How wet is it in Texas and Oklahoma? (Houston, Fort Worth: live, areas)

[TheHarvester]

For a full-sized view directly on the source website:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...db/sbfinal.gif

It's a gov't website, no spam or cookies or tricks, loads fast, and is worth a glance. As you can see, the south central USA (mainly TX and OK) have been extremely wet, while many other areas are in critical drought.

Just shows that when it's wet one place, it's dry in another, and when it's unusually cold somewhere then it's probably unusually hot somewhere else. It all balances out in the long run, but the short run changes can be pretty wild!

[KewGee]

Great site. It's so nice to see Texas in blue and green.

[catman]

KewGee: It is, but enough is enough! Fort Worth has already had more than an average entire year's worth of rainfall. We had a drought for two years; I'd say it's definitely over.

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by catman

KewGee: It is, but enough is enough! Fort Worth has already had more than an average entire year's worth of rainfall. We had a drought for two years; I'd say it's definitely over.

Yes, I know. It is tragically sad for the flood victims all over the state. I heard on the news that 40 plus counties in the state were considered disaster areas due to the massive flooding.

[Trainwreck20]

One of my co-workers is from Marble Falls, and she went out there to take some pictures (her folks still live there). The highway and bridge damage is pretty impressive.

By the way, I need to look up the 'El Nino' maps....I think they classic El Nino effect mirrors almost exactly the map above.

Edit: Here is the 'Long-term' map....very similar, now, to the short term....

Another good site to look at El Nino/La Nina effects: ESRL : PSD : Composite ENSO Plots (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/Compare/ - broken link)

[TheHarvester]

Originally Posted by catman

Fort Worth has already had more than an average entire year's worth of rainfall.

That seems to be true for the majority of the state, which is quite remarkable. Usually a rain surplus anomaly will be more localized, but I would guess that about two-thirds of Texas has already reached annual averages. Not Houston, though. If they were already at a year's worth of rain then they'd have been dominating the headlines!

Originally Posted by catman

We had a drought for two years; I'd say it's definitely over.

Gee, ya think?

[Hyun-Soo]

nice ~! awesome!

[Biffy6]

I love maps like these! Thanks!

[tgannaway89]

Texas is like a big lake, at least it has been lately.

[lonestar2007]

I've always heard it takes a flood to end a drought. I think ours has definately ended!