Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

Mini Horses said:

We had one of those "isolated soakers" late afternoon. I was on computer, noticed it was almost suddenly dark...heard thunder. Wind just whipped up out of nowhere, got my shoes and ran out to close coops. It started as I was coming in, ran into barn. Spent next 35 minutes watching it POUR! Those pull off the road you can't see pours. Finally slowed, then stopped as quickly as it had begun. Ran thru the light rain to the house, changed from wet to dry clothes. Looked and we had gotten an inch in that time

Didn't really need it but, here it is.

So, LS, are you still with us or did VA keep ya? You have NO private life here....but, we all care aboutcha.

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You may get some more later in the week as the Gulf system that is slowly working it's way up thru E Texas and in to Arkansas is expected to move on off to the Eastern Seaboard of the US.
This afternoon late we got some good rain, but the energy mass is still down south around Corpus Christi and spinning wet stuff off. One heavy mass just passed us on it's way NE and dropped about 3/4" here where the star is.

It always amazes me how a small almost insignificant weather event can affect such a large area. The main actor in all this is the little tropical depression that popped up in the southern gulf of Mexico late last week and came in to extreme N. Mexico/S. Texas and has parked itself over the Corpus Christi/Port Lavaca area now for several days. Numbered 1 on the shot below.

Tho very small by tropical standards, it has enough energy to pull both heat out of N. Mexico and moisture from a depleted Pacific depression in the East Pacific warm waters as far away as the Gulf of California & Baha. These stream across the skinny part of Old Mexico, feeding the land locked depression in Texas, which has just enough rotation to shoot it's moisture off to the North all the way to Nebraska where an upper level high forces a looping change in direction back out to the SW. That looping air over the midwest is in turn pulling Atlantic moisture in to the Eastern seaboard states and across the Tenn Valley.
All this is forecast in the next few days, to slowly move off to the East.

All went well at the VA. Health is actually good. Lost another couple pounds off my VA averages. No infections or anything really nasty. BP was within my normal range. Did have to drive through squalls of rain going and coming back, but not too bad. Didn't check the rain gauge here as hopefully we're not done yet. We don't have a Papa Murphy's anywhere near here but I can alter my return drive home and grab a take and bake pizza so did so. Cooked that when I got home and ate three slices.

Glad you got a good check up.

Glad all is well and happy that those who need the rain are getting it.

Latestarter said:

All went well at the VA. Health is actually good. Lost another couple pounds off my VA averages. No infections or anything really nasty. BP was within my normal range. Did have to drive through squalls of rain going and coming back, but not too bad. Didn't check the rain gauge here as hopefully we're not done yet. We don't have a Papa Murphy's anywhere near here but I can alter my return drive home and grab a take and bake pizza so did so. Cooked that when I got home and ate three slices.

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Get ready for some really brutal humidity when this thing moves off. Temps are going to rise all over East Texas and with so much moisture in place at ground level, it's going to be dripping.

Thanks all.

And as spoken by GB, so it comes to be! The air this morning is so thick it seems like you can cut it with a knife. Any movement whatsoever and you're soaked. All my windows (need replacing) are completely fogged over outside. We got some more light sprinkles overnight, but not really enough to measure. Everything outside is wet and dripping. AC is going to be working overtime for the next couple of days. A nice T-storm would really help knock some of the humidity out of the atmosphere. Not gonna be associated with any front moving through though as that's well to the east of me. Appears it's going to be a recliner type of day.

So, there's something to be said for re-heated pizza for breakfast... Not sure what, but I'm sure there is. When I was younger I liked cold pizza for breakfast. Now, since I get the meat pizzas, there's just too much oil/grease for me to eat it cold.

Once the approaching cold front pushes this mess thru here, we are suppose to have a couple of days break in the humidity and temps....but, will be heading back up come the wknd. Sure are glad that ya checked out well yesterday Joe....it is always good to get a good report.....

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So, there's something to be said for re-heated pizza for breakfast... Not sure what, but I'm sure there is.

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It's there -- ready & waiting.
You can rush out the door with it.
It does have some taste.

Nutritionally -- no better than it was the night before.
There you have it!!!!!!! Cold goat milk is better.


Glad the VA liked your visit.

How about this Western sky Joe? Took a few minutes ago, but back the other way is still grey.