Too much for some... not enough for others

Texas is seeing some significant flooding. Areas around Forth Worth have streets that are now rivers. The rain chances should begin to wind down there later today. More than 11 inches of moisture has been recorded since the beginning of the year in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

It's been awhile since we've posted drought maps and discussed how things have changed in recent weeks and months. If you had rain over the weekend, consider yourself lucky because many areas missed out. We've been through the drought breaking process before and as many of you know, it just takes time. So the weekend rains are helpful (if you had it), but every area of the state could use a bunch more.

Drought one year ago

Drought today

We are still advertising a slow moving, big storm system coming from the west. The biggest question is not whether or not we will get rain, but rather, where will the heaviest be. The computer models continue to shift it around from west to east, but I'm waiting to see what the next round of data shows. I am fairly confident that most of the state will get rain, but these slow moving lows are sometimes tricky when it comes to pinning down the rainfall amounts.