Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[B&B Happy goats]

Not much beats a hot shower, clean sheets and your own bed.....sleep well

 

[farmerjan]

Except for drought years, this is fairly typical early winter weather for the Eastern part of Texas. Last few years were the same way, and you'd have to go back to 2011/2012 to find it much different.
It was certainly this way in the 70s thru late 80s and into the 90s here as well.

I had no idea that any of Texas got that much rain. Looking at a post somewhere, it said normal is like 55 inches? Wow, we normally have 36 in a year.... and we had about 66 this past year. Didn't see the official totals, but it was in the 63 " range north of here.... Regardless, at this point 2-5 inches isn't making a difference. It is way too much. And we never used to get this kind of rain and such. We would be having nights in the 20's and days in the 30-40. And more snow and less thawing.
Did I mention that it is RAINING AGAIN"? not hard, guess it is the fringes of what you are having south and west, we are supposed to have a little clearing tomorrow, then rain again Fri into Sat....

Lord love a duck cuz there ain't much else around here that would be liking this weather.

 

[Baymule]

We went to town to pick up our granddaughters and sleet was hitting the windshield. We have got 1 1/4” of rain today as of 5:00 PM. Phooey.

 

[Rammy]

Its trying to rain here again.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Glad ya had a nice visit with the family Joe....hope they have safe travels back to tinsel town....
I remember how miserable it was dealing with those conditions back where we came from and tho I miss the goats greatly, I certainly don't miss the weather......but, I must admit @farmerjan I really did enjoy watching the ducks have a Blast out in it..........it was sunny and hit 83 here today.... .....I just figured it was coming....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

And just for good measure - here's another:

Been raining allll day... gonna rain allll night...gonna rain tomorrow....

 

[greybeard]

I had no idea that any of Texas got that much rain. Looking at a post somewhere, it said normal is like 55 inches? Wow, we normally have 36 in a year.... and we had about 66 this past year. Didn't see the official totals, but it was in the 63 " range north of here.... Regardless, at this point 2-5 inches isn't making a difference. It is way too much. And we never used to get this kind of rain and such. We would be having nights in the 20's and days in the 30-40. And more snow and less thawing.
Did I mention that it is RAINING AGAIN"? not hard, guess it is the fringes of what you are having south and west, we are supposed to have a little clearing tomorrow, then rain again Fri into Sat....

Lord love a duck cuz there ain't much else around here that would be liking this weather.

The avg for the whole State of Texas is about 34"
Much of East Texas was and is covered by a roughly defined ecoregion called The Big Thicket as well as the Piney Woods region. The southern part of that is, in every sense of the word, a rain forest.
The average for my particular county (San Jacinto) is officially 51"/year. 2 days into the new year, we only have 48 more inches to meet that average. Of course, in 2017, we got nearly that average over a 4 day period in late August.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, the heaviest flow has now moved east of me. Still cool, cloudy, wet, and misty. Seems the low is right over the SE corner of NM and has started pulling up future bands from the S/SW... Those are probably building up for me tomorrow as they move east. Right now @Mike CHS @Rammy @farmerjan and @Mini Horses are in the flow. Guess the NC contingent is getting the southern part of the flow. All the same folks who have already enjoyed so much moisture.

 

[Rammy]

We have forecasts for rain next couple days. Been waiting for it to dry up some so I can spread some seed but just when the conditions are good, it rains again. Going to try for this weekend.

 

[greybeard]

I hope it moves on out quickly. River is already at the height it was not forecast to reach until noon tomorrow (which is really 'today', since it's now after midnight)