We have sent you another "gift" from the mainland in the form of a nasty area of storm cells.
Of course it comes with the usual wrapping paper of lots of lightning and thunder, accompanied by high winds. But we tied a special bow for you on
this one. Huge amounts of rain! There were several periods in the night where it exceeded two inches per hour.........for 20-30 minutes at a time.
Going out to look for flood damage that simply has to be there.
It appears a part of this huge system is now approaching an area from San Sebastian to the south to San Francisquito to the north. Anything to report?Russ - 7-13-2014 at 06:39 AM
cloudy a little rain and light wind. I think we missed the brunt of this one..... so farWhale-ista - 7-13-2014 at 07:09 AM
Please send next one more north. We're dying for some rain up here near the border.Hook - 7-13-2014 at 08:23 AM
Well, the town fared better than I expected, and the arroyos are running but only 4-6 inches deep. It's the first time they have had running water
this year.
The ground has definitely reached saturation now. The next series will really have water moving.BajaBlanca - 7-13-2014 at 09:00 AM
whether it was your causing from mainland or not, we have had tons of clouds and much humidity. So much hotter than usual this past week.Bob and Susan - 7-13-2014 at 09:05 AM
Yeah, Bob, our low was 74 this AM. That's the lowest temp we've seen since about mid April.
This is, by far, the warmest year since I've lived here, especially the winter. Since the first week of December, we never had a low below 53 F.Cliffy - 7-13-2014 at 10:20 AM
Used to clean pools for a living many moons ago. Haven't had or wanted a pool since then :-)vandenberg - 7-13-2014 at 11:42 AM
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Originally posted by Cliffy
Used to clean pools for a living many moons ago. Haven't had or wanted a pool since then :-)
Owning a pool is very similar to owning a boat.
BTW, a few hours of rain here in Loreto, heavy at times.
[Edited on 7-13-2014 by vandenberg]bajabuddha - 7-13-2014 at 12:02 PM
Word to the wise, if you are there and get the tormentas, be sure to empty all sources of standing water, from buckets & cans to water inside of
old tires. The smallest of puddles can produce larvae, and a friend did get Dengue fever in San Lucas two summers ago.
Enjoy the wet! Bob and Susan - 7-13-2014 at 12:07 PM
the rain is over...
here on the bay...
it's a beautiful day
[Edited on 7-13-2014 by Bob and Susan]shari - 7-13-2014 at 01:42 PM
this time we even got some cloud in Asuncion today which is lovely and cool...great for walking, gardening and watering...happy Sunday everyone!Mulegena - 7-13-2014 at 03:58 PM
It's a cool, overcast hella-humid day today with a light breeze...
... this after a howling wind from the north woke us up about 5 in the morning. It thumped the doors, knocked over outdoor furniture and rolled it
around and bent the palm trees over. We got enough rain to re-wet the laundry I'd left out on the line and muddy that which got blown off and strewn
around the yard.
She was a'blowin' fierce!Cliffy - 7-13-2014 at 05:38 PM
The two best days in a boat owners life?
The day he buys it and the day he sells it! :-)
Here in Page AZ at 5:30 PM it's 103 and 13% humidity, not a breath of windBob and Susan - 7-13-2014 at 07:44 PM
you should be swimming in your pool : )Cliffy - 7-13-2014 at 07:51 PM
Ah, Cliffy; your personal swimming pool is also known as "The World's Biggest Bathtub Ring"!
Wuz on it in '80 when it finally filled to 'pool-level'.
Wuz on it when it hit 8' above 'pool-level ('83 and '84)
Wuz told in '78 as a guide i'd live to see a silted in channel to Hite, and that happened over 10 years ago. Just sayin', your pool is a LOT less
than 185 miles long now. Prolly more like 140.
No offense meant amigo, just an old river raton loving a living river instead of a dead lake. My ol' man went with Ken Sleight down Glen Canyon the
year they put in the 'plug' ('63), love your country, almost moved to Page.
Far's your 'pool' is concerned, those (I think) 23 churches in a mile stretch of road in Page better get busy. Oh, and if Fred's Liquors is still in
business, give 'em my reguards!! Hook - 7-14-2014 at 07:01 AM
We stopped by Hite last summer. At the time, the NPS rangers were saying that the future existence of Hite was very much up in the air; at least as a
ranger station, campground/picnic ground, etc. They were supposed to be informed shortly and it could have gotten the axe by Oct 1 of last year.
Has anybody heard anything about whether it will continue? It's a beautiful area but without the Lake, there isn't that much reason to go there.
EDIT: Just went on the NPS concessionaire's page and it appears to still be operating. I guess there is appeal for those who want to get the Colorado
River feel for boating.
[Edited on 7-14-2014 by Hook]bajabuddha - 7-14-2014 at 11:16 AM
Hook, I can tell you that the silted-in channel to Hite is permanent, at least for the next few lifetimes and generations until the whole lake plugs
up with sediment to the dam. The San Juan River Arm sediment is out-pacing the Colorado at a phenomenal rate, as the San Juan carries much more
effluence than either the Green or Colorado combined per cubic feet per second, so that will rapidly enhance the lower 'plugging' too.
Hite's a goner, period. They'll still use it for the river runners coming down from Cataract Canyon trips, but as far as ever being a 'lake' again
with marina, docks and amenities, forget it. Just a parking lot for trailers and shuttle drivers. The 'silt-wall' passed the Hite latitude almost 10
years ago.
Also, the lake is now at an unprecedented low level due to the ongoing drought/over-usage situation. It'd take years of high-level flows to bring up
the levels, and IF that ever does occur, means more heavy sedimentation at the same time. If you want to float your boat, do it at Bullfrog Marina.Cliffy - 7-14-2014 at 12:17 PM
Yes Hite is high and dry for the most part but that is 140+ miles north of the dam.
We had 20,000 people on the lake July 4th weekend. San Juan does deposit tons of junk in that arm but it is 60+ miles long before the lake main body.
In time the lake can do nothing but fill with trash but, as mentioned, it will take a century or more. I'll be long gone. Every dam on the river all
the way to the Mexican border is filling with trash at one rate or another. I run the river below the dam and there are areas where water used to run
unchecked 60 feet higher than it does now during the spring runoff.
The main body of the lake is alive and well right now. I've included the official water web page below.
It shows the lake at @50% capacity but the last 50% is in the last 100 feet of lake level up to 3700' MSL. Bath tub ring, yup, it has one. Have been
coming here for 35 years and now live here but you beat me with running the river in 63 :-) Have books showing way back when.Cliffy - 7-14-2014 at 12:21 PM
Forgot to add that Fred's is still here and church row is still there also.
Had a good friend become the first airplane crash victim here in 65 when he crashed in the then just filling lake and drowned. We both went to the
same high school and flew together several times.bajabuddha - 7-14-2014 at 01:13 PM
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Originally posted by Cliffy
.....you beat me with running the river in 63 :-) Have books showing way back when.
It wuz my Pappy that went down with Ken Sleight in '63, in a group from the Utah State Historical Society; gave Ken the 'bragging rights' to be the
last one down Glen (which is b.s., but so's most river rats to begin with *wink*).
My first trip down from Moab to Hite was '77 as a customer, got hooked, got a guide license that winter and did it for many years thereafter. Ah, the
good ol' daze.
What was this thread about again? Cliffy - 7-14-2014 at 03:40 PM
I thought it was about????? OH weather!
Well it's 95 here right now and no T storms so far Hows it in PC or Muly or??
BTW I used to guide down river from the dam to Lees Ferry on the pontoon boats.
