It started raining yesterday afternoon around the time the Jets kicked off to the Colts to start the early game of the day. (That's around 3:05 PM EST for you non-football folks.) Slowly at first did it rain but momentum continued to grow. Checking the weather.com maps I could see a long line of storms stretching from our area all the way down the Appalachians to Georgia. And that line wasn't moving to the east. No, like a conga line it was marching straight up the mountains towards/through us. Not only was it bringing copious amounts of rain, it also brought warm, warm temperatures. By this morning it reached a high of 55.4 degrees. (That will be the high for the day.) Between the rain and the rise in temperatures, there's very little snow left on the ground.
Flood watches and warnings have been posted for all over the area. Melting snow, heavy, heavy rain and frozen ground preventing absorption spells lots and lots of runoff. heck, we've got our own little water feature on the slope behind the house.
Mini waterfall behind the Aerie.The rocks are approximately 24-30 inches wide.
The rain continues but the line of precipitation (which still runs back to the Carolinas) is slowly easing its way to the east as the colder air to the west pushes the warm subtropical, moisture laden mass out of the area. AccuHunch predicts the rain will halt sometime around 2 this afternoon, but that we could get a dusting of snow after dark.
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Ha. Your own water feature. Good one. I bet it is nice to be king of the mountain especially when the valley is afloat!
It's been raining here in Phoenix too, and the desert doesn't take to lots of rain very well. No flooding at our place (so far) though. Our problem is the dogs don't get their running exercise when the dog parks are under water.Leash walking doesn't cut it, so they do their zoomies throughout the condo---sheer craziness! Terriers need to run!! Hope your week goes great.
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