We have RAIN!!!!

#21 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:27 pm

keep it i dont want it

PTrackerLA · #22 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:55 pm

Certainly a good start to the end of the dry spell. The airport recorded 2.22" of rain, considering prior to today we had only record 1/2" since February this was excellent! With another round on tap for tomorrow morning and more rain predicted for the weekend conditions should only improve.

#23 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:57 pm

desert in LA

PTrackerLA · #24 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:04 pm

fact789 wrote:desert in LA

Nope I had to change it. I've got standing water in my backyard, no more desert :lol:

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wxmann_91 · #25 Postby **wxmann_91** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:26 pm

The stalled out front will likely bring you guys several more days of rain, which will hopefully moderate or end the ongoing drought. Hoping for the best for you all!

CajunMama · #26 Postby **CajunMama** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:34 pm

Thanks wxmann. It was so nice after the first rain today...all the dust was washed off and clean looking.

CajunMama · #27 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:15 am

Another .75" this morning on top of 2.5" yesterday. This is so so nice!

cctxhurricanewatcher · #28 Postby **cctxhurricanewatcher** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:24 am

We had thunder and lightning and all of the watches and stuff and I got .01 of an inch of rain. Just .01 of inch of rain. This is exactly what happens during droughts. You get storms with alot of bark, but little or no bite. :grrr:

I should have left my sprinkler system timer to go off early this morning. That would have assured us rain.

jusforsean · #29 Postby **jusforsean** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:06 am

Rain whats that? A primitive term to us although I did see rain about 20 mins from me but not a drop on my roof top yet!

Lindaloo · #30 Postby **Lindaloo** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:14 am

We are getting more rain this morning. WOO HOO!!

#31 Postby **BayouVenteux** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:07 am

4.5" since yesterday afternoon!

Yankeegirl · #32 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:32 am

We got a good soaking rain and some thunder and lighning all night here.. It was soooo nice to sleep to, I forgot what it all sounded like!!

southerngale · #33 Postby **southerngale** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:43 pm

CajunMama wrote:Another .75" this morning on top of 2.5" yesterday. This is so so nice!

Wow! I didn't get nearly that much, but I did get some rain...thunderstorms to boot. It was the most incredible lightning show I'd seen in quite some time. Even when it wasn't raining, the lightning was amazing. I hadn't heard loud thunder like that in a long time. It was very nice, and thankfully, nothing severe.

CajunMama · #34 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:29 pm

This was posted in our nws special weather statement

2 DAY TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
STATION TOTAL SINCE 1/1 SINCE 1/1 FROM NORMAL
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ALEXANDRIA 1.49 16.59 21.01 -4.42
BEAUMONT 0.27 5.89 16.04 -10.15
LAKE CHARLES 1.54 6.75 15.39 -8.64
LAFAYETTE *3.46 11.86 19.06 -7.20
NEW IBERIA 1.70 6.19 16.15 -9.96
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*TOTAL THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING...THE REST THROUGH NOON TODAY.

http://tinyurl.com/remzy

Rainband · #35 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:45 pm

send some here 8-)

PTrackerLA · #36 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:17 pm

As you can see even with almost 3.5" of rain we're still over 7" below for the year. Hopefully we can pick up another 1-2" this weekend because it looks like all of next week could be dry. Things look so much greener in just one day, amazing what a good natural rain will do.

#37 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:29 pm

THE RAIN IS ALMOST HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM GOING TO GO DANCE IN IT

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radbl ... ightning=0

PTrackerLA · #38 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:34 pm

More good news, Saturday's system is forecasted to be alot stronger than the one that just moved through. The NWS Lake Charles and New Orleans discussions both mention this so expect another heavy rainfall event this weekend!

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
314 PM CDT WED APR 26 2006

.DISCUSSION...
DRYING HAS OCCURRED OVER LAND AS A NEW AIRMASS SLIPS SOUTH OVER THE
FORECAST AREA. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA FRIDAY. CHANCES OF RAIN WILL
INCREASE FRIDAY TO SATURDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
EVENING. UNLIKE THE LAST FRONT...THIS ONE IS PROGGED TO HAVE
PRETTY GOOD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PROGGED TO
MOVE FROM NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY
EVENING...THIS WILL DRAG A SIGNIFICANT MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
INTO EAST TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING.

NWS New Orleans:
THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY ON THE
TIMING OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE TROUGH AND
SURFACE LOW WILL TRANSIT THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS
THAT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS COLD FRONT...AS ANOTHER JET COUPLET
POSSIBLY DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF STATES. THIS WOULD ENHANCE
THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION...AND ENHANCE THE OVERALL
FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM.

#39 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:23 pm

SouthFloridawx wrote:THE RAIN IS ALMOST HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM GOING TO GO DANCE IN IT

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radbl ... ightning=0

Somehow the rain is not allowed near my house. I think that there is some type of buffer that dissipates rain before reaching me as the rain has traveled just south and to the north of me.

Extremeweatherguy · #40 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:36 pm

PTrackerLA wrote:More good news, Saturday's system is forecasted to be alot stronger than the one that just moved through. The NWS Lake Charles and New Orleans discussions both mention this so expect another heavy rainfall event this weekend!

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
314 PM CDT WED APR 26 2006

.DISCUSSION...
DRYING HAS OCCURRED OVER LAND AS A NEW AIRMASS SLIPS SOUTH OVER THE
FORECAST AREA. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA FRIDAY. CHANCES OF RAIN WILL
INCREASE FRIDAY TO SATURDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
EVENING. UNLIKE THE LAST FRONT...THIS ONE IS PROGGED TO HAVE
PRETTY GOOD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PROGGED TO
MOVE FROM NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY
EVENING...THIS WILL DRAG A SIGNIFICANT MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
INTO EAST TEXAS SATURDAY EVENING.

NWS New Orleans:
THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY ON THE
TIMING OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE TROUGH AND
SURFACE LOW WILL TRANSIT THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS
THAT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS COLD FRONT...AS ANOTHER JET COUPLET
POSSIBLY DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF STATES. THIS WOULD ENHANCE
THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION...AND ENHANCE THE OVERALL
FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM.

It could also be a big severe event as well (especially back toward TX). I would not be surprised to see some tornadoes out of this one!

We have RAIN!!!!

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