Water-logged!

It began Friday and hasn’t stopped since. I think it’s been nearly 2 years since we’ve had 3-4 days of almost non-stop rain in the metroplex. One thing’s for sure…this kind of  rain has finally made my husband I do something about our leaky fireplace in the master bedroom!

Take a look at this map provided on the homepage of the Ft. Worth National Weather Service Forecast Office. It’s impressive. You can see the pink bulls-eye in SW Dallas and Northern Ellis counties where the doppler radar estimates show that between 8-10 inches of rain has fallen. Wow!

7 Day Rainfall Totals

Before this weekend, North Texas was actually sitting pretty in terms of rainfall. We weren’t abnormally dry or wet. Now many of our rivers, creeks and streams are at or above capacity, especially the Trinity River south of Dallas. Fortunately the upper level storm system responsible for washing out our weekend plans is slowly beginning to move away and the rain will become more scattered beginning Tuesday…with Thurs/Friday being the drier days this week.

But there may be another system arriving later this coming weekend and early next week bringing more changes including a cold front that could really bring us a taste of fall.

It’s doubtful we will see any more 100 degree heat now that we are so saturated and the long-range models show no pattern to suggest otherwise. So we can be grateful for that and the fact that we aren’t drought-stricken, like so much of South Texas.

So keep the umbrellas handy…we aren’t quite done yet.

Speaking of umbrellas…does anyone have wild mushrooms growing in their yard the size of a child’s umbrella? I think my kids could fit under a few that are growing in my backyard!