It's May, but feels like August!

[Colorado Cowboy]

For the last 2 to 3 weeks it has rained every afternoon. Feels like August and Monsoon season. This afternoon it clouded up (after a beautiful sunny morning), lightning, thunder, hail and rain. We got over 1/2" and it's still raining. My place looks like a jungle with the weeds taking over. I sprayed this morning, but doubt if it does any good as the rain probably will wash away all the weed killer.

 

[JimP]

It's rained enough in my area that I haven't had to run the sprinklers yet this year, they are ready but that is all.

It looks like we are now in for a dry spell. No rain is forested for the next week. I have been able to get out and take care of a few weeds but I only have 1/2 a acre to deal with and I have a local company spray my lawn for weeds along with fertilizer. One of my neighbors was in the hospital for a couple of weeks and his lawn looks like a dandelion advertisement.

I looked at the Eagle River yesterday and it is running high and fast. I watched a video the other day where a wrecker service had to get a truck out of Powell, they said that the water is coming up fast. The truck had gotten stuck on dry ground and within 3 days it was close to going under. I also saw where they opened up one of the dry boat ramps to houseboats.

And there is still a lot of snow up in them hills.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Yep lots of snow still up in the La Platas. I have not run my sprinklers either. Just turned them on and adjusted them as needed. The Dolores River is running at almost 5000 cu ft. This week we lost a rafter too. Lake McPhee is full and the Dolores down river is roaring.

 

[JimP]

I'll be down that way come this Wednesday. My sister is going to be over and she wants to take a trip to Silverton. She came up 550 years ago in a snowstorm and she said that all she could see was snow and a glimpse of the hillside across the road every now and then. It looks like it is going to be clear so she'll get a sight as we head south out of Ouray with the drop offs and no guardrails.

 

[kidoggy]

550! SHE IS OLD!

 

[ColoradoV]

Just over 3” on my parents rain gauge here in BV in the past 10 days = that is a ton for early May like once in 20 years. Green green green here!!

Rivers are high and surfing is .

 

[Hilltop]

Could send some my way in Nebraska. We have been extremely dry. All of our marshes are dried up with no rain in the forecast.

 

[Rich M]

Very little rain down here.

 

[JimP]

I just saw a report that shows that Lake Powell is raising about a foot a day.

That's a lot of water flowing into that pond.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

The first time I was at Powell was in 1972 when the lake was filling. It was raising a foot a day then too.

 

[JimP]

Here is a video of a truck rescue out of Powell this year.