2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us

[Cajun 11,771]

@Biff TannenI’ve never seen the show.  Thanks for connecting the dots for an old man.

[Blotto 23,974]

About to crack 640 which would be about as high as its been in 1.5 years. 

[Rip76 5,009]

Interesting post from Meteorologist Jeff Lindner just now.

“Port O Connor has recently gusted to 52mph and Matagorda Channel to 51mph in association with the meso low east of Rockport.

Gusty winds will spread toward the Palacios and Matagorda/Sargent areas over the next several hours.”

[irishtexan 11,692]

Looks like only 2021 saw us get through July without a significant net drop in water levels. This is the only significant net increase in water level in July that I can remember. It never rains like this in July. 

[YGIFS 19,456]

Starting to come down SW of downtown right now at 10:45a.  Not that heavy, but big droplets (that's what she said).  

[NorthLoop 14,420]

We're on the west side of a low, so shit is coming in from the E and NE. Always weirds me out. 

[Hook1997 5,486]

Wrong thread..

Edited July 25 by Hook1997

[utee94 16,063]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

Looks like only 2021 saw us get through July without a significant net drop in water levels. This is the only significant net increase in water level in July that I can remember. It never rains like this in July. 

It's definitely, extremely rare.

We had decent rains in July 2016, although the real heavy rains that increased the lake by over 30 feet fell the month before, in June.

We also saw heavy rainfall and flooding in July in 2007, I remember that one quite well as it closed down the lakes for periods of time from high bacteria levels.

The one I remember before that was June/July 1997 because it also closed down Lake Travis and Lake Austin for several weeks.  At the time my boat was trailered so we went out to Buchanan for much of that summer.

Apparently we also had quite a bit of water in July 2002, I don't really remember that one for some reason.

Anyway if you're interested in historical lake levels by year and by month, this site has it:

https://www.golaketravis.com/waterlevel/

 

[NorthLoop 14,420]

5 minutes ago, utee94 said:

 

Apparently we also had quite a bit of water in July 2002, I don't really remember that one for some reason.

 

That was the flood that created the Canyon Lake Gorge

[YGIFS 19,456]

Ended up just being 30 minutes of rain here, but got about 1/3rd" in that time.  Wide spacing between the droplets but they were large to quite large.  We're just under 2 miles from the nearest LCRA recording station on Town Lake.  Curious to see what they measure.  

It looks like we're done for the day, with tomorrow hovering around 20-30% most of the day.  Same for Saturday, but picking up serious steam latenight into Sunday.  Please use one of those days fellow Austinites, to empty out any standing water on your property to avoid mosquito orgies.  this is July, not some Brisket conversation pit swing-joint.  Sunday looks like the last bountiful rains of July.  Muggy as hell this month, but we got a lot to show for it.  And onto to August, sitting there...just waiting to suck.  

[rage-a-holic 4,707]

On 7/24/2024 at 12:33 AM, Anastasis said:

Highs in the 80s and rain in the forecast in late July in central Texas. What a world. 

You can thank me. I installed a massive pool cover to keep the water temp under 90 (like it was last summer). 

Since I put it up, Austin temps haven't gone over 100 and its rained 10+ times.

[atomheartbevo 90,538]

38 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

and its rained 10+ times.

[HouTex 1,912]

Fuck this rain.  Houston is approaching the normal rainfall for the year and it’s still July.  

[utee94 16,063]

13 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Fuck this rain.  

Negged.

Maybe we need a Central Texas specific rain thread, and then a rain thread for all the other schlubs, so that I don't ever have to read such blasphemy again.

 

[InkaUtexas 26,793]

23 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Fuck this rain.  Houston is approaching the normal rainfall for the year and it’s still July.  

There is a solution.

 

[Ghost of LL 15,664]

34 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Fuck this rain.  Houston is approaching the normal rainfall for the year and it’s still July.  

[royiv 9,674]

36 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Fuck this rain.  Houston is approaching the normal rainfall for the year and it’s still July.  

I’d rather have this rain instead of the alternative. As long as the tropical stuff stays away, I’m not going to complain.

[Biff Tannen 46,060]

1 hour ago, Ghost of LL said:

[atomheartbevo 90,538]

2 hours ago, HouTex said:

Fuck this rain.  Houston is approaching the normal rainfall for the year and it’s still July.  

Thanks, it's not going to rain in Austin until October.

[Biff Tannen 46,060]

Random downpour in Hyde park just now

[Updawg 2,378]

Pretty good downpour in circle c as well

[smwhorn 484]

4 hours ago, HouTex said:

Fuck this rain.  Houston is approaching the normal rainfall for the year and it’s still July.  

I am going to respectfully disagree with this take.  And I was without power in Houston for 8 days and at the office for 6 days.

[jimmyjazz 46,958]

2 hours ago, Updawg said:

Pretty good downpour in circle c as well

Yup, I was on Ben White ~ 8:30 and it was coming down strong.  Didn't last long.  Lake, please.

[InkaUtexas 26,793]

4 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Random downpour in Hyde park just now

Yep, was sitting at the Posse East with another member of the Surly and it was a very nice rain shower.

[GreenspointTexas 9,930]

Power out in parts of Houston

[HenryJames 67,113]

Evergreen.

[HouTex 1,912]

11 hours ago, smwhorn said:

I am going to respectfully disagree with this take.  And I was without power in Houston for 8 days and at the office for 6 days.

Well, two more inches and still coming down.  I hope it rains more where it is needed, but I’ll say it again.  Fuck this rain.  I want eight weeks of no rain.  

[fattyflattie 4,640]

Just now, HouTex said:

Well, two more inches and still coming down.  I hope it rains more where it is needed, but I’ll say it again.  Fuck this rain.  I want eight weeks of no rain.  

Starting to feel like a fucked up version of PNW over here.  Except we have a bunch of water oaks instead of redwoods. 

[GreenspointTexas 9,930]

Mosquitos in houston be like:

 

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[Js1 86,916]

Just now, GreenspointTexas said:

Mosquitos in houston be like:

 

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They are already the size of Buicks so….

[jimmyjazz 46,958]

23 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

Starting to feel like a fucked up version of PNW over here. 

Fun Fact Friday, average annual rainfall:

Houston 47.8"

Seattle 39.3"

Portland 36.0"

[HenryJames 67,113]

Now do average days with rain.

[utee94 16,063]

This is from yesterday.  That SOB @phdhorn did it again!

[GreenspointTexas 9,930]

H/t to Texas Humor aka Jay B Sauceda (longhorn alum and now/new host of Texas country reporter)

 

[GreenspointTexas 9,930]

Baytown with 8 inches in the last 24 hrs

[jimmyjazz 46,958]

53 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Now do average days with rain.

That would be different.

[HenryJames 67,113]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Baytown with 8 inches in the last 24 hrs

Racist, imo.

[General Specific 3,484]

Baytown with 8 inches in the last 24 hrs

South Austins mom was in Baytown and received 8 inches in the last 24 hrs.

Edited for accuracy, and noted for lack of Surlyites not showing up in Baytown.

[Trey3216 15,450]

18 minutes ago, General Specific said:

South Austins mom was in Baytown and received 8 inches every hour for the past 24 hours .  It was quite the soaking...

 

FIFY

[miguelito 11,442]

It's weird seeing rain in the south moving NE, and rain to the North moving SW.  It's not part of a circular motion, just 2 ships passing in the night.

[Gatorubet 30,626]

My home rain gauge for this month says I’ve gotten 13 inches of rain so far with a week to go. 

So very different than last year

[Hate 20,232]

I just got home from vacation since Monday and dumped out 8 inches of rain.  I'm sure we has more than that, but that is as much as the gauge can hold. 

[Biff Tannen 46,060]

2 minutes ago, Hate said:

I just got home from vacation since Monday and dumped out 8 inches of rain.  I'm sure we has more than that, but that is as much as the gauge can hold. 

[fattyflattie 4,640]

14 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Fun Fact Friday, average annual rainfall:

Houston 47.8"

Seattle 39.3"

Portland 36.0"

Yes, but we are used to it happening in 4-5 events.  This every other day shit can get fucked. 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,537]

10 hours ago, miguelito said:

It's weird seeing rain in the south moving NE, and rain to the North moving SW.  It's not part of a circular motion, just 2 ships passing in the night.

Stretched out low pressure system yo

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,537]

Canyon is up a whole 2’ so at least there’s that. Idiot Californians in my hood continue watering daily in stage 4 water restrictions despite getting 4” of rain this week.

[Slacks 7,018]

5 hours ago, Hate said:

I just got home from vacation since Monday and dumped out 8 inches of rain.  I'm sure we has more than that, but that is as much as the gauge can hold. 

How does the gauge hold that length?

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,537]

This coastal low is robbing all of our moisture in south central Texas.  

[Hate 20,232]

4 hours ago, Slacks said:

How does the gauge hold that length?

It couldn’t.

[InkaUtexas 26,793]

5 hours ago, Slacks said:

How does the gauge hold that length?

South Austin variety?