More rain expected

[billeyler]

 This isn't a usual post for the high desert here, but it's keeping the weatherfolk buzzing.  It's especially hard to see this since at 8am, it's a crystal-clear blue sky all around.

So much for us using our pool this weekend!

[snip]

* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY MAY PRODUCE RAIN AT RATES UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

Comments

[pdxchuck.livejournal.com]

When growing up in Santa Fe, summer thunderstorms were one of my favorite things. (queue in Julie Andrews.) Also, peering over the edge of an arroyo watching the water quickly passing by was a treat.

While we get a fair amount of rain up here in Portland, it is still nothing like what I experienced in northern New Mexico where you not only can watch the thunderheads build, but you have the views of the showers as they pass by. So, ENJOY! (hmmmmm..... Am I buzzing like one of the weatherfolk?)

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

As Martha says, "It's a good thing!"

Unless of course you're in the path of mudslides and washouts where so much of the Manzanos burned down this past couple of months.

[pdxchuck.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm..... Good point.