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CrashTestDummy wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 12:10 pm We were going to do an autocross event today up near IAH. When I got up to check the Radarange, it was a big ol' 'Nope!' for us. They postponed the start of the event an hour, then cancelled for safety. We put the race car up, and it was starting to sprinkle on us. Came back in and checked the radar, and wow, it's now cleared up at IAH, but there's a band heading right for us now!!

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 12:23 pm Finally raining down here!!

Pas_Bon wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 12:01 pm Cromagnum, it is finally your turn.

Stratton20 wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 2:24 pm I cant wait for the sun to come out! Got nearly 10 inches over the last couple of days, im ready for that sunshine to replace this weather!

user:null wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 11:34 am

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 2:37 pmIt's that angle from the Gulf since most of the prevailing mid and upper level air is SW to NE or West to East.

For example, Corpus Christi is right on the Gulf Coast but only receives about 32 inches of rain a year. They are closer to the SW cap and Mexican air squashing rain chances. The dry line never makes it to Corpus inhibiting rain chances in April. September and later tropical season are their best chance of rain. Brownsville sees less than 27 in of rain/year.

...whereas LA, MS, AL, FL panhandle coasts are deluged with Gulf moisture all year round! 60+ inches/year are typical.

Indeed there is a steep gradient for rainfall on the west side of Houston which continues west and toward Mexico...

And going far eastward also gets a "dry out" in annual totals from that 60+, but more due to dry tendencies in winter/spring compared to the northern Gulf:

Totals are 48 inches in Gainesville and Savannah,

Orlando, Jacksonville, Charleston, etc have similar 50-55inch totals as Houston area.

Especially pronounced in inland areas of Atlantic states: Columbia in SC and Raliegh in NC get ~45 inches. Charlotte NC gets "only" 43 inches of rain annually.

tireman4 wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 12:42 pm Here comes another round

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 2:49 pmThe difference there is the winter. Gainesville is in the middle of the peninsula and there are plenty of sunny days in the winter. The rain mainly falls in late June, July, August, September - the opposite of College Station. Closer to Savannah and east coast rainfall: 45-55 inches.

There's a reason those snowbirds come on down to the Georgia and Florida coasts in the winter!

Stratton20 wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 4:12 pm Cpv17 no im in katy and we have had at least 6 inches of rain now, maybe a bit more than that, depends on where in the city you are, i know where at least I am, the ground cant take anymore, just a gigantic pool in our backyard lol