April 20, 20232 yr Shit could get real ugly around here. Up to 85-87 on a bunch of the wunderground stations in my area.
April 20, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: Shit could get real ugly around here. Up to 85-87 on a bunch of the wunderground stations in my area. I went ahead and cleared out the garage so both cars can fit inside, so it is now guaranteed NOT to hail. You're all welcome.
April 20, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: Shit could get real ugly around here. Up to 85-87 on a bunch of the wunderground stations in my area. Do I remember correctly that you are north of Austin? Or am I thinking of someone else. Waco area? My station in South Austin is 86 currently, but was as high as 88 a bit ago. Looks like the line is starting to pop to the east. Hold on to your butts.
April 20, 20232 yr Just now, UnivTex34 said: Do I remember correctly that you are north of Austin? Or am I thinking of someone else. Waco area? My station in South Austin is 86 currently, but was as high as 88 a bit ago. Looks like the line is starting to pop to the east. Hold on to your butts. Yep. Waco area. Getting this warm today is not optimal. Makes for prime storm explosion.
April 20, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, utee94 said: I went ahead and cleared out the garage so both cars can fit inside, so it is now guaranteed NOT to hail. You're all welcome. Man, I was just debating this.... I have to move a a bunch of shit though, and I still can't close the garage. Fucking 80's houses and current sizes of pickup trucks...
April 20, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said: Man, I was just debating this.... I have to move a a bunch of shit though, and I still can't close the garage. Fucking 80's houses and current sizes of pickup trucks... Yeah mine was built in 2010 and the pickup still barely fits. I have to back it in so the rear part of the bed hangs over the concrete step at the back of the garage. The garage door clears the nose by 0.0003 inches.
April 20, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, utee94 said: I went ahead and cleared out the garage so both cars can fit inside, so it is now guaranteed NOT to hail. You're all welcome. I stay one step ahead of storms and just buy cars that already have hail damage.
April 20, 20232 yr Author Just keep away from Brentwood for another hour so I can get my kid home and my car in the garage.
April 20, 20232 yr Our local weather station topped out at 82 but is at 80 now. Not sure if that means jack or not. I'm hoping the Escarpment does its usual work.
April 20, 20232 yr Big fat rain drops and very small hail just now at my house in the part of CP in northwest Travis. But still very light precip overall. Edited April 20, 20232 yr by utee94
April 20, 20232 yr We about to get lit the fuck up Hope there's no hail in it. Just planted my entire vegetable garden on Sunday. But if it does, it better get me a new roof. Edited April 20, 20232 yr by Trey3216
April 20, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: We about to get lit the fuck up Hope there's no hail in it. Just planted my entire vegetable garden on Sunday. But if it does, it better get me a new roof. I think the main hail core will miss my house, but my car here at work is going to enjoy some terminal velocity golf balls.
April 20, 20232 yr Well I just spent an hour moving the Kayaks out of the garage so I could get my truck in 90% of the way. So between me and @utee94 we ain’t getting shit. You’re welcome.
April 20, 20232 yr Predictions are bad stuff around 8 or 9, but I'd hope it's cooled off and the forcefield keeps the hail away.
April 20, 20232 yr Moved my truck in and have battened down the hatches. Give me all the rain but I hate to think about what even small hail will do to my new plants.
April 20, 20232 yr Left my potted saplings out, nothing I can do about my gardens, so bring on the rain. It is weather, all we can do is prepare and deal with it.
April 20, 20232 yr Author Speaking of the fucking force field, sorry if this has been discussed before, but this article popped up a few days ago and I found it fascinating. Austin's invisible rain dome is all 'Balcones Fault' Quote In Central Texas, even amateur weather watchers have noticed one pattern in particular: the Invisible Austin Rain Dome. The scenario is this: Raging thunderstorms approach Travis County–with the city of Austin at the center–from the west, dropping heavy rain and producing severe weather. But as the convective line moves across the county, the storms suddenly weaken, sometimes nearly dissipating. Then, as the line moves into eastern Travis County, the storms quickly re-intensify and rage again as they push eastward. The result is that heavy rain falls both west and east of the city, but little or none in the central part of Austin. ... It’s the kind of thing that drives this forecaster crazy, and sometimes it seems like a dome actually exists. But I have a theory for why this occurs. The Balcones Fault line extends from the Dallas/Fort Worth region southwestward through Waco, Temple, Austin and then westward through San Antonio to Del Rio. It's the path that I-35 takes through Central Texas. ... So what is happening with storms here? In most cases, strong and severe thunderstorms are rooted at the surface. That is, storm inflow is established at ground level and lifts into the storm. But as storms move across western Travis County, the bottom drops out as the line reaches the fault zone. This results in a sudden disruption to the storm inflow and storms quickly weaken. But as the squall line reaches the eastern part of the county, they re-establish the surface inflow and quickly intensify. It’s not an Invisible Rain Dome but a microscale geographic phenomenon. Couldn't past the pics in the quoted article, but these give a visual, especially the terrain profile. I didn't take Weather Law in law school, but this makes intuitive sense.
April 20, 20232 yr That small gap in the sea of yellows and reds is headed straight for Central Austin. You'll get nothing and you'll like it
April 20, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Post Oak said: No hail so far but heavy, steady beautiful rain. It's glorious. Yep. I bet we got more rain in 1.5 hours than we have had all year. Heavy ass rain. And my house has a small transformer in the back that supplies like 4 houses. you guessed it. Frank Stallone knocked out the power to our 4 houses.
April 20, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: Yep. I bet we got more rain in 1.5 hours than we have had all year. Heavy ass rain. And my house has a small transformer in the back that supplies like 4 houses. you guessed it. Frank Stallone knocked out the power to our 4 houses. We got a little more than 1.5. I can't remember the last time we received that much rain. 18months maybe.
April 21, 20232 yr 33 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said: That small gap in the sea of yellows and reds is headed straight for Central Austin. You'll get nothing and you'll like it Yep. Just a few drops in 78730.
April 21, 20232 yr They (rightfully) cancelled baseball tonight and we cleared out the garage to cover the vehicles so we won't get shit at my house.
April 21, 20232 yr My neighborhood 78717 (North Austin—but like go a few blocks one way it’s Round Rock or go a few blocks the other way it’s Cedar Park) is about to get blasted. I was the only dumbass walking down the street to get a better picture. Seeing some greenage—Going green now.
April 21, 20232 yr Nice heavy rain. The water rushing down the street has pushed my trash can out into the street
April 21, 20232 yr Okay, now we've got steady rain and sporadic thunder in 78730, but the thunder's right overhead. Dog does not like. Edited April 21, 20232 yr by TexArcher
April 21, 20232 yr We ain't getting shit in Driftwood. Had a decent 10 min shower in the afternoon, but that's it. Future radar shows we'll get very little. Mother Fuck.
April 21, 20232 yr Author 23 minutes ago, leaf said: Nice heavy rain. The water rushing down the street has pushed my trash can out into the street Never forget. You will rebuild.
April 21, 20232 yr Nice heavy rain. The water rushing down the street has pushed my trash can out into the streetYou should call your insurance company. They are there to help in that situation
April 21, 20232 yr Moved the wife’s crap in 78735 to put the truck in the garage. We aren’t getting any rain, are we?
April 21, 20232 yr I'm in 78729. It's been a steady pour for about an hour. Looking at the radar, there may still be a bit to come
April 21, 20232 yr My biggest takeaway this evening is that there are a lot of hoarders on this site that use their garage as a storage unit.
April 21, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, royiv said: My biggest takeaway this evening is that there are a lot of hoarders on this site that use their garage as a storage unit.
April 21, 20232 yr Getting about 0.5-0.75 inch per hour in west central Austin. Seems rather uneventful, although one dog disagrees.
April 21, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, royiv said: My biggest takeaway this evening is that there are a lot of hoarders on this site that use their garage as a storage unit. Yep, but I'm glad they cleared their garages and spared the rest of us the hail.
April 21, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Updawg said: Not a drop of rain in sw austin Blame my neighbor. He put on the car condom to protect it from hail.
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