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

[UT_OB1 2218]

[atomheartbevo 89644]

9 hours ago, Slacks said:

How does the gauge hold that length?

Slowly.

[GreenspointTexas 9600]

Power out again

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

Welp so much for mowing the yard this morning.  Brief downpour in 78748.

[jimmyjazz 45898]

43 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Welp so much for mowing the yard this morning.  Brief downpour in 78748.

Yeah, that surprised me.  Of course, it's move-out day on West Campus, so I'm sure my son and I will get doused.

[Bevo&Pevo 5131]

23 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

I don't know if I've ever seen it rain for 7 days in a row at the end of July.  Ever.  Usually, by now the grass is brown and feels like walking on broken glass.  Won't lie though, the temps have been sweet.  

[South Austin 52463]

34 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

and feels like walking on broken glass.  

Great, now you got this song stuck in my head.

[MissingInAction 25035]

11 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Great, now you got this song stuck in my head.

[InkaUtexas 25899]

Transplanted some avocado trees, sat back and had a coffee listening to the rain in under 90 degree weather in July. Nice.

 

[atomheartbevo 89644]

More coming.

[NorthLoop 14190]

The Zeitung is a good follow.

 

[zman13 179]

Austin forcefield still effective:

 

[InkaUtexas 25899]

20 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

The Zeitung is a good follow.

 

That is well done. So you got no rain? I guess it has nothing to do with clear cutting and replanting with strip malls.

 

 

[HouTex 1866]

Another inch in the last 2 hours in 77057.  This shit needs to go to the Hill Country.  
 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2942]

Tap is about to shut off for 8-10 days so all the local newscasters can revel in the beautiful summer weather that they are always pining for.

Edited July 29 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[utee94 15811]

It was classic forcefield yesterday watching two separate, solid walls of rain move from the south up toward Austin and then just evaporate when they got near the city limits.  With a spoon.

[Lazarus Bocanegra 304]

On 7/28/2024 at 9:18 AM, Bevo&Pevo said:

I don't know if I've ever seen it rain for 7 days in a row at the end of July.  Ever.  Usually, by now the grass is brown and feels like walking on broken glass.  Won't lie though, the temps have been sweet.  

yes had to take advantage of 71 degree days to dig a 100' trench to carry away the foot of standing water in the backyard

 

[UT_OB1 2218]

3 hours ago, Lazarus Bocanegra said:

yes had to take advantage of 71 degree days to dig a 100' trench to carry away the foot of standing water in the backyard

 

Did the same here. Still have standing water in my yard. Been using a submersible pump to move the water from some low spots in the yard 

[InkaUtexas 25899]

You all should just dig a hole and refill the aquifer. Thanks in advance. There is a thread about digging holes.

[atomheartbevo 89644]

[atomheartbevo 89644]

 

[TexArcher 37774]

Pop-up tropical storm in 78730.

[Blotto 23497]

Where the fuck did this come from? good drenching in 78751

[YGIFS 19450]

This is a very pleasant surprise.  Sky went weird and pressure dropped, but just slightly about 1:00p.  Light rain started at 1:30p.  Now an absolute deluge.  .4"+ in just 30 minutes with it getting heavier (we're just SW of downtown).  Some faint thunder to our South. 

[AUS-97HORN 11757]

had three extremely close lighting strikes about 5 mins ago in 78757.   the kind that crack almost before you see the flash of light

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Two cells converged right on top of the city.

Forcefield is a pansy.

[HenryJames 66041]

Rain, imo.

[YGIFS 19450]

Just now, Wally Pryor said:

Two cells converged right on top of the city.

Forcefield is a pansy.

You arrogant ass.  You've killed us! 

Letting up now, but thunder getting more robust to the East & South. First drop hit almost one hour ago and we're at 0.7'

 

[UTexasFight 9431]

We’re the 20%!!!!!!

[jimmyjazz 45898]

No rain in 78731.  Thanks, Obama.

[4th&Five 41525]

Been raining hard in 35 for 25 minutes and counting. 

[40acredropout 2902]

6 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

No rain in 78731.  Thanks, Obama.

pretty solid downpour for the last 30 minutes in my corner of 78731.  

[jimmyjazz 45898]

Just now, 40acredropout said:

pretty solid downpour for the last 30 minutes in my corner of 78731.  

Sure, rub it in.

[UTexasFight 9431]

And it was only 5 hours away from 7pm on my watering day!

[AUS-97HORN 11757]

35 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

had three extremely close lighting strikes about 5 mins ago in 78757.   the kind that crack almost before you see the flash of light

yeah this easily lasted 40+ mins and it wasnt a little sprinkle it was cow pissing on a flat rock wet. 

[atomheartbevo 89644]

Seemed like part of it was right over the Shoal Creek basin, which really should help Town Lake…….maintain its constant level….

[UT_OB1 2218]

59 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

had three extremely close lighting strikes about 5 mins ago in 78757.   the kind that crack almost before you see the flash of light

[InkaUtexas 25899]

Very nice shower in San Marcos. saw it coming in, watered all my indoor plants with collected water, barrels are refilled. I call this a good day.

[HenryJames 66041]

[MissingInAction 25035]

We got aced in the 52. Bird bath overflow.

[InkaUtexas 25899]

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

We got aced in the 52. Bird bath overflow.

Tears and Prayers. Please check in on FB.

[NorthLoop 14190]

Telling yall I took the FF with me when I moved to NB. You Austin folks can thank me. 

[DaysOff 7947]

I'm still supposed to know all these fucking random zip codes? Lat long coordinates would be more helpful.

[InkaUtexas 25899]

2 hours ago, DaysOff said:

I'm still supposed to know all these fucking random zip codes? Lat long coordinates would be more helpful.

With this group maybe distance and compass direction from either campus or a strip club.

 

[66BUFF 2562]

21 hours ago, HenryJames said:

[AUS-97HORN 11757]

5 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

With this group maybe distance and compass direction from either campus or a strip club.

 

78757 is the yellow rose zip code. the club is in the lower right edge of the zip code, goes west to mopac and north to 183 crossing over

[Deej 76759]

I had pea-size hail for about 6 or 7 minutes yesterday during the storm. 78753, for DaysOff. 

[YGIFS 19450]

10 hours ago, DaysOff said:

I'm still supposed to know all these fucking random zip codes? Lat long coordinates would be more helpful.

Yeah, I’ve been here a long time and I only know where maybe a half dozen zip codes are.  Mostly because I don’t mail a lot of letters nor steal people’s CC#. 

Our zip code is sprawling as far as surface size so it can be very misleading.  We live just a few blocks over from a little municipality that has a reporting station shared with LCRA just a stone’s thrown from Town Lake. I usually use that and average It with the kids weather kit (not terribly accurate but good Enough nuff) in the backyard to figure our precip,pressure, wind, dew point, etc

Mabry is way too far north for us.  abia may as well be bastrop for accuracy. Even the ‘central ‘ weather station for our zip code is several miles away and up on a very tall hill way above our heads.  /csb

And then we pay attention to the highland lakes water table or burn ban/creek-river levels If we’re going fishing or camping.  Rest is just a noise making industry doesn’t know what the hell it’s doing.  

[InkaUtexas 25899]

Very nice rain in San Marcos. Glad I watered my tomatoes and vines today.

[Machinator 32099]