2023 Rain Thread

[HOOKEM4 5,040]

LCRA is projecting it to come up to between 631.5 - 632.5 by Sunday. A 5' rise would be amazing, but I need another 2"-4" of widespread rain in the watershed. That would really push that up. Fingers crossed this shifts southwest some:

[HOOKEM4 5,040]

1 hour ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

man.  it's depressing to look at this and see how far back you have to go to get a 2 foot jump in 2 days.  

 

 

https://travis.uslakes.info/Level/

Even crazier that it has been over 4 years since the lake was completely full. Lets fill it up this winter so we will have total chaos for spring boating.

[troph 24,905]

Lake Travis

10/24/2023 - 627.00

10/27/2023 - 629.42

and the Llano is still flowing high from the rain. 

we might get 3-4 feet.  3 for sure I'd think.

that's before Sunday and Monday (assuming anything hits out there).

 

edit - I was just guessing, HOOKEM4 has the real answer.  amazing.

Edited October 27, 2023 by troph

[Post Oak 20,256]

Lake Waco up 4 feet.  I'll take it.  

[troph 24,905]

we can see visible changes to the lake shore except this time it's recently emerged sand bars disappearing.

[South Austin 52,566]

54 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Lake Waco up 4 feet.  I'll take it.  

But you still live in Waco.  Sorry.

[ftf82 486]

Torrential downpour right now Capital of Texas Hwy and Bee Caves Road.

[YGIFS 19,452]

4 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

Torrential downpour right now Capital of Texas Hwy and Bee Caves Road.

which way is it  headed?  

[ftf82 486]

apparently just down the street. it's long gone now.

[YGIFS 19,452]

Dammit, I was headed that way soon and was hoping the wind would blow up the tennis skirts of the MILF's at that HEB.  Invariably they'd try to press the down with their hands while I yell, "Who are you to play God?!?!?"

[NorthLoop 14,222]

Getting dark and rumbly in NB 

[Brisketexan 105,272]

16 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Getting dark and rumbly in NB 

Odd way to tell us you at 3 7-11 chili dogs for lunch, but......respek.

[utee94 15,852]

Dark and Rumbly is the name of my Irish Folk-Rap band.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

Rain in cherrywood.  Useless for the lakes.  Useless for everything but my grass unless some asshole wants to say how the oysters appreciate it.  

[troph 24,905]

LT rise has definitely slowed. Still up to 629.57.

[troph 24,905]

6 hours ago, HOOKEM4 said:

LCRA is projecting it to come up to between 631.5 - 632.5 by Sunday. A 5' rise would be amazing, but I need another 2"-4" of widespread rain in the watershed. That would really push that up. Fingers crossed this shifts southwest some:

KXAN has a similar forecast through mid week next week -- 0.75-2 inches of rain in the hill country with the larger totals in san saba and lampasas counties. LT could get some more rise out of this after all. looks like most of the rain will come on monday.

Edited October 27, 2023 by troph

[MissingInAction 25,171]

The ants have moved on top of my patio. They are not having a good time.

[ftf82 486]

Are they going through your refrigerator, saying "Expired. Expired. EXPIRED!"

[Ghost of LL 15,539]

There is a nice big cell that looks like it's just going to park over Fredericksburg for a little while, which will be really nice for the Perd.

[texasdago 7,577]

Was at an event in East Austin around 5 PM and a cell absolutely poured on us... and then it just wrapped up and the sun came out.  Felt like a summer pop-up 

[Biff Tannen 45,712]

5 hours ago, troph said:

LT rise has definitely slowed. Still up to 629.57.

You're the devil /hyperhypo

[HenryJames 66,159]

13 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

The ants have moved on top of my patio. They are not having a good time.

[Spaulding Smails 1,555]

16 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

There is a nice big cell that looks like it's just going to park over Fredericksburg for a little while, which will be really nice for the Perd.

Drove through it last night right before dusk on the way to the ranch.  It was coming down in buckets.  6+" in the rain gauge when I got here last night.  The ground is as saturated as I've seen it here in years.  Any additional rain will do wonders for the Highland Lakes.  

[atomheartbevo 89,777]

Holy shit, Travis cracked the 40% full mark.

https://isthelakefullyet.com/#volume

 

[leaf 698]

Mowed the lawn this morning. Then just had a shower put another 1/2 inch down. Brings the total for the week to 5 1/2 inches. I’m gruntled.

[AUS-97HORN 11,814]

liquid falling from the sky in 78757 again

[ChickenSandwich 9,849]

Nice downpour in NW Austin

 

LT up to 631.7

Edited October 29, 2023 by ChickenSandwich

[HOOKEM4 5,040]

On 10/28/2023 at 10:56 AM, Spaulding Smails said:

Drove through it last night right before dusk on the way to the ranch.  It was coming down in buckets.  6+" in the rain gauge when I got here last night.  The ground is as saturated as I've seen it here in years.  Any additional rain will do wonders for the Highland Lakes.  

I was up yesterday and it was so wet that water was shooting out of the ground when I walked around. We got almost 6.5" out there. The trees needed it so badly.

[dcar00 14,344]

On 10/27/2023 at 11:06 AM, HOOKEM4 said:

Even crazier that it has been over 4 years since the lake was completely full. Lets fill it up this winter so we will have total chaos for spring boating.

 

[troph 24,905]

5 feet over 6 days.  Awesome.

 

[LTtxfan 49,331]

Light rain in the Austin area now at 3am.

Went back on radar and a few decent rain cells went over some parts of the Highland Lakes area.

Bring on the Rain !!! 🙏

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,031]

Enjoy it now. Nothing on the 10 day but sun after this.

[4th&Five 41,586]

2 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Enjoy it now. Nothing on the 10 day but sun after this.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

all this did is rewind us to the water level we were at at the beginning of september.

[texasdago 7,577]

[MissingInAction 25,171]

28 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

all this did is rewind us to the water level we were at at the beginning of september.

[Orange&White 5,528]

Ten years ago.

 

[Biff Tannen 45,712]

Looks like we are done for a while.

[InkaUtexas 26,069]

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Looks like we are done for a while.

Yeah, but the weather looks great for the next 10 days. 

[utee94 15,852]

It's never going to rain again.

 

[troph 24,905]

I'll take a week or so of really nice weather, we need a break from the dry and a break from the heat. bring on November and December, they are going to prove to be our nicest months of the year in the new normal.  So stop your fucking bitching and get out side and enjoy shorts and sweatshirt weather. fuck man, we travel in the summer and on vacation to places that feel like this does now. This is like a field of dreams, it's heaven. now go eat corn on the cob you miserable fucks.  jk

[Biff Tannen 45,712]

16 hours ago, troph said:

I'll take a week or so of really nice weather, we need a break from the dry and a break from the heat. bring on November and December, they are going to prove to be our nicest months of the year in the new normal.  So stop your fucking bitching and get out side and enjoy shorts and sweatshirt weather. fuck man, we travel in the summer and on vacation to places that feel like this does now. This is like a field of dreams, it's heaven. now go eat corn on the cob you miserable fucks.  jk

I've got reservations at the Davis Mountains the second weekend of December.  Hoping the weather cooperates.

[Hate 20,136]

It could be a rainy weekend.

 

[NorthLoop 14,222]

Wunderground forecast has a lot less rain than that. I guess we'll see. 

 

[miguelito 11,290]

We'll get somewhere between 0" and 45".

[Stringer 1,439]

Forcefield has been engaged.

[NorthLoop 14,222]

Yep looking like we'll get a whole 0.01 inches out of this 

[texasdago 7,577]

I was thinking the same thing and then it just opened up.  Feels like a legit 1/2 inch maybe more in SW ATX.  Personal Wunderground station one neighborhood over says .40.  We'll see.  I'll check my crappy rain gauge.

[InkaUtexas 26,069]

Starting to build up S and W of I35. I thought this was going to be a north pushed front and was getting disappointed. But watching the radar, I think we still have some good chances. 

[Hate 20,136]

A perfect rainy night underway in SE Texas. We’ve already gotten about an inch and a half of rain. I’ve got the football game on the porch tv, a bourbon, and the trusty old one hitter. It’s a good night.