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Old 02-18-2012, 09:14 AM
 
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I feel like Austin has become Seattle-like these past 2 months, but Lake Travis' water level is barely budging. Are the highland lakes doing any better? Are they filling up those more before letting more water downstream to Lake Travis?
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Old 02-18-2012, 09:28 AM
 
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I feel like Austin has become Seattle-like these past 2 months, but Lake Travis' water level is barely budging. Are the highland lakes doing any better? Are they filling up those more before letting more water downstream to Lake Travis?
Travis is up about 1 ft in the last week or so. It is up about 4 inches since this morning. It takes awhile for water in all the streams to hit the lake.

Based on 15 inches for 40 feet (think I read it in an article) we should get around 5 feet with the rain we have had.
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Old 02-18-2012, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I feel like Austin has become Seattle-like these past 2 months, but Lake Travis' water level is barely budging. Are the highland lakes doing any better? Are they filling up those more before letting more water downstream to Lake Travis?
I am happy about the rainfall for Texas lakes but this weather is SO reminding me why my family left Seattle. These gray skies are making me crazy.
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Old 02-18-2012, 09:45 AM
 
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yes 5 feet so far..but its still raining hard to the west!
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Old 02-18-2012, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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I think the report on Monday/Tuesday will be the best news we've heard in a long while!
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Old 02-18-2012, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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Keep bringing the rain
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Old 02-18-2012, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Do you think this rain will finally get out out of the drought?
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Old 02-18-2012, 01:13 PM
 
Location: Volcano
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Do you think this rain will finally get out out of the drought?
No, not even close. As a matter of fact, the current forecast is that the drought will continue at least another year. All the water utilities are looking at possibly moving to MORE restrictions.

It's a matter of scale... we're getting a few inches of rain at a time, but it will take yards and yards of rain to refill the aquifers, streams, rivers, and lakes. It's going to take years of good rain to recharge everything.
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Old 02-18-2012, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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No, not even close. As a matter of fact, the current forecast is that the drought will continue at least another year. All the water utilities are looking at possibly moving to MORE restrictions.
I've been hearing conflicting things. They were saying the La Nina pattern was to be over by June?
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Old 02-18-2012, 01:24 PM
 
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I've been hearing conflicting things. They were saying the La Nina pattern was to be over by June?
That's possible. So is snow in June.

It's still very much a guess. But if we were to go back to a "normal" rainfall pattern tomorrow, it would still take a couple of years to recharge.
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