Author Topic: Drought Conditions Continue (Read 8035 times)

CyberSniper · « **on:** May 28, 2006, 03:09:08 AM »

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/season_drought.gif

Got some rain last night, that's twice this month...gee.
Medina County is still not doing too well, in spite of some rain.

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

markc · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2006, 02:28:41 PM »

I hope you got some of that rain Sunday night/Monday morning. It was a very wet holiday, but we needed the rain. I am in Tomball/Magnolia area. Did you get some of that rain?

CyberSniper · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2006, 02:49:00 PM »

We got an inch north of Hondo Saturday night as it turned out.
.8 here in NE San Antonio.
Today, it came from the east, and missed us here.
Other parts of Bexar county got some rain today though, and it looks
like a little of that even made it into Medina county today.
Although good, it's by no means enough to break the drought.
I hope to go check the feeders in another day or two.
I'm starting to worry the drought is having an impact on
the wildlife out there now.

markc · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2006, 11:38:45 AM »

Any live water on your place in Medina?

CyberSniper · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2006, 12:11:48 PM »

No, there's none on my place.
Guy next to me gets run off during good years, and has
a small tank. It's been dry since last May / June now.

Williams Creek that runs from Tarpley down towards Hondo
has been dry for a year or better now also.
This creek runs next to FM 462 at times, as it twists
and turns.
Same creek where the public used to be able to see
dinosaur tracks in the limestone bottom.
The public is no longer allowed in there nowadays.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2006, 05:36:41 PM »

Picked up another inch of rain the last day or two, makes a total
of 2.25 inches in the last week or so.
Hope it keeps this up for a while.

markc · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2006, 02:54:53 AM »

Hold on. Usually a frog choking flood follows these droughts. It is either feast or famine isn't it? THe hurricane season is here now, so we might be in for some rain before long.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2006, 06:02:38 AM »

Yes, seems that when a drought breaks, look out.
Had no rain since I posted that around the 1st.

markc · « **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2006, 11:48:11 AM »

Well, Florida is getting pounded with rain. Maybe we will get some soon..

CyberSniper · « **Reply #9 on:** June 14, 2006, 11:58:22 AM »

Hah ! The way it looks, that will be when pigs fly.
Ok...so I'll dust off the .458 Win Mag, and go make one fly....
Maybe that will work.

markc · « **Reply #10 on:** June 15, 2006, 02:31:39 AM »

Well tomorrow atleast along the Houston area the rain chance is now at 50%. Hopefully it will increase a good bit more.

markc · « **Reply #11 on:** June 15, 2006, 02:32:17 AM »

Well tomorrow atleast along the Houston area the rain chance is now at 50%. Hopefully it will increase a good bit more.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #12 on:** June 15, 2006, 02:56:54 AM »

The weather guessers have not been too accurate over here.
We were supposed to get 2 to 4 inches of rain a couple of
weeks ago. Ended up with 2/10 ths here.

markc · « **Reply #13 on:** June 17, 2006, 07:44:35 AM »

it is a cloudy and rainy day in Magnolia area. It began to rain some last night, but there really hasn't been much rain actually falling. On and off showers and a bit of lightening and thunder, but unfortunately not too much actual rain fall...

CyberSniper · « **Reply #14 on:** June 17, 2006, 08:19:52 AM »

Been spotty over here. We got 1 inch here this morning in NE San Antonio.
The area I hunt in north of Hondo got around 1/4 to a little less
than a 1/2 inch this morning.
Other parts of Medina County ( like around Devine ) got little
to none as I understand it so far.
San Antonio will be going into stage One watering restrictions
pretty quick now.

markc · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2006, 04:08:24 AM »

remember what I posted about when there's a drought, it floods?? It is flooding all over the houston area now....

CyberSniper · « **Reply #16 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:51:15 AM »

Too much in one area, not enough in another....rats !

markc · « **Reply #17 on:** June 20, 2006, 02:52:04 PM »

it looks like the rain is going away again. We got a good amount down here, but it wouldn't have hurt to get a bit more. Did you get any more rain last night?

CyberSniper · « **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:36:06 PM »

We haven't had a single drop anywhere near here so far.
Even though this area is under a flash flood watch until tomorrow
morning ( Wednesday ), it does not look like we'll see any so far.
And Medina county is not in the watch area, so I suppose
even less chance there. Rats !

Siskiyou · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2006, 04:49:12 PM »

Some interesting numbers I came across a few minutes ago. Notice how high the numbers are for this year. I have read about Texas and Oklahoma burning in the past. But it seems they have burn all Winter and it is continueing into the summer. I believe a number of citizens and home owners have lost their lifes because of these fires.

I was surprised to hear on TV that a number of the Winter fires were started with fireworks. Clearly some people have a vast empty space between their ears. It is sad that people lose their homes, livestock, and lifes because of stupid acts.

The evening NEWS was showing fires in California, Colorado, AZ, and New Mexico. Many years ago the family made a trip South of Flagstaff to the area the fire is currently burning. It will take the vegetation a long time to recover in that climate.
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Daily Statistics 6/20/06
Number of new large fires 10 States currently reporting large fires:
Number of active large fires 21 Alaska (2)
Arizona (6)
California (1)
Colorado (1)
Idaho (1)
New Mexico (5)
Texas (4)
Utah (2)
Wyoming (1)
Note: Includes WFU fires

Acres from active fires 210,705
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires 2
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres 7,325
Fires contained on 6/19/06 8
Year-to-date large fires contained 547
Year-to-date Statistics

2006 (1/1/06 - 6/20/06) Fires: 52,378 Acres: 3,123,689
2005 (1/1/05 - 6/20/05) Fires: 27,453 Acres: 607,263
2004 (1/1/04 - 6/20/04) Fires: 35,606 Acres: 731,487
2003 (1/1/03 - 6/20/03) Fires: 25,042 Acres: 500,689
2002 (1/1/02 - 6/20/02) Fires: 41,016 Acres: 1,837,500
2001 (1/1/01 - 6/20/01) Fires: 38,036 Acres: 832,035
2000 (1/1/00 - 6/20/00) Fires: 46,575 Acres: 1,275,061
10-Year Average
2001 - 2006 Fires: 37,965 Acres: 986,692

CyberSniper · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2006, 05:48:06 PM »

Looks like drought conditions are / were more widespread in
2000 and 2006, based on that info.

Siskiyou · « **Reply #21 on:** June 21, 2006, 01:06:20 PM »

If I recall Idaho, Montana, and California had drought condition during that period. It may have been the time a lot of AZ, CO, and NM had big fires.

It kind of looks like the drought that had been pounding the far West moved to the East. Taking out the heart of your State and moving Northward into Central Canada.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2006, 11:56:59 AM »

Rainfall for the first half of 2006 at
San Antonio... from January 1st to June 30th... is listed below.

San Antonio... ... ... 9.16 inches... 7.76 inches below normal

In the ongoing drought that continued in June 2006...
the cumulative 12 month rainfall statistics continued to show the
dry trend... that began in March and April of 2005.

From July 1st... 2005 to June 30th... 2006 San Antonio had only
14.75 inches of rain. Of the driest July 1st to June 30th periods
since 1885... this was the 7th driest in 121 years.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #23 on:** July 02, 2006, 10:29:27 PM »

Finally had some decent rain the last two days.
2.5 inches north of Hondo.
Here on the NE side of San Antnoio, only .5 of an inch though.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #24 on:** July 04, 2006, 10:44:15 PM »

Another 1.5 inches in only 30 minutes July 4th.
Boy this helps.

rockbilly · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2006, 03:57:02 PM »

The Abilene area has received a good bit of rainfall this year, but it looks as if it is over for a while. It is scary, the Farmers Almanac shows this area to warmer and dryer than average, with drought conditions continuing for the next twelve years. I don't place a lot of stock in Farmers Almanac, but my grandparents swear by it and said history has shown it is fairly accurate. That doesn't give up much hope, maybe we can keep enough water in the lakes to wash our neck.

The major lakes in this area provide the water for surrounding towns. All of the lakes are 10-12 feet below the spillway, not drought conditions yet, but concern over water use.

markc · « **Reply #26 on:** July 10, 2006, 02:53:40 AM »

Glad that some rain has begun to fall for you guys. Went to our Coleman County lease a week ago and it was really dry. The ponds were up from the last trip out there though, so they got rain at some point even though the folks in town said it ahdn't rained in a couple of months. Back home we have been getting plenty of rain.

markc · « **Reply #27 on:** July 10, 2006, 02:55:03 AM »

Glad ya'll are finally getting some rain. PLenty of rain here, and our coleman co lease was dry last weekend but the ponds were all up a good bit.

CyberSniper · « **Reply #28 on:** July 10, 2006, 02:58:51 AM »

Been enough rain to green things up pretty good, but
stock tanks are still shot out our way.
99.9% of the creeks are dried up still too.

Siskiyou · « **Reply #29 on:** August 01, 2006, 04:57:36 PM »

I guess Texas has been getting extreme weather. Tonights news says El Paso got 6 inches of rain in a short time. The area is suffering flooding. But Texas is a very big chunk of mother earth. How wide spread was the rainfall? Just last night the news was highlighting dry stock ponds in Texas. Clearly wildlife is being impacted. The drought map came out before this rain. http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

Texas Number of fires: 5 Acres: 7,144 New fires: 2
Fires contained: 2
Dudley (Texas Forest Service): 2,500 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is three miles east of Comanche. Heavy drought fuels and rough terrain are hampering containment efforts. Several homes were evacuated. Active fire behavior including significant fire runs were reported.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.
NEW CR102 (Texas Forest Service): 350 acres at five percent contained. This fire is two miles northeast of Cisco.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.
NEW Trollinger Road (Texas Forest Service): 100 acres at 80 percent contained. This fire is 11 miles northeast of Santo. Firefighters are conducting burn out operations.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.
Menzie (Texas Forest Service): 2,259 acres at 70 percent contained. This fire is 10 miles northeast of Menard. Several residences are threatened. Minimal fire activity was reported.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.
Jolly Complex (Texas Forest Service): The complex was contained at 1,000 acres.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.
Munson Road Complex (Texas Forest Service): The fire was contained at 1,426 acres.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.
Kirk Ranch (Texas Forest Service): 1,935 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is 10 miles northwest of San Saba. Active burning within the fire's interior was reported.
Information: Visit http://www.tamu.edu/ticc/predictive_services/tx_sitreport.pdf.