Why oh Why oh Why oh Why?

CajunMama · #1 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:02 pm

We have had great chances for rain here in Lafayette parish. Rains have been coming in from the east but every night the storms get to the eastern parish line and *poof* they dissipate. It's doing the same thing right now. They'll reform around the southern parish line and move into Iberia and vermilion parishes. I just can't figure it out.

Yankeegirl · #2 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:07 pm

I can see a nice storm out of my front door, but I know its not coming this way, its actually just sitting there raining itself out....

CajunMama · #3 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:16 pm

It's time sensitive but you can see it happening. http://tinyurl.com/hfayz

Yankeegirl · #4 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:20 pm

I wonder if any of that is going to push into the houston area later on?

PTrackerLA · #5 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:33 pm

CM, I was just thinking the same thing. It's like there's a wall around Lafayette it's ridiculous. The storms are just stopping right when they get here, never seen anything like it and like you said it's been happening for days and days on end. It's been around 2 weeks since we've had a good rain here while outlying areas have seen deluges. I don't get it :grr:

As I type this the room is being lit it up with lightning, I'm used to it now with no rain.

GalvestonDuck · #6 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:37 pm

I know just what you mean, CM! There were some crazy storms a few weeks ago here and so many of the times I thought rough stuff was coming my way (according to the radar), next thing I knew -- nada, nothing, zilch. Just sun and blue skies.

But then when I didn't see it coming - BAM! Instant formation right off the coast! (Okay, yeah...I know, meteorologically, it wasn't instant. But trying to show anything to coworkers on radar and satellite was next to impossible.)

Guess we'll see, YG. I'll be watching.

CajunMama · #7 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:40 pm

Yankeegirl wrote:I wonder if any of that is going to push into the houston area later on?

Looks like it moving to much to the south to get to you

PTrackerLA · #8 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:25 pm

Well we're getting some light rain right now, definately missed the heavy stuff though. Baton Rouge is getting pounded again right now by another strong line that is heading this way but I'm definately not expecting it to make it here. (trying to jinx myself :wink:

). We shall see.

CajunMama · #9 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:07 pm

ok...it's almost to the eastern parish line...will it go *poof*? Bets anyone? :wink:

Lindaloo · #10 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:13 am

Duckie, we were inundated yesterday afternoon by that line of severe storms. My car actuall sank on the drivers side and I had to get it winched out so I could go home. My boss radioed me and told me not to take I-10 westbound because traffic was completely stopped. So I went Hwy. 90 and it was flooded. The lightning was awesome, but too dang close for comfort.

CajunMama · #11 Postby **CajunMama** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:03 pm

Nobody was brave enough to bet against me! It went *poof* and there were some good storms and rain.

Lucky Lindaloo glad you got some rain knowing that y'all have been dry also.

Lindaloo · #12 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:24 pm

It was a big blob on radar when I got home covering south Louisiana. You did not get any of it? I know one thing, it was awful.

PTrackerLA · #13 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:57 pm

Missed it all except for a light drizzle, it just refuses to rain here. I don't care anymore I'm ready for winter 8-)

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bob rulz · #14 Postby **bob rulz** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:58 pm

Bah, southerners don't get winter. They just get cool summers.

Jim Cantore · #15 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:58 pm

We have a storm here now, it's coming down in buckets, within aa matter of minutes it dropped from 83-72

WindRunner · #16 Postby **WindRunner** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:13 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:We have a storm here now, it's coming down in buckets, within aa matter of minutes it dropped from 83-72

Ha, the showers moving through this morning made it so we are just now reaching 72, at 3pm! What a wonderful change this is! Just look back to last week - on the 3rd, our low was 72. This is beautiful, and more so because it's not raining here any more.

And I've noticed the same thing happen here as you claim it does in Lafayette - the showers (or sometimes the heavier showers) just seem to move right past, without even caring that they are leaving you dry! I know you guys are farther behind than we are, but it still can get pretty darn annoying.

Jim Cantore · #17 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:20 pm

Get this, according to radar, we didnt get a drop of rain :lol:

all_we_know_is_FALLING · #18 Postby **all_we_know_is_FALLING** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:23 pm

It's been very dry this summer so far.

It rained about .08 a few minutes ago, as we were on the extreme southern tip of a squall line.

Jim Cantore · #19 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:46 pm

Same here earlier, the edge of a cell but we had an inch

all_we_know_is_FALLING · #20 Postby **all_we_know_is_FALLING** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:49 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:Same here earlier, the edge of a cell but we had an inch

We could use an inch here.

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