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

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3537]

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13617]

Just drove through a solid block of heavy rain from San Marcos to Blanco. If the Little Blanco River @ 32 isn't filled after years of being dry I'll be surprised. 

[ftf82 488]

Been pouring on and off for the past 2 hours at Horseshoe Bay and more is coming. This water has to go somewhere.

[Hate 20232]

The rivers are starting to run!

 

[NorthLoop 14420]

Fucking hate everything 

 

 

[HenryJames 67114]

I was in New Braunfels yesterday so this hits close to home.

[InkaUtexas 26795]

54 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Fucking hate everything 

 

 

I feel your pain here in the triple 6. Not enough rain to wash the STD's off the grass at the river.

[miguelito 11446]

I just passed 3 inches of rain for the day.

Hallelujah, holy shit. 

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

I’m in western RR. We got about 5 good minutes. More than my wife can say.

[rage-a-holic 4709]

It's been "raining" in 78749 for 5 hours and my pool level has dropped at least 1".

[troph 25089]

2.6 inches in LT.

[InkaUtexas 26795]

Damn nice rain south of austin that was left out yesterday. None for @NorthLoop looks like.

[NorthLoop 14420]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Damn nice rain south of austin that was left out yesterday. None for @NorthLoop looks like.

I'm about half an inch for the week.

[Bevo&Pevo 5507]

Currently 65 degrees and a Chamber of Commerce Day in Hardin Co.  Big rain chances for T,W,Th this week.  I'm good with it.

[MissingInAction 25478]

On 9/4/2024 at 6:19 PM, NorthLoop said:

I'm about half an inch for the week.

Yea it is.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3537]

It’s never going to rain again.

[AUS-97HORN 11991]

its been coming down in '57 for almost 45 mins 

[HiggyBaby 2615]

On 9/13/2024 at 5:58 AM, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

It’s never going to rain again.

 

13 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

its been coming down in '57 for almost 45 mins 

[Deej 77665]

All you fuckers should pay me to look after your dogs. Whenever I get more than three extra here, it's guaranteed to rain. 

[bureaucrat 38]

praises go up and blessings come down, looks like about .7 inches at my place near I35/Braker 

[utee94 16065]

Yeah that was a weird, very localized storm.  The vast majority of Greater Austin got nothing, but Lanier High School seems to have taken the length at 2.24".

[Trey3216 15450]

1 minute ago, utee94 said:

Yeah that was a weird, very localized storm.  The vast majority of Greater Austin got nothing, but Lanier High School seems to have taken the length at 2.24".

Similar situation up here yesterday.  Places around Lorena got like 4.5" in an hour along with hail and crazy winds.   Buddy of mine's place was absolutely wrecked in about 40 minutes yesterday afternoon.  Trees down, water coming into their house...crazy shit.    

[atomheartbevo 90542]

13 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

its been coming down in '57 for almost 45 mins 

36 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Yeah that was a weird, very localized storm.  The vast majority of Greater Austin got nothing, but Lanier High School seems to have taken the length at 2.24".

33 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Similar situation up here yesterday.  Places around Lorena got like 4.5" in an hour along with hail and crazy winds.   Buddy of mine's place was absolutely wrecked in about 40 minutes yesterday afternoon.  Trees down, water coming into their house...crazy shit.    

Holy shit, that's why Shoal Creek was flowing so heavily below 45th Street.  

[utee94 16065]

38 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Holy shit, that's why Shoal Creek was flowing so heavily below 45th Street.  

Yup.  I had no idea it was even raining anywhere in Austin, being up here in NW Travis, until AUS-97Horn mentioned it yesterday.  It was just sort of cloudy here. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26773]

Welp, at least we have memes 

 

[swraith 348]

Cities often get more rain than neighboring areas, UT study finds. But not Austin.

Link to actual study Most Cities Receive More Rainfall Than Surrounding Rural Areas, Global Study Shows

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3537]

Guess we’re done for this year?

[InkaUtexas 26795]

Yep, guess so. weather forecasters will continue to tease us with 40% chances about 9-10 days out.

According to one of the mayoral candidates in Hays County, its cool, we have plenty of water.

[4th&Five 41902]

Something wet falling from the sky at my office. 

[texhorn 356]

7 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yep, guess so. weather forecasters will continue to tease us with 40% chances about 9-10 days out.

According to one of the mayoral candidates in Hays County, its cool, we have plenty of water.

you guys are getting teased with 40% chances? must be nice 

[HenryJames 67114]

6 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Something wet falling from the sky at my office. 

It's piss.

[swraith 348]

I am getting the occasional sprinkle in 78757.

[Orange&White 5563]

52 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Something wet falling from the sky at my office. 

Georgia tears

[SquishMitten 10493]

About .2” in the rain gauge. Wouldn’t normally count that as anything, but today was our watering day so it’s a nice little bonus!

[Rip76 5009]

On 10/18/2024 at 1:43 AM, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Guess we’re done for this year?

Sadly, it's possible.

Hold on to your asses.

[InkaUtexas 26795]

San Marcos River running at just over 50%. This is not good right? I mean we all know how important it is for washing downstream Bobcat piss and dog shit, it might be something we should worry about. Meanwhile all over the I35 corridor there is more and more development. And not all of it very smart. Also, incumbent Mayor is running for office. She said recently we have plenty of water, enough to sell.

https://www.kxan.com/news/san-marcos-river-flow-drops-to-concerning-levels-amid-worsening-drought-conditions/

TL:DR we need rain bad. Did not see a thread in DT for climate, so dropping it here.

Quote

The river’s average flow is around 150 cubic feet per second. The San Marcos River Foundation shared a post-Monday saying the flow has dropped to around 80 cfs. Cubic feet per second is the unit of measurement used to describe the volume of water passing a point in a river in one second, according to USGS. 

“We’re at a concerning level,” said Virginia Parker, the Executive Director of the San Marcos River Foundation. 

 

“The San Marcos River is fed by the Edwards Aquifer, which is a very large aquifer that provides drinking water to over 2 million people in Central Texas,” Parker continued. “There’s a lot of crunchy grass out there, which means our aquifer is not getting recharged in the way it needs – not only for drinking water but also for rivers and streams in Central Texas.”

Good old 10 day with that tease. If it does not happen going to kick a Georgia fan.

 

Edited October 21 by InkaUtexas

[HiggyBaby 2615]

On 10/19/2024 at 2:31 PM, Rip76 said:

Sadly, it's possible.

Hold on to your asses.

Yeah isn’t October the wettest month on average, or close to it? Don’t worry, the correction will come in like January. 

[jimmyjazz 46965]

14 minutes ago, HiggyBaby said:

Yeah isn’t October the wettest month on average, or close to it? Don’t worry, the correction will come in like January. 

2nd wettest:

[utee94 16065]

It's never going to rain again.

 

 

 

[InkaUtexas 26795]

Just now, utee94 said:

It's never going to rain again.

 

 

 

New Target and HEB out front should have told ya.

[texasdago 7753]

2 hours ago, utee94 said:

It's never going to rain again.

 

 

 

The good news is that lawns in Tarrytown and Westlake look beautifully green so we're good

[cattail 112]

Will it ever rain in central Texas again? Our well ran dry this morning. Not good.

[InkaUtexas 26795]

1 hour ago, cattail said:

Will it ever rain in central Texas again? Our well ran dry this morning. Not good.

Yeah, it will. Flash floods will tell you when.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3537]

15 hours ago, cattail said:

Will it ever rain in central Texas again? Our well ran dry this morning. Not good.

Probably 2026-27

[NorthLoop 14420]

22 hours ago, cattail said:

Will it ever rain in central Texas again? Our well ran dry this morning. Not good.

I want to believe..... 

 

 

My guess is that I'll end up with about 1.5 inches total out of all of this max. 

[utee94 16065]

39 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

I want to believe..... 

 

 

My guess is that I'll end up with about 1.5 inches total out of all of this max. 

My guess is less than 0.1" at my house from all of this.  I haven't had measurable rain at my house in something like 11 weeks now.

[NorthLoop 14420]

5 minutes ago, utee94 said:

My guess is less than 0.1" at my house from all of this.  I haven't had measurable rain at my house in something like 11 weeks now.

Yeah who am I kidding. I'll get half an inch and like it. 

[texasdago 7753]

2 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Yeah who am I kidding. I'll get half an inch and like it. 

My guess is green gets bountiful rain, yellow gets enough to offer hope without reviving any of the dead yards of Austin (exception: Westlake and Tarrytown) and red... you know.

 

[hornian 5281]

2 hours ago, texasdago said:

My guess is green gets bountiful rain, yellow gets enough to offer hope without reviving any of the dead yards of Austin (exception: Westlake and Tarrytown) and red... you know.

 

[atomheartbevo 90542]

 My guess is that it will only rain, and that it will pour hard when it does, when I’ve got my kids out trick or treating. As soon as we get home it’ll stop.