August 22Aug 22 Popular Post Fun fact I learned in an acoustics class at UT: temperature inversions are often the reason one can hear much more distant sounds at night. The temperature gradient causes sound waves to bend back towards the earth, as opposed to bending upwards during the day. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
August 22Aug 22 44 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: Fun fact I learned in an acoustics class at UT: temperature inversions are often the reason one can hear much more distant sounds at night. The temperature gradient causes sound waves to bend back towards the earth, as opposed to bending upwards during the day. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
August 22Aug 22 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said: Fun fact I learned in an acoustics class at UT: temperature inversions are often the reason one can hear much more distant sounds at night. The temperature gradient causes sound waves to bend back towards the earth, as opposed to bending upwards during the day. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. Cold air above and hot air below?
August 22Aug 22 26 minutes ago, Bevo said: Cold air above and hot air below? Can't remember which way it goes day/night, it was a pretty boring topic. (Not acoustics, that was my emphasis, but I didn't care about atmospheric shit.)
August 22Aug 22 5 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: Fun fact I learned in an acoustics class at UT: temperature inversions are often the reason one can hear much more distant sounds at night. The temperature gradient causes sound waves to bend back towards the earth, as opposed to bending upwards during the day. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. It'll also cause airborne radiation monitors to alarm.
August 22Aug 22 46 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said: It'll also cause airborne radiation monitors to alarm. Haha. The first thing I thought of when I heard temperature inversion. Were you at Ballstan Spa?
August 22Aug 22 35 minutes ago, blacklab said: Haha. The first thing I thought of when I heard temperature inversion. Were you at Ballstan Spa? Yep. Then my wife spent another 4 years there as an instructor.
August 30Aug 30 6 hours ago, Biff Tannen said: God damn force field Ours gave way. Had 45 minutes of really hard rain. Easily over an inch.
August 30Aug 30 Author Nice soaking in 78759 yesterday evening for about 40 minutes. I’ll take moar please.
August 30Aug 30 1.75 inches of rain last night. 7.5" over normal YTD precip. Last night was at least 20 minutes of strobelight lightning, some of the worst I've ever seen. There were several HS football games called or cancelled because of it in the panhandle area.
August 30Aug 30 Raining at Lake LBJ now... guess tears for Texas terrible passing offensive showing today yuck
August 31Aug 31 Got just a 5 minute shower today, ground is already dry again. Austin will get widespread deep soaking rain soon right?
August 31Aug 31 6 minutes ago, Mantis Toboggan, MD said: Sitting on my porch in Wimberley. I see T storms rolling in. Same at Lake LBJ -- thunder booming now. Sorry to hear about the damage at "The Blue Hole" Rain looks heavy in some areas below...
September 1Sep 1 On 8/22/2025 at 10:41 AM, GreenspointTexas said: Rainiest summer in Houston that I can remember It's been glorious
September 1Sep 1 I don’t think Houston hit 100 once all summer. Can’t remember that happening before. Edited September 1Sep 1 by Mantis Toboggan, MD
September 1Sep 1 On 8/30/2025 at 6:42 AM, South Austin said: Nice soaking in 78759 yesterday evening for about 40 minutes. I’ll take moar please. User name does not check out.
September 6Sep 6 Temp has dropped 30 degrees in Dallas in the last 5 hours. Thankfully no tornados but big ass thunderstorms currently. Power just flashed off at my house.
September 6Sep 6 42 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: Temp has dropped 30 degrees in Dallas in the last 5 hours. Thankfully no tornados but big ass thunderstorms currently. Power just flashed off at my house. It’s coming! Getting breezy in 78723
September 6Sep 6 Author 28 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said: It’s never going to rain again. Fucking tariffs.
September 7Sep 7 Got a light rain out in Horseshoe Bay. Radar looks like the Hill Country will get a good bit for the next few hours
September 7Sep 7 1 hour ago, NorthLoop said: Woke up to an inch in the gauge. Looks like more coming.
September 9Sep 9 I guess the armored dominator must be in the shop. Here's Reed Timmer absolutely fucking up a suburu in the texas/oklahoma panhandle area. Edited September 9Sep 9 by Blotto
September 9Sep 9 He's damn good at what he does. That being said, I'd probably punch him in the face more than once if I had to spend more than 20 minutes with him.
September 23Sep 23 1 hour ago, miguelito said: I kind of like "disappointment zone." It's honest. Could also be the name of a 90s emo band.
September 24Sep 24 Sitting out on my deck at Lake LBJ. Horizon Lighting and really delayed thunder from the NE. Radarscope shows a front with storms around Lampasas, and yet I can see and hear it here. Pretty cool. Perhaps should go in the High thread.
September 24Sep 24 Preparing myself to watch the Austin Force Field deliver the Disappointment Zone in full effect...
September 24Sep 24 Cedar Park with the gray sky striptease, but you know the movie's PG-13 and you ain't gonna see shit.
September 24Sep 24 2 minutes ago, TexArcher said: Cedar Park with the gray sky striptease, but you know the movie's PG-13 and you ain't gonna see shit. Austin-area rain is more like this:
September 24Sep 24 Out here in the wastelands on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, we got just shy of an inch overnight. #NotNowThis #WellMaybe #FeelsGoodMan
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