Yeah, Tuna, I know. "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." Still, it was pretty and the forecast said "Chance of Rain." Now, notice the green in the above picture. This is Texas in June. Not Rhode Island, California nor Florida. By now, the hay is mowed and in the barn and what's left is fading quickly from light green to brown. Oh, and Dust is starting to appear. Not the case this year. Grass is still growing. Expecting a bumper crop of hay this year (If I can get my Hay Guy to answer his phone).
But, Hey! It's Texas. Love it or Leave It Don't move here! (newer more appropriate slogan).
In any case, round about 10 AM, it started looking like this.
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| Pay attention to the area between the two trees, it will be important shortly. |
Little bit of rain to the North East of our place.
10 minutes later.
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| A couple of minutes later. |
Now, we've lived on Okinawa. We know what typhoons are like. This was as close a reminder as we've had since we left there. The green sunshade for Mrs. J's garden is about a quarter second from it's first solo flight.
And a couple of minutes after that.
And shortly thereafter, it's safe to go outside.
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| The one piece of good news? The Big Guy upstairs got tired of me not washing my truck and took care of it! |
Oh and the Rain Gauge.
Just under an inch...in less than 15 minutes and with a lot of horizontal rain.
The Weather Radar was very multicolored in its display.
Yes, Beans, the Blue dot is our location, not a center of the storm indicator per se.
And that picture above I asked you to keep in mind. This was about 30 minutes after.
Notice the different color under the tree to the right. That water goes from the top left to the top right where it enters my property via a dry (usually) stream, crosses our property hopefully filling our stockpond and proceeds down into the Pedernales River.
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| The following morning: Yay! Water in the Stockpond. Beans can go swimming! |
We gave it a couple of hours before deciding to go exploring. Just in Case.
But...The Grass is green!
Oh, my phone just dinged. NWS has issued another Severe Weather Watch with more rain expected through the weekend. As Morton's says. "When it rains, if pours"
Any of you wood workers got a good plan for an Ark?
Peace out, y'all!
Looking at the temperatures in your area as well. Ugh, Juvat. Hit and humid. Stay safe (and dry)! - TB
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DeleteYep, today it's supposed to reach a 100 (first time this year). Tomorrow it's only expected to be 103. Whoop! Good thing Beans can go swimming! ;-)
juvat
Yah, sometimes the Weather can really move through fast, at least it looks as if Mr. Hail missed your truck this time, glad I have a garage to leave my SUV in. I hate when the air turns green, a precursor to Mr. Tornado juvat. Receiving rain is good, that Severe Weather Watch crap is.....crap, excuse my meteorology language.......... :)
ReplyDeleteNylon,
DeleteThere was a bit of hail mixed in, but it didn't look all that hard. Most melted or broke up on impact. Thank you, Lord. Our old carport has 3 bays, so my plan with enough notice is to drive down there and drop it off, then haul butt back to our house. Yep, Blue Sky Good, Gray Sky OK not great, Black Sky watch out. Green Sky, Ruh-Roh, hope you got a basement.
Agreed about Severe Weather Watch.
juvat
We need rain desperatly, here in Wisconsin. The DNR has the Fire Danger HIGH signs out.
ReplyDeleteStB,
DeleteBelieve me, I know the feeling, that's more the usual situation down here.
juvat
That storm that hit you just brushed us later that day. It was...impressive. South Central Texas storms can be fairly intense but the rain is so wonderful to receive. Your place is looking pretty nice and it's a good thing the Supreme Court slapped down the EPA's "Waters of the United States" rule. You getting many frogs coming out around your stock pond?
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Barry,
DeleteAgreed, Rain is good, virtually all the time. Stranded on a sandbar in the middle of a river during a flash flood is the only time I can think of praying for no more rain.
Haven't seen many frogs, yet!
juvat
I am surprised to see your place looking so green this late in the spring. Here in Little Rhody rain has been sparse, at least according to The Missus Herself, but lately the temperatures have felt more like March than June. We assume summer will arrive the day before the world-famous Bristol Fourth of July parade, where it will go from high 50s to low 90s. Seems to do that frequently in these parts.
ReplyDeleteSarge,
DeleteI'll have to check with Cletus, but our rain gauge totals are almost double the average annual rainfall round here. Mrs. J's riding mower is getting a workout as am I with the push mower. Yeah, Our 4th of July parade is pretty spectacular also. Shut down 2 US Highways for a couple of hours. Gotta love it!
juvat
That omega block in the central US is supposed to fade away this week. NE should be seeing more storms after. The ridge held the energy along the plains. Have you seen the panhandle?? I saw a vid showing multiple hundreds of dead cows at a flooded feedlot out near Amarillo. Lubbock has been getting hammered too. I guess that will abate as the block dissipates.
ReplyDeleteYour place looks nice. Very green. Those quick storms are amazing. I had to hold onto the bed the other night when a fast mover came through. Rattled everything with the thunder. The Edwards Plateau is like a parking lot with all that limestone. And that rain..... dad used to say it was like a cow peeing on a flat rock.
STxAR, Hadn't heard that about Amarillo and Lubbock. The few times we had a gully-washer while at Tech basically shut down the town. Sounds like not much has changed.
DeleteYeah, I wasn't about to go outside at all until it past. Things blew away? Too bad, so sad, but it ain't me blowin' in the wind.
I have heard that expression used...by me...recently.
juvat
The weather here in CA is odd too. Usually by this time of year the hills around here are a nice golden brown, the way God intended. But they are still green, maybe just starting to yellow a little. The past week I don't think we have topped 70 degrees F. Clouds aren't burning off until the afternoon, if at all.
ReplyDeleteTioga Pass still isn't open.
Weird.
Joe, I blame global warming. Mankind is at fault for all this strangeness. We need to divert all our money to the politicians in Washington to save us.
DeleteOh, wait, we already are. Very effective ain't it?
/sarc
juvat
Crusty Old TV Tech here. Well, Nassau Bay got hammered by that same MCS, and power went down for them for most of the evening. We had that strange green sky here, got me worried for a while, but it passed with merely lighting and heavy rain. Had to throw the big switch and safe the HF antennas! As someone noted, impressive!
ReplyDeleteWell Herr Juvat, from that radar image, you DO live in the "big middle" of the Hill Country, not far from ERock. Beautiful place. And, for those culturally north of the Sabine, the river mentioned in this post is pronounced "Pur-din-alice", not the proper Spanish pronounciation of "Peh-dehr-nahl-ehs".
COTT,
DeleteHadn't heard the Term MCS (Mesoscale Convective System, which, I believe in the original Swahili means "Big Honkin' Storm) until discussions here. Thanks.
Yeah, this is a pretty nice part of Texas, not to far from virtually any part of the state. And your pronunciation lesson is spot on. Helps to identify the "Furriner's".
Remember we welcome Refugees, but not Missionaries.
We were supposed to get light rain for less than an hour around 4pm, 35% possibility. So from 2pm to 6pm we had torrential thunderstorm boomer drenches. Which is good, because the ground was getting mighty crunchy and what dirt was covering the sand was blowing away. We've been in heightened fire risk, the highest since the Firestorms of 1998 (yes, an actual summer of flame and destruction so bad it's even in wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Florida_wildfires)
ReplyDeleteRain is good up until the water level is approaching your nose. Just sayin'.
Deletejuvat
Caught off guard with postings on Friday and Saturday. This has been a wonderful late spring in the Texas Hill Country. Rains and more rains...no complaints although I've been cutting grass, and cutting grass. Hay field is looking fantastic and I imagine the guy who cuts and bales will be making a record number of round bales this year. Just hope we can get a good pecan crop too. Wildlife, both hairy and feathered, are looking well since there's plenty to eat, but they never turn down a free meal at the deer feeder. If they were human, no doubt about their political affiliation.
ReplyDeleteJuvat, hope you and Mrs. J enjoy the cruise.
Cletus
Thanks Cletus, just out of curiosity, what is your estimate of total rain this year?
DeleteJuvat, my handy, dandy Davis Weather Station has recorded 14.37" here YTD. That compares with slightly over 14" for full year 2022. I'm sure some areas in the Hill Country have had more, for example several days ago that system that gave you and us about 0.6" +/- dumped an additional 1" a little more east. Those numbers should let everyone know why we are so happy with the La Nina weather maker moving on and El Nino returning. If the moisture continues we might even get some native Mustang Grape Jelly put up this year.
DeleteCletus
Thanks, I suspect we're about the same. Don't have a handy dandy weather station, just two test tube versions. Which is ok, unless you forget to dump them occasionally.
Deletejuvat
When we moved from the swamps of S.E. Texas to the Hill Country I started hanging around the feed store in Ingram with the other previously employed ne'er do wells, drinking coffee and telling the same lies with a different twist every other day. Didn't take me long to figure out a man without a rain gauge in Central Texas didn't have a chance when the subject got around to rain, which it invariably did. After a while I figured getting an automated weather recorder to help me keep up with it, would be a good thing. 😀
DeleteCletus
Cletus,
DeleteSo...you just upped the ante? I need a weather recorder. Well... Better run that funding request by the BOSS.
juvat
Fully understand how requests for funding....unless it's for my 2 classic cars....must go through the approval process.
DeleteCletus
Red skies indeed. I missed this post the other day as my wife and I were visiting DC. Our return through DFW wasn't good though due to those continuing storms. Supposed to be back yesterday eve, but it's Monday afternoon and we're still not home.
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