Let's Talk Weather!
Category: Kitchen Sink...
Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 at 12:27 PM [GMT-6]

First of all...am I the only one who sees irony in the fact that Ernesto is whacking the east coast while John slams Baja California? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to switch them, or at least make it Ernest and Juan?

OK, I guess I am the only one.

Anyway, thanks to John/Juan's extended reach, Midland closed out the month with the highest rainfall total for August in recorded history, and we're now more than 2" above the year-to-date average, which is huge for this part of the country.

The weather guys are telling us that the Pacific storm is bringing moist air all the way through Mexico and up into west Texas and that's why we're getting the rains. That's the one import from our southern neighbors that you won't hear much complaining about (unless you live in the flooded parts of El Paso).

Unfortunately, the August rains came a little too late for most of the cotton crop, but it should set up the fall pastures for good grazing.

The downside of all this nice wet weather is that it's likely to cause us to cancel an aerial tour of parts of west Texas tomorrow. A special visitor is arriving this afternoon, and she's looking forward to that tour...I hate to disappoint her, but safety is paramount.

The visitor? Well, more about that, later.