Trite, but true! The weather in Texas doesn't do anything by halves. It suddenly started raining again early this morning, and has been raining pretty heavily for the last couple of hours. The forecast calls for more showers for the next few days. Hurrah! I never thought I'd be so happy to see rain, after 6 years in England.
We still need lots of rain to recharge the Edwards Aquifer and dispell the drought. Here is what the drought monitor map looks like after the San Antonio area averaged 5.5 inches of rain earlier this month.
Compare it to August 25's map, showing the worst of it. This is when temperatures averaged 105, too. The forecast demurely says the temperature today will be "not as warm."
Where I live, in Guadalupe County northeast of San Antonio, we tend to get more rain than Bexar County. This is because it's on the east side of the fault line that is the eastern boundary of the Hill Country from San Antonio to Austin. More on that in a future post.
The biggest drawback to the welcome rain will be the flash floods that typically occur here because of the combination of heavy downpours that quickly saturate limestone/clay soils. And of course, the inevitable car wrecks from people driving as if it were dry and sunny.
As I write this, the sun is coming out and it is starting to steam outside. But we are making progress!
Great information!
Here in Wisconsin, we are finnally getting some rain. Woohoo!
Hi Robin, I know we needed rain here in Houston too. I just got back from two weeks vacation up in Washington and Montana and was pleased to see it had rained while I was gone. My grass was dying before I left and it looks green now.
It is so rare in Dallas to have an entire day without the sun peeking through, but that hasn't been the case over the past week or so. We'll be glad to have an entire sun-filled day soon.
It is POURING here in Houston. High winds knocked out power yesterday but today we're back up and running. I know we all need the rain but why does it have to come all at once? Stay safe in San Antonio - from your friends down I-10.
Comal County reporting in...we are getting some more rain today too! We NEED it sooooo bad...our poor lake looks so sad. I hope we can catch up after the long dry drought!
Congratulations, Toby! Maybe those tan spots will come off the drought monitor map soon!
Hey, Lorrie! You have a referral check coming your way--we closed yesterday. :)
Susan and Liz, I had no idea HOUSTON needed rain. Even though it's clearly on the drought map, I always thought Houston had more than enough rain and you could have sent some our way. It always comes at once, doesn't it?
Jeani, it does look sad. We went to the park and the dam with our friend from Italy last month, and saw how low the water was.
Robin, thanks for taking such good care of my friend Rhonda and facilitating the sale of her mother's house! Another AR success story!
I had no idea there was a U.S. Drought Monitor. Now I'm wondering if there is a U.S. Rain Monitor.