling me that it was currently raining when it was sunny.  

[Hate 20157]

That line of storms last night was moving way too fast. Maybe the system tonight will slow down a little more.