North Texas Begins To See Fall Colors-- Only On A Faster Track Now.

Fall colors have started to appear in North Texas as they usually do around the first of November. It seems that this year,  however, they are on a fast track to change rather than the slow change usually seen.

Final Totals from Rain Event

With the last reporting of .03 inches of rainfall at the 06:53 reporting by the National Weather Service at Dallas/Ft.Worth International Airport, the keeper of the official rain gage for the Metroplex, here is a breakdown by the 6-hour reporting totals.:

October 22 18:53-------------0.39-inches
October 23 00:53-------------2.18-inches
October 23 06.53-------------0.33-inches
October 23 12:53-------------1.70-inches
October 23 18:53-------------0.16-inches
October 24 00:53-------------1.46-inches
October 24 06:53-------------1.33-inches
October 24 12:53-------------0.09-inches
October 25 06:63-------------0.03-inches

Total rainfall 10-22-to 25
06:53 reporting hour is         7.67-inches

NB-- notice that there is no reported rain fall at the October 24 at 18:53 or at 00:53 on the 25th. No rain fell at those reported hours but fell after the 00:53 hours reporting. That is the marked decline of the storms  rain fall as the cold front moved across and the moisture from Tropical Depression Patricia was pushed farther south toward the Gulf and the Houston area.

October is traditionally the wettest month in the Metroplex. Up until this time we had no rain but a recorded trace for October. The past three days was everything it had been hyped to be as you can see from the totals.

Double that and then some just south of us  and totals were showing up as 17.67-inches in Corsicana, Texas. The rushing waters washed a BNSF train of gondola cars right off the tracks and put it on its side.

No rain is forecast until this coming week-end. Oh! Boy!

The Rain Is Winding Down

As of 06:53 reporting at DFW International (the official weather reporting station for the Dallas/Ft.Worth Metroplex) 7.55 inches of rain has fallen. There is another 0.09 of an inch not included in this update, but will be included in the final total.

On a side note-- Tug boater Mike should be in the air heading to Toronto and then on to home base Halifax, NS. at this writing. At least we gave you some transition weather between Texas heat and your winter season already underway for your return home. 

Latest Update on Rain Totals

At the 21:53 update, another 1.25 inches from the previous update totals. DFW has recorded 5.85 inches up to this latest update with 2-5 inches predicted for tomorrow thru Sunday. 

Update on the Rain Totals

At the 12:53 update at Dallas/Ft.Worth International, 4.60 inches have been recorded. Currently, we are in a dry period wave. That just means there is much more to come tonight, tomorrow and Sunday.
Hurricane Patricia, the largest Hurricane ever recorded with winds at 200 MPH and a Barometer registering at 25.97, the lowest pressure ever recorded due to move inland. It will then cross the mountains of Mexico and get picked up by the jet stream, bringing the moisture into Texas. It's gonna be a weekend under the roof.

The Rains Have Returned

After 4 months without rain and  after the record month of rain in May, the rains have returned.

As of 22:53 today, Thursday, 22 October 2015, the rains started about 13:30 this afternoon and DFW International has reported a total of 1.86 inches of rain with two more days of solid rain coming from Hurricane Patricia in eastern Pacific near the Baja of California. Totals look to be very impressive by Sunday when the rain begins to taper off. Flash flood warnings are up.

Will update throughout the weekend.

Emirates A380 Just Arrived at DFW.

The Emirates flight was not at Terminal D late this morning. Since they fly daily service, everyone was wondering what was going on. Obviously, with the flight just arriving at a quarter after 10 tonight, either a schedule change is in the works or something else. The Qantas flight was right on time and graced the skies as it made the wide turn to the final. The field was full of people snapping photos for the first time. For aviation buffs, it's still the thrill it was the first time you saw that plane of your dreams come in and land. Awesome.(Click on anyone of the images to enlarge).

The DFW Firefighters were practicing and training.

UPS was just about to make his turn but said hello first!

Qantas A-380. It's not a Doug Parker, that's for sure!