http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayHomePageExperience.kickAction?page=Homepage&as=82263 New blogs from zackshields on myFOXaustin Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:57:31 GMT Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:57:31 GMT ryan.okeefe@foxtv.com (myFOXaustin) ryan.okeefe@foxtv.com (myFOXaustin) KickApps Feed Builder 2009-11-18T14:57:31Z 118 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=82263&sortType=recent 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_COLD-TO-RAINY/BLOG/1501028/82263.html Another taste of Winter this morning with lows in the 30s. Most of the freezing temps happened north and west of Austin for the second straight morning. The next storm system is coming into view. It is spinning west of California and will take aim on Texas as we wrap up the work week. [image]                       This will be a direct hit on us. It won't be like Sunday night when the rain was in and out of here. Expect multiple rounds of rain on Friday with a few storms that will stay below severe limits. [image]                       Here is what the computer model is showing. Enjoy the sunshine today because the clouds march in tomorrow. [image]                       The rain will soon follow late Thursday night into Friday. [image]                       The rain will be heavy at times and since we will get waves of rain the totals will add up. [image]                       The models are showing totals on the high end. [image]                       So the bottom line....Sunny today, cloudy tomorrow and rainy on Friday so we will trade in our jackets for some rain gear. Another taste of Winter this morning with lows in the 30s. Most of the freezing temps happened north and west of Austin for the second straight morning. The next storm system is coming into view. It is spinning west of California and will take aim on Texas as we wrap up the work week. [image]                       This will be a direct hit on us. It won't be like Sunday night when the rain was in and out of here. Expect multiple rounds of rain on Friday with a few storms that will stay below severe limits. [image]                       Here is what the computer model is showing. Enjoy the sunshine today because the clouds march in tomorrow. [image]                       The rain will soon follow late Thursday night into Friday. [image]                       The rain will be heavy at times and since we will get waves of rain the totals will add up. [image]                       The models are showing totals on the high end. [image]                       So the bottom line....Sunny today, cloudy tomorrow and rainy on Friday so we will trade in our jackets for some rain gear. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:57:31 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_COLD-TO-RAINY/BLOG/1501028/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-18T14:57:31Z Weather myFOXaustin Another taste of Winter this morning with lows in the 30s. Most of the freezing temps happened north and west of Austin for the second straight morning. The next storm system is coming into view. It is spinning west of California and will take aim on Texas as we wrap up the work week. [image]                       This will be a direct hit on us. It won't be like Sunday night when the rain was in and out of here. Expect multiple rounds of rain on Friday with a few storms that will stay below severe limits. [image]                       Here is what the computer model is showing. Enjoy the sunshine today because the clouds march in tomorrow. [image]                       The rain will soon follow late Thursday night into Friday. [image]                       The rain will be heavy at times and since we will get waves of rain the totals will add up. [image]                       The models are showing totals on the high end. [image]                       So the bottom line....Sunny today, cloudy tomorrow and rainy on Friday so we will trade in our jackets for some rain gear. 7, austin, center, climate, fox, national, noaa, november, prediction, rain, service, shields, showers, texas, tx, Weather, zack nonadult false COLD TO RAINY text blog 7,austin,center,climate,fox,national,noaa,november,prediction,rain,service,shields,showers,texas,tx,Weather,zack 99 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1501028 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_VIDEO-OF-LEONID-SHOWER/BLOG/1499572/82263.html If you missed the Leonid meteor shower because it was too cold or too late. Don't worry because I found some YouTube video of the event. I think you will like it. Enjoy! On the first one make sure you pay attention 20 seconds in. Here is some more video.     If you missed the Leonid meteor shower because it was too cold or too late. Don't worry because I found some YouTube video of the event. I think you will like it. Enjoy! On the first one make sure you pay attention 20 seconds in. Here is some more video.     Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:10 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_VIDEO-OF-LEONID-SHOWER/BLOG/1499572/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-17T16:14:10Z Weather myFOXaustin If you missed the Leonid meteor shower because it was too cold or too late. Don't worry because I found some YouTube video of the event. I think you will like it. Enjoy! On the first one make sure you pay attention 20 seconds in. Here is some more video.     7, 2009, astronomy, ausitn, fox, leonid, meteor, nasa, noaa, shields, shower, texas, weather, zack nonadult false VIDEO OF LEONID SHOWER text blog 7,2009,astronomy,ausitn,fox,leonid,meteor,nasa,noaa,shields,shower,texas,weather,zack 291 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1499572 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_LEONID-METEOR-SHOWER/BLOG/1498020/82263.html If you can brave the cold weather, there will be a great show going on in our night sky...the Leonid meteor shower. [image]                       This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight. If forecasters are correct,the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the Moon will be new, setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years. We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Our forecast is in good accord with independent theoretical work by other astronomers. Leonids are bits of debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every 33 years the comet visits the inner solar system and leaves a stream of dusty debris in its wake. Many of these streams have drifted across the November portion of Earth's orbit. Whenever we hit one, meteors come flying out of the constellation Leo. It's just a coincidence. This year, Mars happens to be passing by the Leonid radiant at the time of the shower. The Red Planet is almost twice as bright as a first magnitude star, so it makes an eye-catching companion for the Leonids: Courtesy: NASA If you can brave the cold weather, there will be a great show going on in our night sky...the Leonid meteor shower. [image]                       This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight. If forecasters are correct,the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the Moon will be new, setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years. We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Our forecast is in good accord with independent theoretical work by other astronomers. Leonids are bits of debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every 33 years the comet visits the inner solar system and leaves a stream of dusty debris in its wake. Many of these streams have drifted across the November portion of Earth's orbit. Whenever we hit one, meteors come flying out of the constellation Leo. It's just a coincidence. This year, Mars happens to be passing by the Leonid radiant at the time of the shower. The Red Planet is almost twice as bright as a first magnitude star, so it makes an eye-catching companion for the Leonids: Courtesy: NASA Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:31:02 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_LEONID-METEOR-SHOWER/BLOG/1498020/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-16T16:31:02Z Weather myFOXaustin If you can brave the cold weather, there will be a great show going on in our night sky...the Leonid meteor shower. [image]                       This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight. If forecasters are correct,the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. The phase of the Moon will be new, setting the stage for what could be one of the best Leonid showers in years. We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the Americas, and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Our forecast is in good accord with independent theoretical work by other astronomers. Leonids are bits of debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle. Every 33 years the comet visits the inner solar system and leaves a stream of dusty debris in its wake. Many of these streams have drifted across the November portion of Earth's orbit. Whenever we hit one, meteors come flying out of the constellation Leo. It's just a coincidence. This year, Mars happens to be passing by the Leonid radiant at the time of the shower. The Red Planet is almost twice as bright as a first magnitude star, so it makes an eye-catching companion for the Leonids: Courtesy: NASA 7, austin, fox, leonid, meteor, nasa, noaa, shields, shower, stargazing, texas, weather, zack nonadult false LEONID METEOR SHOWER text blog 7,austin,fox,leonid,meteor,nasa,noaa,shields,shower,stargazing,texas,weather,zack 195 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1498020 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_1ST-FREEZE-OF-YEAR/BLOG/1497787/82263.html Rain is gone and now the Winter-like chill will take over. The latest cold front has made it in. It produced a tiny line of showers overnight. Since the rain formed right on top of us the totals were low. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       Behind the front it will feel totally different...mostly sunny, much cooler and breezy. [image]                         Tonight with the winds relaxing and the clear/dry conditions in place, raditional cooling will be in high gear allowing temperatures to tumble quite a bit. Here is what the model is showing for lows tomorrow morning. [image]                       Some spots in Hill Country will have a light freeze so freeze advisories have been posted. Get ready for a taste of Winter. [image]                       Freeze warning for Llano and Gillespie Counties. Freeze watch that will turn into warning for San Saba and Mason counties. Keep jackets handy for the next few days.   Rain is gone and now the Winter-like chill will take over. The latest cold front has made it in. It produced a tiny line of showers overnight. Since the rain formed right on top of us the totals were low. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       Behind the front it will feel totally different...mostly sunny, much cooler and breezy. [image]                         Tonight with the winds relaxing and the clear/dry conditions in place, raditional cooling will be in high gear allowing temperatures to tumble quite a bit. Here is what the model is showing for lows tomorrow morning. [image]                       Some spots in Hill Country will have a light freeze so freeze advisories have been posted. Get ready for a taste of Winter. [image]                       Freeze warning for Llano and Gillespie Counties. Freeze watch that will turn into warning for San Saba and Mason counties. Keep jackets handy for the next few days.   Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:17:55 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_1ST-FREEZE-OF-YEAR/BLOG/1497787/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-16T14:17:55Z Weather myFOXaustin Rain is gone and now the Winter-like chill will take over. The latest cold front has made it in. It produced a tiny line of showers overnight. Since the rain formed right on top of us the totals were low. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       Behind the front it will feel totally different...mostly sunny, much cooler and breezy. [image]                         Tonight with the winds relaxing and the clear/dry conditions in place, raditional cooling will be in high gear allowing temperatures to tumble quite a bit. Here is what the model is showing for lows tomorrow morning. [image]                       Some spots in Hill Country will have a light freeze so freeze advisories have been posted. Get ready for a taste of Winter. [image]                       Freeze warning for Llano and Gillespie Counties. Freeze watch that will turn into warning for San Saba and Mason counties. Keep jackets handy for the next few days.   7, austin, central, first, for, fox, freeze, national, noaa, service, shields, texas, tx, weather, zack nonadult false 1ST FREEZE OF YEAR text blog 7,austin,central,first,for,fox,freeze,national,noaa,service,shields,texas,tx,weather,zack 108 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1497787 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_ASTEROID-NEAR-MISS/BLOG/1492308/82263.html A newly discovered asteroid designated 2009 VA, which is only about 7 meters in size, passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from the Earth's surface Nov. 6 at around 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid. The two closer approaches include the 1-meter sized asteroid 2008 TS26, which passed within 6,150 km of the Earth's surface on October 9, 2008, and the 7-meter sized asteroid 2004 FU162 that passed within 6,535 km on March 31, 2004. On average, objects the size of 2009 VA pass this close about twice per year and impact Earth about once every 5 years. Asteroid 2009 VA was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey about 15 hours before the close approach, and was quickly identified by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge MA as an object that would soon pass very close to the Earth. JPL's Near-Earth Object Program Office also computed an orbit solution for this object, and determined that it was not headed for an impact. Only thirteen months ago, the somewhat smaller object 2008 TC3 was discovered under similar circumstances, but that one was found to be on a trajectory headed for the Earth, with impact only about 11 hours away. Don Yeomans, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office November 9, 2009 [image] [image] A newly discovered asteroid designated 2009 VA, which is only about 7 meters in size, passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from the Earth's surface Nov. 6 at around 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid. The two closer approaches include the 1-meter sized asteroid 2008 TS26, which passed within 6,150 km of the Earth's surface on October 9, 2008, and the 7-meter sized asteroid 2004 FU162 that passed within 6,535 km on March 31, 2004. On average, objects the size of 2009 VA pass this close about twice per year and impact Earth about once every 5 years. Asteroid 2009 VA was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey about 15 hours before the close approach, and was quickly identified by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge MA as an object that would soon pass very close to the Earth. JPL's Near-Earth Object Program Office also computed an orbit solution for this object, and determined that it was not headed for an impact. Only thirteen months ago, the somewhat smaller object 2008 TC3 was discovered under similar circumstances, but that one was found to be on a trajectory headed for the Earth, with impact only about 11 hours away. Don Yeomans, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office November 9, 2009 [image] [image] Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:55:52 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_ASTEROID-NEAR-MISS/BLOG/1492308/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-12T12:55:52Z Weather myFOXaustin A newly discovered asteroid designated 2009 VA, which is only about 7 meters in size, passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from the Earth's surface Nov. 6 at around 16:30 EST. This is the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid. The two closer approaches include the 1-meter sized asteroid 2008 TS26, which passed within 6,150 km of the Earth's surface on October 9, 2008, and the 7-meter sized asteroid 2004 FU162 that passed within 6,535 km on March 31, 2004. On average, objects the size of 2009 VA pass this close about twice per year and impact Earth about once every 5 years. Asteroid 2009 VA was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey about 15 hours before the close approach, and was quickly identified by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge MA as an object that would soon pass very close to the Earth. JPL's Near-Earth Object Program Office also computed an orbit solution for this object, and determined that it was not headed for an impact. Only thirteen months ago, the somewhat smaller object 2008 TC3 was discovered under similar circumstances, but that one was found to be on a trajectory headed for the Earth, with impact only about 11 hours away. Don Yeomans, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office November 9, 2009 [image] [image] 7, asteroid, astronomy, austin, earth, fox, nasa, near, objects, of, shields, texas, weather, zack nonadult false ASTEROID NEAR-MISS text blog 7,asteroid,astronomy,austin,earth,fox,nasa,near,objects,of,shields,texas,weather,zack 405 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1492308 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SUNSET-PHOTO-CONTEST/BLOG/1464889/82263.html I had the honor of being a judge for the Oasis Sunset Photo Contest. I had a blast and met some great people. I had a tough time picking out the winners because there were so many good photos. I recommend going to this event next year. There is fun for the whole family. Here is look at the winners. These photos are copyright. The grand prize winner was Travis Simon. [image]                       Adult 1st place: Dan Goodwin [image]                         Adult 2nd place: Karen Turner [image]                       Adult 3rd place: Ron Peregrim [image]                       Senior 1st place: Linda Shepard [image]                         Senior 2nd Place: Richard Allen [image]                         Senior 3rd place: Geneva Petitt [image]                         Youth 1st Place: Cameron T. [image]                       Youth 2nd Place: Nat Jacks [image]                         Youth 3rd Place: Wayne Passailaigue [image]                         Congrats to all the people who took part in this photo contest. I had the honor of being a judge for the Oasis Sunset Photo Contest. I had a blast and met some great people. I had a tough time picking out the winners because there were so many good photos. I recommend going to this event next year. There is fun for the whole family. Here is look at the winners. These photos are copyright. The grand prize winner was Travis Simon. [image]                       Adult 1st place: Dan Goodwin [image]                         Adult 2nd place: Karen Turner [image]                       Adult 3rd place: Ron Peregrim [image]                       Senior 1st place: Linda Shepard [image]                         Senior 2nd Place: Richard Allen [image]                         Senior 3rd place: Geneva Petitt [image]                         Youth 1st Place: Cameron T. [image]                       Youth 2nd Place: Nat Jacks [image]                         Youth 3rd Place: Wayne Passailaigue [image]                         Congrats to all the people who took part in this photo contest. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:07:01 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SUNSET-PHOTO-CONTEST/BLOG/1464889/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-06T14:07:01Z Weather myFOXaustin I had the honor of being a judge for the Oasis Sunset Photo Contest. I had a blast and met some great people. I had a tough time picking out the winners because there were so many good photos. I recommend going to this event next year. There is fun for the whole family. Here is look at the winners. These photos are copyright. The grand prize winner was Travis Simon. [image]                       Adult 1st place: Dan Goodwin [image]                         Adult 2nd place: Karen Turner [image]                       Adult 3rd place: Ron Peregrim [image]                       Senior 1st place: Linda Shepard [image]                         Senior 2nd Place: Richard Allen [image]                         Senior 3rd place: Geneva Petitt [image]                         Youth 1st Place: Cameron T. [image]                       Youth 2nd Place: Nat Jacks [image]                         Youth 3rd Place: Wayne Passailaigue [image]                         Congrats to all the people who took part in this photo contest. 7, austin, contest, fox, lake, oasis, photo, pictures, shields, sunset, texas, travis, weather, zack nonadult false SUNSET PHOTO CONTEST text blog 7,austin,contest,fox,lake,oasis,photo,pictures,shields,sunset,texas,travis,weather,zack 374 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1464889 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_HURRICANE-IDA/BLOG/1460704/82263.html The third hurricane of the season has formed near Central America. A hurricane in November is a rare event. Only 37 of them have popped up in this month since 1900. Only 4 have hit the U.S. All of them have ended up in Florida. There is a chance that Ida, if she can get out of Central America alive, will migrate northward into the Gulf by next week. [image]                       Here is the latest statment from Hurricane Center. IDA BECOMES A HURRICANE AS IT NEARS THE COAST OF NICARAGUA... SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT IDA HAS STRENGTHENED TO A HURRICANE.AT 700 AM EST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 12.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 60MILES...100 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA AND ABOUT85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA.IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND AGRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE INFORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THEFORECAST TRACK...IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OFNICARAGUA THIS MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERNNICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS IDA MOVES INLAND OVERNICARAGUA TODAY.[image]Most of the models show Ida moving toward the Southeast. A cold front should keep it away from Texas. Of course, we will keep a close eye on it.[image] The third hurricane of the season has formed near Central America. A hurricane in November is a rare event. Only 37 of them have popped up in this month since 1900. Only 4 have hit the U.S. All of them have ended up in Florida. There is a chance that Ida, if she can get out of Central America alive, will migrate northward into the Gulf by next week. [image]                       Here is the latest statment from Hurricane Center. IDA BECOMES A HURRICANE AS IT NEARS THE COAST OF NICARAGUA... SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT IDA HAS STRENGTHENED TO A HURRICANE.AT 700 AM EST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 12.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 60MILES...100 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA AND ABOUT85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA.IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND AGRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE INFORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THEFORECAST TRACK...IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OFNICARAGUA THIS MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERNNICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS IDA MOVES INLAND OVERNICARAGUA TODAY.[image]Most of the models show Ida moving toward the Southeast. A cold front should keep it away from Texas. Of course, we will keep a close eye on it.[image] Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:58:40 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_HURRICANE-IDA/BLOG/1460704/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-05T13:58:40Z Weather myFOXaustin The third hurricane of the season has formed near Central America. A hurricane in November is a rare event. Only 37 of them have popped up in this month since 1900. Only 4 have hit the U.S. All of them have ended up in Florida. There is a chance that Ida, if she can get out of Central America alive, will migrate northward into the Gulf by next week. [image]                       Here is the latest statment from Hurricane Center. IDA BECOMES A HURRICANE AS IT NEARS THE COAST OF NICARAGUA... SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT IDA HAS STRENGTHENED TO A HURRICANE.AT 700 AM EST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IDA WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 12.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 60MILES...100 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA AND ABOUT85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA.IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND AGRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE INFORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THEFORECAST TRACK...IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OFNICARAGUA THIS MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERNNICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. IDA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONHURRICANE SCALE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS IDA MOVES INLAND OVERNICARAGUA TODAY.[image]Most of the models show Ida moving toward the Southeast. A cold front should keep it away from Texas. Of course, we will keep a close eye on it.[image] 7, america, austin, center, central, fox, hurricane, ida, national, noaa, november, shields, storms, texas, weather, zack nonadult false HURRICANE IDA text blog 7,america,austin,center,central,fox,hurricane,ida,national,noaa,november,shields,storms,texas,weather,zack 189 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 1460704 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_HERE-COMES-IDA/BLOG/1459287/82263.html TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...AIR FORCEPLANE IS EN ROUTE...[image]A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EASTERNCOAST OF NICARAGUA AND FOR THE ISLANDS OF SAN ANDRES ANDPROVIDENCIA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORMCONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24HOURS.FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITORPRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.AT 100 PM EST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVENWAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.3 WEST OR ABOUT65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANDRES ISLAND AND ABOUT100 MILES...160 KM...EAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA.THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7MPH...11 KM/HR...BUT A SLOWER MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY WITH ATURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF THEDEPRESSION WILL BE NEAR THE EAST COAST OF NICARAGUA THIS EVENING.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATERTHIS AFTERNOON AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED UNTIL LANDFALL.[image]The winds will near 50 mph before making landfall in Central America. After that the projected path is wide.The models are all over the place with this system. Some keep it over land and the other halfput it in the gulf next week. We have plenty of time to follow it.The chances it turns toward Texas is low because we are expecting a storm system to move infrom the west and should push it east. TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...AIR FORCEPLANE IS EN ROUTE...[image]A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EASTERNCOAST OF NICARAGUA AND FOR THE ISLANDS OF SAN ANDRES ANDPROVIDENCIA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORMCONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24HOURS.FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITORPRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.AT 100 PM EST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVENWAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.3 WEST OR ABOUT65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANDRES ISLAND AND ABOUT100 MILES...160 KM...EAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA.THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7MPH...11 KM/HR...BUT A SLOWER MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY WITH ATURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF THEDEPRESSION WILL BE NEAR THE EAST COAST OF NICARAGUA THIS EVENING.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATERTHIS AFTERNOON AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED UNTIL LANDFALL.[image]The winds will near 50 mph before making landfall in Central America. After that the projected path is wide.The models are all over the place with this system. Some keep it over land and the other halfput it in the gulf next week. We have plenty of time to follow it.The chances it turns toward Texas is low because we are expecting a storm system to move infrom the west and should push it east. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:03:15 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_HERE-COMES-IDA/BLOG/1459287/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-04T18:03:15Z Weather myFOXaustin TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...AIR FORCEPLANE IS EN ROUTE...[image]A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE EASTERNCOAST OF NICARAGUA AND FOR THE ISLANDS OF SAN ANDRES ANDPROVIDENCIA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORMCONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24HOURS.FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITORPRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.AT 100 PM EST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVENWAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.3 WEST OR ABOUT65 MILES...105 KM...SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANDRES ISLAND AND ABOUT100 MILES...160 KM...EAST OF BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA.THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7MPH...11 KM/HR...BUT A SLOWER MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY WITH ATURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF THEDEPRESSION WILL BE NEAR THE EAST COAST OF NICARAGUA THIS EVENING.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATERTHIS AFTERNOON AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED UNTIL LANDFALL.[image]The winds will near 50 mph before making landfall in Central America. After that the projected path is wide.The models are all over the place with this system. Some keep it over land and the other halfput it in the gulf next week. We have plenty of time to follow it.The chances it turns toward Texas is low because we are expecting a storm system to move infrom the west and should push it east. 7, america, austin, center, central, fox, hurricane, ida, service, shields, storm, texas, tropical, weather, zack nonadult false HERE COMES IDA text blog 7,america,austin,center,central,fox,hurricane,ida,service,shields,storm,texas,tropical,weather,zack 188 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1459287 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_NEW-PICS-OF-MERCURY/BLOG/1458915/82263.html A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of the planet Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unknown planet. The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft, known as MESSENGER, flew by Mercury on Sept. 29. The probe completed a critical gravity assist to remain on course to enter into orbit around Mercury in 2011. Despite shutting down temporarily because of a power system switchover during a solar eclipse, the spacecraft's cameras and instruments collected high-resolution and color images unveiling another 6 percent of the planet's surface never before seen at close range. [image] Approximately 98 percent of Mercury's surface now has been imaged by NASA spacecraft. After MESSENGER goes into orbit around Mercury, it will see the polar regions, which are the only unobserved areas of the planet. Many new features were revealed during the third flyby, including a region with a bright area surrounding an irregular depression, suspected to be volcanic in origin. Other images revealed a double-ring impact basin approximately 180 miles across. The basin is similar to a feature scientists call the Raditladi basin, which was viewed during the probe's first flyby of Mercury in January 2008. "This double-ring basin, seen in detail for the first time, is remarkably well preserved," said Brett Denevi, a member of the probe's imaging team and a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University in Tempe. "One similarity to Raditladi is its age, which has been estimated to be approximately one billion years old. Such an age is quite young for an impact basin, because most basins are about four times older. The inner floor of this basin is even younger than the basin itself and differs in color from its surroundings. We may have found the youngest volcanic material on Mercury." One of the spacecraft's instruments conducted its most extensive observations to date of Mercury's exosphere, or thin atmosphere, during this encounter. The flyby allowed for the first detailed scans over Mercury's north and south poles. The probe also has begun to reveal how Mercury's atmosphere varies with its distance from the sun.     [image]                         [image]                         [image] A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of the planet Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unknown planet. The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft, known as MESSENGER, flew by Mercury on Sept. 29. The probe completed a critical gravity assist to remain on course to enter into orbit around Mercury in 2011. Despite shutting down temporarily because of a power system switchover during a solar eclipse, the spacecraft's cameras and instruments collected high-resolution and color images unveiling another 6 percent of the planet's surface never before seen at close range. [image] Approximately 98 percent of Mercury's surface now has been imaged by NASA spacecraft. After MESSENGER goes into orbit around Mercury, it will see the polar regions, which are the only unobserved areas of the planet. Many new features were revealed during the third flyby, including a region with a bright area surrounding an irregular depression, suspected to be volcanic in origin. Other images revealed a double-ring impact basin approximately 180 miles across. The basin is similar to a feature scientists call the Raditladi basin, which was viewed during the probe's first flyby of Mercury in January 2008. "This double-ring basin, seen in detail for the first time, is remarkably well preserved," said Brett Denevi, a member of the probe's imaging team and a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University in Tempe. "One similarity to Raditladi is its age, which has been estimated to be approximately one billion years old. Such an age is quite young for an impact basin, because most basins are about four times older. The inner floor of this basin is even younger than the basin itself and differs in color from its surroundings. We may have found the youngest volcanic material on Mercury." One of the spacecraft's instruments conducted its most extensive observations to date of Mercury's exosphere, or thin atmosphere, during this encounter. The flyby allowed for the first detailed scans over Mercury's north and south poles. The probe also has begun to reveal how Mercury's atmosphere varies with its distance from the sun.     [image]                         [image]                         [image] Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:25:57 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_NEW-PICS-OF-MERCURY/BLOG/1458915/82263.html zackshields 2009-11-04T13:25:57Z Weather myFOXaustin A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of the planet Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unknown planet. The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft, known as MESSENGER, flew by Mercury on Sept. 29. The probe completed a critical gravity assist to remain on course to enter into orbit around Mercury in 2011. Despite shutting down temporarily because of a power system switchover during a solar eclipse, the spacecraft's cameras and instruments collected high-resolution and color images unveiling another 6 percent of the planet's surface never before seen at close range. [image] Approximately 98 percent of Mercury's surface now has been imaged by NASA spacecraft. After MESSENGER goes into orbit around Mercury, it will see the polar regions, which are the only unobserved areas of the planet. Many new features were revealed during the third flyby, including a region with a bright area surrounding an irregular depression, suspected to be volcanic in origin. Other images revealed a double-ring impact basin approximately 180 miles across. The basin is similar to a feature scientists call the Raditladi basin, which was viewed during the probe's first flyby of Mercury in January 2008. "This double-ring basin, seen in detail for the first time, is remarkably well preserved," said Brett Denevi, a member of the probe's imaging team and a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University in Tempe. "One similarity to Raditladi is its age, which has been estimated to be approximately one billion years old. Such an age is quite young for an impact basin, because most basins are about four times older. The inner floor of this basin is even younger than the basin itself and differs in color from its surroundings. We may have found the youngest volcanic material on Mercury." One of the spacecraft's instruments conducted its most extensive observations to date of Mercury's exosphere, or thin atmosphere, during this encounter. The flyby allowed for the first detailed scans over Mercury's north and south poles. The probe also has begun to reveal how Mercury's atmosphere varies with its distance from the sun.     [image]                         [image]                         [image] 7, austin, fox, mercury, messenger, nasa, shields, texas, weather, zack nonadult false NEW PICS OF MERCURY text blog 7,austin,fox,mercury,messenger,nasa,shields,texas,weather,zack 159 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 1458915 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_BIG-AUTUMN-STORM/BLOG/1444690/82263.html The sunny and gorgeous weather we enjoyed yesterday will disappear starting today with showers and storms moving in tonight. There is a very potent upper low spinning over the Four Corners. [image]                       It will produce feet of snow in the Rockies and then as it collides with the warm and moist air flowing off the Gulf, the storms will erupt in the middle of the U.S. This upper low is more powerful than the last one. There is more energy rotating around it. The low will pull in the moisture and lift it rapidly leading to a severe weather outbreak. [image]                       The severe storms will start in the Texas panhandle into the Plains today. [image]                         Chances of damaging hail are shown below followed by damaging wind chances. [image]                         [image]                         Tomorrow we are in the slight risk area for severe weather. Main concerns will be with large hail and strong winds. [image]                         This go around the line of storms should be in and out of here so rain totals will be lower than Monday's event. [image]                       It won't clear up immediately because another low pressure system will form west of us on Friday. This low will usher in more moisture and energy which will overrun the cool air at the surface. This interaction will cause overcast skies and on and off light rain as we wrap up the week. We are still forecasting a sunny, dry and mild Halloween weekend! The sunny and gorgeous weather we enjoyed yesterday will disappear starting today with showers and storms moving in tonight. There is a very potent upper low spinning over the Four Corners. [image]                       It will produce feet of snow in the Rockies and then as it collides with the warm and moist air flowing off the Gulf, the storms will erupt in the middle of the U.S. This upper low is more powerful than the last one. There is more energy rotating around it. The low will pull in the moisture and lift it rapidly leading to a severe weather outbreak. [image]                       The severe storms will start in the Texas panhandle into the Plains today. [image]                         Chances of damaging hail are shown below followed by damaging wind chances. [image]                         [image]                         Tomorrow we are in the slight risk area for severe weather. Main concerns will be with large hail and strong winds. [image]                         This go around the line of storms should be in and out of here so rain totals will be lower than Monday's event. [image]                       It won't clear up immediately because another low pressure system will form west of us on Friday. This low will usher in more moisture and energy which will overrun the cool air at the surface. This interaction will cause overcast skies and on and off light rain as we wrap up the week. We are still forecasting a sunny, dry and mild Halloween weekend! Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:05:08 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_BIG-AUTUMN-STORM/BLOG/1444690/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-28T13:05:08Z Weather myFOXaustin The sunny and gorgeous weather we enjoyed yesterday will disappear starting today with showers and storms moving in tonight. There is a very potent upper low spinning over the Four Corners. [image]                       It will produce feet of snow in the Rockies and then as it collides with the warm and moist air flowing off the Gulf, the storms will erupt in the middle of the U.S. This upper low is more powerful than the last one. There is more energy rotating around it. The low will pull in the moisture and lift it rapidly leading to a severe weather outbreak. [image]                       The severe storms will start in the Texas panhandle into the Plains today. [image]                         Chances of damaging hail are shown below followed by damaging wind chances. [image]                         [image]                         Tomorrow we are in the slight risk area for severe weather. Main concerns will be with large hail and strong winds. [image]                         This go around the line of storms should be in and out of here so rain totals will be lower than Monday's event. [image]                       It won't clear up immediately because another low pressure system will form west of us on Friday. This low will usher in more moisture and energy which will overrun the cool air at the surface. This interaction will cause overcast skies and on and off light rain as we wrap up the week. We are still forecasting a sunny, dry and mild Halloween weekend! 7, austin, center, central, chill, cpc, damagin, fox, hail, october, prediction, rain, severe, shields, storm, texas, tornadoes, tx, weather, winds, zack nonadult false BIG AUTUMN STORM text blog 7,austin,center,central,chill,cpc,damagin,fox,hail,october,prediction,rain,severe,shields,storm,texas,tornadoes,tx,weather,winds,zack 209 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1444690 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_FLOODING-PICS/BLOG/1343518/82263.html With the rain leaving Central Texas all the creeks and rivers are going back to normal. They are full but below flood stage. Lake Travis continues to rise. Now it is at 641'. It could go up to 644' by this weekend. Travis is still 40 feet from being full at least we are making progress. Here are some pictures of San Gabriel River near Georgetown after the heavy rain. The pictures were taken by Anthony Lira, a Junior from Georgetown High School. [image] [image] [image] [image] Enjoy the sunny and mild weekend!!!! More rain heading this way by Sunday night. With the rain leaving Central Texas all the creeks and rivers are going back to normal. They are full but below flood stage. Lake Travis continues to rise. Now it is at 641'. It could go up to 644' by this weekend. Travis is still 40 feet from being full at least we are making progress. Here are some pictures of San Gabriel River near Georgetown after the heavy rain. The pictures were taken by Anthony Lira, a Junior from Georgetown High School. [image] [image] [image] [image] Enjoy the sunny and mild weekend!!!! More rain heading this way by Sunday night. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:29 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_FLOODING-PICS/BLOG/1343518/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-23T12:56:29Z Weather myFOXaustin With the rain leaving Central Texas all the creeks and rivers are going back to normal. They are full but below flood stage. Lake Travis continues to rise. Now it is at 641'. It could go up to 644' by this weekend. Travis is still 40 feet from being full at least we are making progress. Here are some pictures of San Gabriel River near Georgetown after the heavy rain. The pictures were taken by Anthony Lira, a Junior from Georgetown High School. [image] [image] [image] [image] Enjoy the sunny and mild weekend!!!! More rain heading this way by Sunday night. 7, austin, central, flood, fox, gabriel, georgetown, lcra, national, river, san, service, shields, texas, tx, weather, zack nonadult false FLOODING PICS text blog 7,austin,central,flood,fox,gabriel,georgetown,lcra,national,river,san,service,shields,texas,tx,weather,zack 199 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1343518 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_LAKE-TRAVIS-RISING/BLOG/1340108/82263.html The remnants of Hurricane Rick collided with a cold front as promised and gave Central Texas a big rain event. Much of the area had rain for 15 straight hours. The showers did dump too much rain near Kingsland producing flooding. The radar estimated 6 to 9 inches of rain near Lake LBJ. Sure enough the gauges verify the totals. [image]                       The Sandy Creek and Pedernales River did reach flood stage last night. 24 hours before the rain there was barely in the water in them and now they are raging rivers. [image][image]                       There was so much rain upstream that the LCRA had to open 4 floodgates at Wirtz Dam on Lake LBJ and 10 floodgates at Starke Dam near Marble Falls. The water flowing downstream at 120,000 cubic feet per second. Since the rain has ended the flood threat is winding down. However, all the water is heading for Lake Travis finally!!! It could go up 10 to 12 feet in the next 24 hours. [image]                       Here is a look at some more rain totals across the area. [image]                       [image]                       [image] The remnants of Hurricane Rick collided with a cold front as promised and gave Central Texas a big rain event. Much of the area had rain for 15 straight hours. The showers did dump too much rain near Kingsland producing flooding. The radar estimated 6 to 9 inches of rain near Lake LBJ. Sure enough the gauges verify the totals. [image]                       The Sandy Creek and Pedernales River did reach flood stage last night. 24 hours before the rain there was barely in the water in them and now they are raging rivers. [image][image]                       There was so much rain upstream that the LCRA had to open 4 floodgates at Wirtz Dam on Lake LBJ and 10 floodgates at Starke Dam near Marble Falls. The water flowing downstream at 120,000 cubic feet per second. Since the rain has ended the flood threat is winding down. However, all the water is heading for Lake Travis finally!!! It could go up 10 to 12 feet in the next 24 hours. [image]                       Here is a look at some more rain totals across the area. [image]                       [image]                       [image] Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:10 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_LAKE-TRAVIS-RISING/BLOG/1340108/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-22T14:01:10Z Weather myFOXaustin The remnants of Hurricane Rick collided with a cold front as promised and gave Central Texas a big rain event. Much of the area had rain for 15 straight hours. The showers did dump too much rain near Kingsland producing flooding. The radar estimated 6 to 9 inches of rain near Lake LBJ. Sure enough the gauges verify the totals. [image]                       The Sandy Creek and Pedernales River did reach flood stage last night. 24 hours before the rain there was barely in the water in them and now they are raging rivers. [image][image]                       There was so much rain upstream that the LCRA had to open 4 floodgates at Wirtz Dam on Lake LBJ and 10 floodgates at Starke Dam near Marble Falls. The water flowing downstream at 120,000 cubic feet per second. Since the rain has ended the flood threat is winding down. However, all the water is heading for Lake Travis finally!!! It could go up 10 to 12 feet in the next 24 hours. [image]                       Here is a look at some more rain totals across the area. [image]                       [image]                       [image] 7, country, flood, fox, hill, lake, lcra, rain, shields, texas, travis, weather, zack nonadult false LAKE TRAVIS RISING!!! text blog 7,country,flood,fox,hill,lake,lcra,rain,shields,texas,travis,weather,zack 304 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1340108 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_KIDCASTER-TALENT/BLOG/1320303/82263.html My weather helper this morning not only did a great job talking about the weather but he has other great talents. He knows Turkish plus makes movies. He showed me some of his videos and I was very impressed. He made the following movies at home and also did some green screen work. Here is a sample... Here is a link to their youtube account. http://bit.ly/3tUU0W Enjoy! My weather helper this morning not only did a great job talking about the weather but he has other great talents. He knows Turkish plus makes movies. He showed me some of his videos and I was very impressed. He made the following movies at home and also did some green screen work. Here is a sample... Here is a link to their youtube account. http://bit.ly/3tUU0W Enjoy! Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:27:41 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_KIDCASTER-TALENT/BLOG/1320303/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-20T13:27:41Z Weather myFOXaustin My weather helper this morning not only did a great job talking about the weather but he has other great talents. He knows Turkish plus makes movies. He showed me some of his videos and I was very impressed. He made the following movies at home and also did some green screen work. Here is a sample... Here is a link to their youtube account. http://bit.ly/3tUU0W Enjoy! 7, animation, austin, fox, home, kidcaster, movies, shields, star, tx, videos, wars, weather, zack nonadult false KIDCASTER TALENT text blog 7,animation,austin,fox,home,kidcaster,movies,shields,star,tx,videos,wars,weather,zack 164 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 1320303 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SOLAR-ERUPTION/BLOG/1161944/82263.html Two spacecraft observing the sun captured a dramatic eruption from the surface of the sun over a 30-hour period in late September. The twin spacecraft, called Behind and Ahead because of their relative positions in space, captured the solar event, known as a solar prominence. Prominences, called filaments when they are viewed against the surface of the sun, are clouds of cooler gas suspended above the sun’s surface by magnetic forces. They can travel at 1,000 kilometres per second. Promincences, also knonw as coronal mass ejections, are not as dangerous as solar flares, which can disrupt telecommunications on Earth. Here are some photos of the eruption. [image]                       [image] Two spacecraft observing the sun captured a dramatic eruption from the surface of the sun over a 30-hour period in late September. The twin spacecraft, called Behind and Ahead because of their relative positions in space, captured the solar event, known as a solar prominence. Prominences, called filaments when they are viewed against the surface of the sun, are clouds of cooler gas suspended above the sun’s surface by magnetic forces. They can travel at 1,000 kilometres per second. Promincences, also knonw as coronal mass ejections, are not as dangerous as solar flares, which can disrupt telecommunications on Earth. Here are some photos of the eruption. [image]                       [image] Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:39:39 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SOLAR-ERUPTION/BLOG/1161944/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-14T15:39:39Z Weather myFOXaustin Two spacecraft observing the sun captured a dramatic eruption from the surface of the sun over a 30-hour period in late September. The twin spacecraft, called Behind and Ahead because of their relative positions in space, captured the solar event, known as a solar prominence. Prominences, called filaments when they are viewed against the surface of the sun, are clouds of cooler gas suspended above the sun’s surface by magnetic forces. They can travel at 1,000 kilometres per second. Promincences, also knonw as coronal mass ejections, are not as dangerous as solar flares, which can disrupt telecommunications on Earth. Here are some photos of the eruption. [image]                       [image] 7, and, austin, eruptions, flares, fox, nasa, noaa, shields, solar, spots, sun, tx, weather, zack nonadult false SOLAR ERUPTION text blog 7,and,austin,eruptions,flares,fox,nasa,noaa,shields,solar,spots,sun,tx,weather,zack 220 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 1161944 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SEVERE-THREAT-TODAY/BLOG/994619/82263.html A cold front charging into a Summer-like airmass means storms are in our future later today. Some of them could reach severe status. Main threat will be with large hail and damaging winds. [image]                       There is about a 15 to 30% chance that isolated storms could become severe. [image][image]                       The front right now is located along the I-20 corridor. It will near our neighborhoods by late afternoon firing off a line of storms. [image][image]                       Some of the storms will lingering into the evening because the front will slow down. We don't want the severe wx but more rain would be nice. Here is a look at future rain totals. [image]                       Even though the front will clear the area tonight and bring us cooler temps and lower humidity to the area tomorrow. We will experience another round of heavy rain and storms on Friday because the main low is still spinning west of us. [image]                       The low will take aim on Texas on Friday pulling in the moisture and lifting it. This will lead to a stormy setup to wrap up the work week. The low is forecast to move east of us over the weekend allowing the cool and dry wind flow to take over and give us a beautiful weekend. Tons of sun, highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, and low humidtiy will rule both Saturday and Sunday. A cold front charging into a Summer-like airmass means storms are in our future later today. Some of them could reach severe status. Main threat will be with large hail and damaging winds. [image]                       There is about a 15 to 30% chance that isolated storms could become severe. [image][image]                       The front right now is located along the I-20 corridor. It will near our neighborhoods by late afternoon firing off a line of storms. [image][image]                       Some of the storms will lingering into the evening because the front will slow down. We don't want the severe wx but more rain would be nice. Here is a look at future rain totals. [image]                       Even though the front will clear the area tonight and bring us cooler temps and lower humidity to the area tomorrow. We will experience another round of heavy rain and storms on Friday because the main low is still spinning west of us. [image]                       The low will take aim on Texas on Friday pulling in the moisture and lifting it. This will lead to a stormy setup to wrap up the work week. The low is forecast to move east of us over the weekend allowing the cool and dry wind flow to take over and give us a beautiful weekend. Tons of sun, highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, and low humidtiy will rule both Saturday and Sunday. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:52:35 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SEVERE-THREAT-TODAY/BLOG/994619/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-06T15:52:35Z Weather myFOXaustin A cold front charging into a Summer-like airmass means storms are in our future later today. Some of them could reach severe status. Main threat will be with large hail and damaging winds. [image]                       There is about a 15 to 30% chance that isolated storms could become severe. [image][image]                       The front right now is located along the I-20 corridor. It will near our neighborhoods by late afternoon firing off a line of storms. [image][image]                       Some of the storms will lingering into the evening because the front will slow down. We don't want the severe wx but more rain would be nice. Here is a look at future rain totals. [image]                       Even though the front will clear the area tonight and bring us cooler temps and lower humidity to the area tomorrow. We will experience another round of heavy rain and storms on Friday because the main low is still spinning west of us. [image]                       The low will take aim on Texas on Friday pulling in the moisture and lifting it. This will lead to a stormy setup to wrap up the work week. The low is forecast to move east of us over the weekend allowing the cool and dry wind flow to take over and give us a beautiful weekend. Tons of sun, highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, and low humidtiy will rule both Saturday and Sunday. 7, austin, center, damaging, fox, hail, prediction, severe, shields, storm, texas, tornadoes, tx, weather, winds, zack nonadult false SEVERE THREAT TODAY text blog 7,austin,center,damaging,fox,hail,prediction,severe,shields,storm,texas,tornadoes,tx,weather,winds,zack 284 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 994619 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_RAINY-WEEK-AHEAD/BLOG/978203/82263.html As promised, we got a soggy weekend. The gauges got a nice workout. The rain really added up and caused a mud bowl at ACL Fest. Here are the rain totals over the weekend. Very impressive!!! [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       The rain formula is still in place for multiple rounds of rain and storms this week. There is a slow moving low out west. As long as we are east of it skies will be mostly cloudy with more rain. The low will be a moisture pump and send more waves of low pressure our way to interact with two cold fronts. [image]                       [image]                       The 1st front arrives early on Wednesday that is when the 1st wave of storms rolls through the area. [image]                       The next front will arrive on Friday. This one will collide with the massive low out west to give us a round of widespread heavy rain and severe storms as we wrap up the work week. Through Wednesday here is a look at future rain totals. [image]                       Furture rain totals through Friday will be much higher. [image]                       Keep the rain gear handy. If this rainy weather keeps up we will put a big dent in the drought. As promised, we got a soggy weekend. The gauges got a nice workout. The rain really added up and caused a mud bowl at ACL Fest. Here are the rain totals over the weekend. Very impressive!!! [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       The rain formula is still in place for multiple rounds of rain and storms this week. There is a slow moving low out west. As long as we are east of it skies will be mostly cloudy with more rain. The low will be a moisture pump and send more waves of low pressure our way to interact with two cold fronts. [image]                       [image]                       The 1st front arrives early on Wednesday that is when the 1st wave of storms rolls through the area. [image]                       The next front will arrive on Friday. This one will collide with the massive low out west to give us a round of widespread heavy rain and severe storms as we wrap up the work week. Through Wednesday here is a look at future rain totals. [image]                       Furture rain totals through Friday will be much higher. [image]                       Keep the rain gear handy. If this rainy weather keeps up we will put a big dent in the drought. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:52:11 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_RAINY-WEEK-AHEAD/BLOG/978203/82263.html zackshields 2009-10-05T13:52:11Z Weather myFOXaustin As promised, we got a soggy weekend. The gauges got a nice workout. The rain really added up and caused a mud bowl at ACL Fest. Here are the rain totals over the weekend. Very impressive!!! [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       The rain formula is still in place for multiple rounds of rain and storms this week. There is a slow moving low out west. As long as we are east of it skies will be mostly cloudy with more rain. The low will be a moisture pump and send more waves of low pressure our way to interact with two cold fronts. [image]                       [image]                       The 1st front arrives early on Wednesday that is when the 1st wave of storms rolls through the area. [image]                       The next front will arrive on Friday. This one will collide with the massive low out west to give us a round of widespread heavy rain and severe storms as we wrap up the work week. Through Wednesday here is a look at future rain totals. [image]                       Furture rain totals through Friday will be much higher. [image]                       Keep the rain gear handy. If this rainy weather keeps up we will put a big dent in the drought. 7, acl, austin, center, central, climate, fest, fox, national, prediction, rain, service, shields, soggy, texas, totals, tx, weather, wet, zack nonadult false RAINY WEEK AHEAD text blog 7,acl,austin,center,central,climate,fest,fox,national,prediction,rain,service,shields,soggy,texas,totals,tx,weather,wet,zack 216 10 5.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 978203 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SOUTH-ASIA-TSUNAMI/BLOG/870259/82263.html style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"  A tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday. The toll was expected to rise. The same day, western Indonesia was rocked by a strong underwater temblor, briefly triggering a tsunami alert for countries along the Indian Ocean and sending panicked residents out of their houses. The alert was later canceled. Survivors of the South Pacific islands tsunami fled the fast-churning water for higher ground and remained huddled there hours after the quake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn Tuesday. The quake was centered about 125 miles (200 kilometers) from Samoa, an island nation of 180,000 people located about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. It was about 120 miles (190 kilometers) from neighboring American Samoa, a U.S. territory that is home to 65,000 people. Four tsunami waves 15 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) high roared ashore on American Samoa, reaching up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) inland, Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa, was quoted as saying by a parks service spokeswoman. Hampered by power and communications outages, officials struggled to determine damage and casualties. By KENI LESA and FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press Writers Keni Lesa And Fili Sagapolutele, Associated Press Writers [image]                 Here are some the aftermath pictures in that part of the world. [image]                       [image]                         [image]                         [image] style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"  A tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday. The toll was expected to rise. The same day, western Indonesia was rocked by a strong underwater temblor, briefly triggering a tsunami alert for countries along the Indian Ocean and sending panicked residents out of their houses. The alert was later canceled. Survivors of the South Pacific islands tsunami fled the fast-churning water for higher ground and remained huddled there hours after the quake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn Tuesday. The quake was centered about 125 miles (200 kilometers) from Samoa, an island nation of 180,000 people located about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. It was about 120 miles (190 kilometers) from neighboring American Samoa, a U.S. territory that is home to 65,000 people. Four tsunami waves 15 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) high roared ashore on American Samoa, reaching up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) inland, Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa, was quoted as saying by a parks service spokeswoman. Hampered by power and communications outages, officials struggled to determine damage and casualties. By KENI LESA and FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press Writers Keni Lesa And Fili Sagapolutele, Associated Press Writers [image]                 Here are some the aftermath pictures in that part of the world. [image]                       [image]                         [image]                         [image] Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:56:37 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SOUTH-ASIA-TSUNAMI/BLOG/870259/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-30T12:56:37Z Weather myFOXaustin style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;"  A tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday. The toll was expected to rise. The same day, western Indonesia was rocked by a strong underwater temblor, briefly triggering a tsunami alert for countries along the Indian Ocean and sending panicked residents out of their houses. The alert was later canceled. Survivors of the South Pacific islands tsunami fled the fast-churning water for higher ground and remained huddled there hours after the quake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn Tuesday. The quake was centered about 125 miles (200 kilometers) from Samoa, an island nation of 180,000 people located about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. It was about 120 miles (190 kilometers) from neighboring American Samoa, a U.S. territory that is home to 65,000 people. Four tsunami waves 15 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) high roared ashore on American Samoa, reaching up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) inland, Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa, was quoted as saying by a parks service spokeswoman. Hampered by power and communications outages, officials struggled to determine damage and casualties. By KENI LESA and FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, Associated Press Writers Keni Lesa And Fili Sagapolutele, Associated Press Writers [image]                 Here are some the aftermath pictures in that part of the world. [image]                       [image]                         [image]                         [image] 7, asia, austin, australia, fox, shields, south, tsunami, weather, zack nonadult false SOUTH ASIA TSUNAMI text blog 7,asia,austin,australia,fox,shields,south,tsunami,weather,zack 196 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 870259 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_AUSTRALIA-RED-SKY-GREAT-VIDEO/BLOG/812365/82263.html Australia's worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed the heavily populated east coast Wednesday in a cloud of red Outback grit, nearly closed the country's largest airport and left millions of people coughing and sputtering in the streets. No one was hurt as a result of the pall that swept in overnight, bringing an eerie orange dawn to Sydney, but ambulance services reported a spike in emergency calls from people with breathing difficulties, and police warned drivers to take it easy on the roads. Dust clouds blowing east from Australia's dry interior — parched even further by the worst drought on record — covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil, threw it high into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles (kilometers). International flights were diverted from Sydney to other cities — three from New Zealand were turned around altogether — and domestic schedules were thrown into chaos as operations at Sydney Airport were curtailed by unsafe visibility levels. Passenger ferries on the city's famous harbor were also stopped for several hours for safety reasons. The storms — visible as a huge brown smudge in satellite photographs of Australia on Wednesday — are the most severe since the 1940s, experts said. One was recorded traveling from southern Australia all the way to New Zealand some 1,400 miles (2,220 kilometers) away. By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 23, 4:10 am ET Here is some of the video of the red and weird looking sky caused by the rare and massive dust storm. You can see the dust storm from space...impressive! [image]   Australia's worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed the heavily populated east coast Wednesday in a cloud of red Outback grit, nearly closed the country's largest airport and left millions of people coughing and sputtering in the streets. No one was hurt as a result of the pall that swept in overnight, bringing an eerie orange dawn to Sydney, but ambulance services reported a spike in emergency calls from people with breathing difficulties, and police warned drivers to take it easy on the roads. Dust clouds blowing east from Australia's dry interior — parched even further by the worst drought on record — covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil, threw it high into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles (kilometers). International flights were diverted from Sydney to other cities — three from New Zealand were turned around altogether — and domestic schedules were thrown into chaos as operations at Sydney Airport were curtailed by unsafe visibility levels. Passenger ferries on the city's famous harbor were also stopped for several hours for safety reasons. The storms — visible as a huge brown smudge in satellite photographs of Australia on Wednesday — are the most severe since the 1940s, experts said. One was recorded traveling from southern Australia all the way to New Zealand some 1,400 miles (2,220 kilometers) away. By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 23, 4:10 am ET Here is some of the video of the red and weird looking sky caused by the rare and massive dust storm. You can see the dust storm from space...impressive! [image]   Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:58:05 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_AUSTRALIA-RED-SKY-GREAT-VIDEO/BLOG/812365/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-23T12:58:05Z Weather myFOXaustin Australia's worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed the heavily populated east coast Wednesday in a cloud of red Outback grit, nearly closed the country's largest airport and left millions of people coughing and sputtering in the streets. No one was hurt as a result of the pall that swept in overnight, bringing an eerie orange dawn to Sydney, but ambulance services reported a spike in emergency calls from people with breathing difficulties, and police warned drivers to take it easy on the roads. Dust clouds blowing east from Australia's dry interior — parched even further by the worst drought on record — covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil, threw it high into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles (kilometers). International flights were diverted from Sydney to other cities — three from New Zealand were turned around altogether — and domestic schedules were thrown into chaos as operations at Sydney Airport were curtailed by unsafe visibility levels. Passenger ferries on the city's famous harbor were also stopped for several hours for safety reasons. The storms — visible as a huge brown smudge in satellite photographs of Australia on Wednesday — are the most severe since the 1940s, experts said. One was recorded traveling from southern Australia all the way to New Zealand some 1,400 miles (2,220 kilometers) away. By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press Writer – Wed Sep 23, 4:10 am ET Here is some of the video of the red and weird looking sky caused by the rare and massive dust storm. You can see the dust storm from space...impressive! [image]   7, austin, australia, dust, fox, noaa, red, shields, sky, storm, weather, zack nonadult false AUSTRALIA RED SKY: GREAT VIDEO text blog 7,austin,australia,dust,fox,noaa,red,shields,sky,storm,weather,zack 291 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 812365 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_1ST-AUTUMN-RAIN-MUST-SEE/BLOG/793692/82263.html What a way to start off Fall...lots of rain and much cooler weather. Just yesterday it was sunny, hot and dry. Today it is just the opposite. Rounds and rounds of soaking rain without severe weather. Plus it is 20 to 30 degrees cooler. We have been waiting for this weather pattern change for months. What a welcome sight! Here are the rain totals from 11 am Tuesday. It is still raining so totals will probably end up slightly higher. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       I did some research and found out that we were way overdue for a rainy month. [image]                       The other big story....autumn temperatures on the way just in time for the start of the new season. [image]                       [image]                       Kind of chilly tomorrow morning. I think it will be refreshing. Enjoy because we are back into the 90s over the weekend. What a way to start off Fall...lots of rain and much cooler weather. Just yesterday it was sunny, hot and dry. Today it is just the opposite. Rounds and rounds of soaking rain without severe weather. Plus it is 20 to 30 degrees cooler. We have been waiting for this weather pattern change for months. What a welcome sight! Here are the rain totals from 11 am Tuesday. It is still raining so totals will probably end up slightly higher. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       I did some research and found out that we were way overdue for a rainy month. [image]                       The other big story....autumn temperatures on the way just in time for the start of the new season. [image]                       [image]                       Kind of chilly tomorrow morning. I think it will be refreshing. Enjoy because we are back into the 90s over the weekend. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:01:58 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_1ST-AUTUMN-RAIN-MUST-SEE/BLOG/793692/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-22T16:01:58Z Weather myFOXaustin What a way to start off Fall...lots of rain and much cooler weather. Just yesterday it was sunny, hot and dry. Today it is just the opposite. Rounds and rounds of soaking rain without severe weather. Plus it is 20 to 30 degrees cooler. We have been waiting for this weather pattern change for months. What a welcome sight! Here are the rain totals from 11 am Tuesday. It is still raining so totals will probably end up slightly higher. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       I did some research and found out that we were way overdue for a rainy month. [image]                       The other big story....autumn temperatures on the way just in time for the start of the new season. [image]                       [image]                       Kind of chilly tomorrow morning. I think it will be refreshing. Enjoy because we are back into the 90s over the weekend. 7, austin, autumn, central, drought, fall, fox, lcra, lone, national, rain, service, shields, showers, soaker, star, state, texas, weather, zack nonadult false 1ST AUTUMN RAIN: MUST SEE text blog 7,austin,autumn,central,drought,fall,fox,lcra,lone,national,rain,service,shields,showers,soaker,star,state,texas,weather,zack 195 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 793692 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_NEW-RAIN-RESEARCH/BLOG/715566/82263.html I came across an article about how raindrops fall faster and may have led to overestimating rainfall. Here are the details on the research. I caGraciela FloresNatural History MagazineLiveScience.com graciela Floresnatural History Magazinelivescience.com – Mon Sep 14, 6:25 pm ET Raindrops just broke their own speed record: they can drop faster than anyone thought possible. Larger drops are speedier than smaller ones because they are heavier and so can more easily overcome air resistance. But there's a limit to how fast a drop can go, a "terminal velocity" achieved when the downward force of gravity equals the upward drag of the air. Thus, whenever smaller drops are detected apparently beating larger ones in the race to the ground, atmospheric scientists interpret the observations as errors by recording instruments. But Guillermo Montero-Martínez and Fernando García-García of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and colleagues audaciously propose that the scientists, and not the instruments, have been wrong. After measuring the speed and size of 65,000 raindrops, they concluded that half of all drops break their supposed speed limit. The explanation: when a large drop falling at full speed breaks up - either because it becomes unstable or collides with another drop - the resulting droplets continue at the same speed, too fast for their diminutive size. After a few milliseconds, air resistance slows each drop to its own expected terminal velocity. The transgression, however short-lived, is noteworthy. By interpreting small, fast drops as larger ones, meteorologists relying on specialized rain gauges or Doppler radar over the years might have been overestimating the amount of rainfall by as much as 20 percent. The research was detailed in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. I came across an article about how raindrops fall faster and may have led to overestimating rainfall. Here are the details on the research. I caGraciela FloresNatural History MagazineLiveScience.com graciela Floresnatural History Magazinelivescience.com – Mon Sep 14, 6:25 pm ET Raindrops just broke their own speed record: they can drop faster than anyone thought possible. Larger drops are speedier than smaller ones because they are heavier and so can more easily overcome air resistance. But there's a limit to how fast a drop can go, a "terminal velocity" achieved when the downward force of gravity equals the upward drag of the air. Thus, whenever smaller drops are detected apparently beating larger ones in the race to the ground, atmospheric scientists interpret the observations as errors by recording instruments. But Guillermo Montero-Martínez and Fernando García-García of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and colleagues audaciously propose that the scientists, and not the instruments, have been wrong. After measuring the speed and size of 65,000 raindrops, they concluded that half of all drops break their supposed speed limit. The explanation: when a large drop falling at full speed breaks up - either because it becomes unstable or collides with another drop - the resulting droplets continue at the same speed, too fast for their diminutive size. After a few milliseconds, air resistance slows each drop to its own expected terminal velocity. The transgression, however short-lived, is noteworthy. By interpreting small, fast drops as larger ones, meteorologists relying on specialized rain gauges or Doppler radar over the years might have been overestimating the amount of rainfall by as much as 20 percent. The research was detailed in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:53:00 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_NEW-RAIN-RESEARCH/BLOG/715566/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-15T13:53:00Z Weather myFOXaustin I came across an article about how raindrops fall faster and may have led to overestimating rainfall. Here are the details on the research. I caGraciela FloresNatural History MagazineLiveScience.com graciela Floresnatural History Magazinelivescience.com – Mon Sep 14, 6:25 pm ET Raindrops just broke their own speed record: they can drop faster than anyone thought possible. Larger drops are speedier than smaller ones because they are heavier and so can more easily overcome air resistance. But there's a limit to how fast a drop can go, a "terminal velocity" achieved when the downward force of gravity equals the upward drag of the air. Thus, whenever smaller drops are detected apparently beating larger ones in the race to the ground, atmospheric scientists interpret the observations as errors by recording instruments. But Guillermo Montero-Martínez and Fernando García-García of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and colleagues audaciously propose that the scientists, and not the instruments, have been wrong. After measuring the speed and size of 65,000 raindrops, they concluded that half of all drops break their supposed speed limit. The explanation: when a large drop falling at full speed breaks up - either because it becomes unstable or collides with another drop - the resulting droplets continue at the same speed, too fast for their diminutive size. After a few milliseconds, air resistance slows each drop to its own expected terminal velocity. The transgression, however short-lived, is noteworthy. By interpreting small, fast drops as larger ones, meteorologists relying on specialized rain gauges or Doppler radar over the years might have been overestimating the amount of rainfall by as much as 20 percent. The research was detailed in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. austin, fox7, overestimated, raindrop, rainfall, shields, speed, texas, weather, zack nonadult false NEW RAIN RESEARCH text blog austin,fox7,overestimated,raindrop,rainfall,shields,speed,texas,weather,zack 230 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 715566 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_DROUGHT-RELIEF/BLOG/695137/82263.html It took months but all the ingredients came together to give us a decent rain event. The dry ground has been begging for rain and Mother Nature finally delivered. More rain is on the way. What a beautiful sight...rain gauges getting a workout. Here are the rain totals from Thursday. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       We have a low pressure system parked over Del Rio. As long as we are east of the low, we are in good shape for more soggy weather. I noticed another upper low spinning over the Southwest that will enhance the rain activity for Saturday and Sunday. [image]                         This is the perfect setup for drought and heat relief. [image][image]                       The low and front will move to the east late on Sunday. This is when the rain will decrease and things will dry out. How much more rain? Here is the latest model run. I like it. [image]                       Have a great weekend and stay dry!!!! It took months but all the ingredients came together to give us a decent rain event. The dry ground has been begging for rain and Mother Nature finally delivered. More rain is on the way. What a beautiful sight...rain gauges getting a workout. Here are the rain totals from Thursday. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       We have a low pressure system parked over Del Rio. As long as we are east of the low, we are in good shape for more soggy weather. I noticed another upper low spinning over the Southwest that will enhance the rain activity for Saturday and Sunday. [image]                         This is the perfect setup for drought and heat relief. [image][image]                       The low and front will move to the east late on Sunday. This is when the rain will decrease and things will dry out. How much more rain? Here is the latest model run. I like it. [image]                       Have a great weekend and stay dry!!!! Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:57:00 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_DROUGHT-RELIEF/BLOG/695137/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-11T12:57:00Z Weather myFOXaustin It took months but all the ingredients came together to give us a decent rain event. The dry ground has been begging for rain and Mother Nature finally delivered. More rain is on the way. What a beautiful sight...rain gauges getting a workout. Here are the rain totals from Thursday. [image]                       [image]                       [image]                       We have a low pressure system parked over Del Rio. As long as we are east of the low, we are in good shape for more soggy weather. I noticed another upper low spinning over the Southwest that will enhance the rain activity for Saturday and Sunday. [image]                         This is the perfect setup for drought and heat relief. [image][image]                       The low and front will move to the east late on Sunday. This is when the rain will decrease and things will dry out. How much more rain? Here is the latest model run. I like it. [image]                       Have a great weekend and stay dry!!!! 7, austin, center, climate, cooler, drought, flash, flooding, fox, prediction, rain, relief, shields, temps, texas, tx, weather, zack nonadult false DROUGHT RELIEF!!! text blog 7,austin,center,climate,cooler,drought,flash,flooding,fox,prediction,rain,relief,shields,temps,texas,tx,weather,zack 262 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 695137 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SPACE-SHUTTLE-VIEWINGS/BLOG/629142/82263.html Yes, we have another chance to the see the shuttle and ISS flyby the next few days. Here is the list of times and where to look. THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 31 TO TUE SEP 15 SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) ISS Wed Sep 02/06:06 AM 2 21 11 above N 21 above NE ISS Thu Sep 03/06:30 AM 5 81 11 above NW 12 above SE ISS Fri Sep 04/05:22 AM < 1 22 21 above NNE 22 above NE ISS Fri Sep 04/09:42 PM < 1 10 10 above WSW 10 above WSW ISS Sat Sep 05/05:47 AM 2 65 65 above S 12 above SE ISS Sat Sep 05/08:32 PM 4 29 10 above SSW 18 above E ISS Sun Sep 06/06:13 AM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW ISS Sun Sep 06/08:57 PM 5 45 10 above WSW 13 above NNE ISS Mon Sep 07/09:24 PM 1 12 12 above NW 10 above N ISS Tue Sep 08/08:13 PM 3 42 40 above WNW 10 above NNE ISS Wed Sep 09/08:39 PM 1 12 12 above NNW 10 above NNW ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED   THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 31 TO WED SEP 16 SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) SHUTTLE Wed Sep 02/06:06 AM 2 21 11 above N 21 above NE SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03/06:30 AM 5 81 11 above NW 12 above SE SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/05:22 AM < 1 22 21 above NNE 22 above NE SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/09:42 PM < 1 10 10 above WSW 10 above WSW SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05/05:48 AM 2 65 65 above S 12 above SE SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05/08:32 PM 4 30 10 above SSW 18 above E SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/06:14 AM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/08:57 PM 5 45 10 above WSW 13 above NNE SHUTTLE Mon Sep 07/09:25 PM 1 12 12 above NW 10 above N SHUTTLE Tue Sep 08/08:14 PM 3 41 39 above WNW 10 above NNE SHUTTLE Wed Sep 09/08:40 PM 1 12 12 above NNW 10 above NNW ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED Yes, we have another chance to the see the shuttle and ISS flyby the next few days. Here is the list of times and where to look. THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 31 TO TUE SEP 15 SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) ISS Wed Sep 02/06:06 AM 2 21 11 above N 21 above NE ISS Thu Sep 03/06:30 AM 5 81 11 above NW 12 above SE ISS Fri Sep 04/05:22 AM < 1 22 21 above NNE 22 above NE ISS Fri Sep 04/09:42 PM < 1 10 10 above WSW 10 above WSW ISS Sat Sep 05/05:47 AM 2 65 65 above S 12 above SE ISS Sat Sep 05/08:32 PM 4 29 10 above SSW 18 above E ISS Sun Sep 06/06:13 AM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW ISS Sun Sep 06/08:57 PM 5 45 10 above WSW 13 above NNE ISS Mon Sep 07/09:24 PM 1 12 12 above NW 10 above N ISS Tue Sep 08/08:13 PM 3 42 40 above WNW 10 above NNE ISS Wed Sep 09/08:39 PM 1 12 12 above NNW 10 above NNW ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED   THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 31 TO WED SEP 16 SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) SHUTTLE Wed Sep 02/06:06 AM 2 21 11 above N 21 above NE SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03/06:30 AM 5 81 11 above NW 12 above SE SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/05:22 AM < 1 22 21 above NNE 22 above NE SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/09:42 PM < 1 10 10 above WSW 10 above WSW SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05/05:48 AM 2 65 65 above S 12 above SE SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05/08:32 PM 4 30 10 above SSW 18 above E SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/06:14 AM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/08:57 PM 5 45 10 above WSW 13 above NNE SHUTTLE Mon Sep 07/09:25 PM 1 12 12 above NW 10 above N SHUTTLE Tue Sep 08/08:14 PM 3 41 39 above WNW 10 above NNE SHUTTLE Wed Sep 09/08:40 PM 1 12 12 above NNW 10 above NNW ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:54:52 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_SPACE-SHUTTLE-VIEWINGS/BLOG/629142/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-02T13:54:52Z Weather myFOXaustin Yes, we have another chance to the see the shuttle and ISS flyby the next few days. Here is the list of times and where to look. THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 31 TO TUE SEP 15 SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) ISS Wed Sep 02/06:06 AM 2 21 11 above N 21 above NE ISS Thu Sep 03/06:30 AM 5 81 11 above NW 12 above SE ISS Fri Sep 04/05:22 AM < 1 22 21 above NNE 22 above NE ISS Fri Sep 04/09:42 PM < 1 10 10 above WSW 10 above WSW ISS Sat Sep 05/05:47 AM 2 65 65 above S 12 above SE ISS Sat Sep 05/08:32 PM 4 29 10 above SSW 18 above E ISS Sun Sep 06/06:13 AM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW ISS Sun Sep 06/08:57 PM 5 45 10 above WSW 13 above NNE ISS Mon Sep 07/09:24 PM 1 12 12 above NW 10 above N ISS Tue Sep 08/08:13 PM 3 42 40 above WNW 10 above NNE ISS Wed Sep 09/08:39 PM 1 12 12 above NNW 10 above NNW ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED   THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 31 TO WED SEP 16 SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) SHUTTLE Wed Sep 02/06:06 AM 2 21 11 above N 21 above NE SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03/06:30 AM 5 81 11 above NW 12 above SE SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/05:22 AM < 1 22 21 above NNE 22 above NE SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/09:42 PM < 1 10 10 above WSW 10 above WSW SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05/05:48 AM 2 65 65 above S 12 above SE SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05/08:32 PM 4 30 10 above SSW 18 above E SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/06:14 AM < 1 10 10 above SSW 10 above SSW SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/08:57 PM 5 45 10 above WSW 13 above NNE SHUTTLE Mon Sep 07/09:25 PM 1 12 12 above NW 10 above N SHUTTLE Tue Sep 08/08:14 PM 3 41 39 above WNW 10 above NNE SHUTTLE Wed Sep 09/08:40 PM 1 12 12 above NNW 10 above NNW ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED 7, astronauts, austin, fox, nasa, noaa, shields, shuttle, sightings, space, weather, zack nonadult false SPACE SHUTTLE VIEWINGS text blog 7,astronauts,austin,fox,nasa,noaa,shields,shuttle,sightings,space,weather,zack 321 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 629142 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_CALIFORNIA-FIRE-PHOTOS/BLOG/626523/82263.html A scary scene near Los Angeles where a massive fire is out of control. It has already burned 121,000 acres and is only 5% contained. The fire is located where they haven't seen fires for nearly 40 years. The vegetation is thick and that is why the firefighters are having a tough time with it. They may have the fire surrounded by September  15. The fire is 25 miles wide forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. This fire is only 15 miles north of downtown LA. [image]                         The fire is so massive that you can see it from space. [image]                       The following photos are from Reuters and AP... They are amazing. When you first look at them you think a volcano is erupting or there is a storm forming. [image]                       [image]                       I can't imagine seeing this from my backyard. [image]                       I have never seen a supertanker like this one. [image]                       I found some youtube video of the plume of smoke. At first, I though a supercell storm was moving in but the plume so massive and it is becoming one big cloud. A scary scene near Los Angeles where a massive fire is out of control. It has already burned 121,000 acres and is only 5% contained. The fire is located where they haven't seen fires for nearly 40 years. The vegetation is thick and that is why the firefighters are having a tough time with it. They may have the fire surrounded by September  15. The fire is 25 miles wide forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. This fire is only 15 miles north of downtown LA. [image]                         The fire is so massive that you can see it from space. [image]                       The following photos are from Reuters and AP... They are amazing. When you first look at them you think a volcano is erupting or there is a storm forming. [image]                       [image]                       I can't imagine seeing this from my backyard. [image]                       I have never seen a supertanker like this one. [image]                       I found some youtube video of the plume of smoke. At first, I though a supercell storm was moving in but the plume so massive and it is becoming one big cloud. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:19:30 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_CALIFORNIA-FIRE-PHOTOS/BLOG/626523/82263.html zackshields 2009-09-01T16:19:30Z Weather myFOXaustin A scary scene near Los Angeles where a massive fire is out of control. It has already burned 121,000 acres and is only 5% contained. The fire is located where they haven't seen fires for nearly 40 years. The vegetation is thick and that is why the firefighters are having a tough time with it. They may have the fire surrounded by September  15. The fire is 25 miles wide forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. This fire is only 15 miles north of downtown LA. [image]                         The fire is so massive that you can see it from space. [image]                       The following photos are from Reuters and AP... They are amazing. When you first look at them you think a volcano is erupting or there is a storm forming. [image]                       [image]                       I can't imagine seeing this from my backyard. [image]                       I have never seen a supertanker like this one. [image]                       I found some youtube video of the plume of smoke. At first, I though a supercell storm was moving in but the plume so massive and it is becoming one big cloud. 7, angeles, austin, california, disaster, fires, fox, los, pictures, shields, smoke, tx, weather, zack nonadult false CALIFORNIA FIRE PHOTOS text blog 7,angeles,austin,california,disaster,fires,fox,los,pictures,shields,smoke,tx,weather,zack 306 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 0 626523 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_YES-AUGUST-RAIN/BLOG/593054/82263.html What an interesting Thursday! We hit 103 moving into 2nd place for most 100 degree days...67. Shortly after, the clouds unleashed the rain several times around Austin. The most rain we have seen in one day since June 11. It was also nice to feel the rain-cooled air dropping temps into the 70s. Here is a sample of rain totals around the area. It was pretty widespread. [image][image]                       [image]                       [image][image]                       [image] What an interesting Thursday! We hit 103 moving into 2nd place for most 100 degree days...67. Shortly after, the clouds unleashed the rain several times around Austin. The most rain we have seen in one day since June 11. It was also nice to feel the rain-cooled air dropping temps into the 70s. Here is a sample of rain totals around the area. It was pretty widespread. [image][image]                       [image]                       [image][image]                       [image] Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:01:22 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_YES-AUGUST-RAIN/BLOG/593054/82263.html zackshields 2009-08-28T14:01:22Z Weather myFOXaustin What an interesting Thursday! We hit 103 moving into 2nd place for most 100 degree days...67. Shortly after, the clouds unleashed the rain several times around Austin. The most rain we have seen in one day since June 11. It was also nice to feel the rain-cooled air dropping temps into the 70s. Here is a sample of rain totals around the area. It was pretty widespread. [image][image]                       [image]                       [image][image]                       [image] 7, august, austin, central, downpours, fox, lcra, rain, shields, spc, storms, texas, totals, weather, zack nonadult false YES, AUGUST RAIN! text blog 7,august,austin,central,downpours,fox,lcra,rain,shields,spc,storms,texas,totals,weather,zack 236 0 0.0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=4690568&as=82263 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/82263/photos/PHOTO_2564436_82263_4690568_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 593054 4690568 Member 0 http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_TAYLOR-WIND-DAMAGE/BLOG/578478/82263.html What caused the wind damage in Taylor? tornado, straight-line winds or microburst. The answer is microburst. It was nice to see the rain but we don't want to see wind damage. [image]                         This time of year there is so much heat and energy stored up in the atmosphere. When storms finally pop up they drop tons of rain in a short amount of time especially when the storm collapses. [image][image]                       The result is a microburst. It is a very strong downdraft that can produce winds up to 80 to 100 mph. It normally impacts a small area and doesn't last long but causes significant damage. This is what a microburst looks like... [image][image]                       [image]                         This is what it does when it reaches the ground. [image]                         [image][image]                         [image]                         [image]                         [image]                         You can tell it wasn't a tornado because the damage doesn't have a swirling pattern. Everything is pushed to one side. I want to thank Brandon Bostick of Taylor for the photos. Anytime you want to send us photos just send them to weather@fox7.com   What caused the wind damage in Taylor? tornado, straight-line winds or microburst. The answer is microburst. It was nice to see the rain but we don't want to see wind damage. [image]                         This time of year there is so much heat and energy stored up in the atmosphere. When storms finally pop up they drop tons of rain in a short amount of time especially when the storm collapses. [image][image]                       The result is a microburst. It is a very strong downdraft that can produce winds up to 80 to 100 mph. It normally impacts a small area and doesn't last long but causes significant damage. This is what a microburst looks like... [image][image]                       [image]                         This is what it does when it reaches the ground. [image]                         [image][image]                         [image]                         [image]                         [image]                         You can tell it wasn't a tornado because the damage doesn't have a swirling pattern. Everything is pushed to one side. I want to thank Brandon Bostick of Taylor for the photos. Anytime you want to send us photos just send them to weather@fox7.com   Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:33:07 GMT http://community2.myfoxaustin.com/_TAYLOR-WIND-DAMAGE/BLOG/578478/82263.html zackshields 2009-08-26T16:33:07Z Weather myFOXaustin What caused the wind damage in Taylor? tornado, straight-line winds or microburst. The answer is microburst. It was nice to see the rain but we don't want to see wind damage. [image]                         This time of year there is so much heat and energy stored up in the atmosphere. When storms finally pop up they drop tons of rain in a short amount of time especially when the storm collapses. [image][image]                       The result is a microburst. It is a very strong downdraft that can produce winds up to 80 to 100 mph. It normally impacts a small area and doesn't last long but causes significant damage. This is what a microburst looks like... [image][image]                       [image]                         This is what it does when it reaches the ground. [image]                         [image][image]                         [image]                         [image]                         [image]                         You can tell it wasn't a tornado because the damage doesn't have a swirling pattern. Everything is pushed to one side. I want to thank Brandon Bostick of Taylor for the photos. 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