Re: C TX.jeff wrote:It really does not mean much for the rest of the ATL season. It is clear while all the indicies are somewhat lagging that the actual affect of warm phase ENSO is clearly being shown across both the Pacific and Atlantic basins. Expect continued above average TC activity in the EPAC and below average in the Atlantic.
Good news is that a wet fall/winter appears fairly likely for the drought plagued southern plains and TX....while conditions locally are not as horrible as they were in the spring....it is still really bad across C TX.
Here are some sobering facts from LCRA.
Lakes Travis and Buchanan provide drinking water to more than a million people, and water to industries, businesses and the environment throughout the lower Colorado River basin. The lakes fill when plentiful rain falls in their watersheds. Inflows have been at or near historic lows for an extended period of time during this drought:
January through July 2014 inflows were about 148,000 acre-feet, the fourth lowest on record for that seven-month period.
Inflows from January through April 2014 were the lowest on record for that four-month period.
The lowest annual inflows in history occurred in 2011, with only about 10 percent of the annual average.
The second lowest inflows in history were in 2013.
The third lowest inflows in history were in 2008.
The sixth lowest inflows in history were in 2012.
The ninth lowest inflows in history were in 2009.
http://www.lcra.org/water/water-supply/ ... fault.aspx
