Rain

I am not sure when it started raining. I know we had some rain overnight on Saturday, and again on Sunday night.  But it was dry enough Sunday that I could do yard work, so the rain Saturday night was minimal. But it was raining again this Monday morning, and the wind blew and rain came down, off and on, all day, even into the evening. 

The rain gauge was not probably accurate, because there was so much blowing that it did not collect the rain, but it seemed to be about an inch of rain.  That would be good.

I had purchased some perennials for my yard yesterday, and when I dug into the ground to plant them, the dirt was bone dry.  I just left the plants in their pots, in the bag, but outside, so they can get acclimated.  I am thinking now the ground will be moist enough to dig holes easily and plant these coreopsis that I had purchased.

Mostly south and west of Lubbock, there was some flooding, but there was also some street flooding in the southwest part of Lubbock.  This informs us, if we did not know otherwise, that the moisture is coming in from the Gulf of California or the Pacific Ocean. 

I think that this is a much needed rain, for the farmers.  It will help them with their planting. It will also help with the fire danger that we have been experiencing recently.

Although the temperature has been cool, we have not been close to freezing, so the rumors of snow and ice are probably not true.  We will see some cool weather, but also, it will warm up during the week, with continued chances of rain. 

Although sometimes too much rain too quickly received causes flash flooding in Lubbock and the South Plains, the truth is, we always need rain.