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[Floradude]

Unless mother nature hurries up we will not even make the average rainfall for the month of July...never mind 20% extra.
I am having to have my sprinkler system turned back on and supplent with hand watering some of my plants. Reminds me of Spring.

[cedros]

It is getting annoying. I thought I would get a nice long break after 8 months of watering but the rain is faltering.

[jaykay]

I don't know how many of you have noticed but the Chapala weather net is down more or less because of the phone company. I use that site as my go to to find out how we and the Lake are doing. I hope the phone people get off their buns, 'cause I need my daily fix.

[Luke]

I thought I read in the Guadalajara Reporter that the lake had recovered more already this year than it did all last rainy season? Anyway, we are getting a nice steady shower right now. Maybe it will turn into something more.

[johanson]

Yes, so far the links shown at http://ceajalisco.gob.mx/chapala.html indicate that so far the lake is going up faster than last year. And so far so good, if it keeps raining.

How did I get this URL? I got this link from the Chapala weather web page and copied it down just in case there was an outage.

[cedros]

I thought I read in the Guadalajara Reporter that the lake had recovered more already this year than it did all last rainy season? Anyway, we are getting a nice steady shower right now. Maybe it will turn into something more.

The Guadaljara Reporter said the lake has gained ALMOST the same amount not more. But remember this year we are starting from a low that is more than a meter lower than last years low.

[Bisbee Gal]

Yes, so far the links shown at http://ceajalisco.gob.mx/chapala.html indicate that so far the lake is going up faster than last year. And so far so good, if it keeps raining.

How did I get this URL? I got this link from the Chapala weather web page and copied it down just in case there was an outage.

Hey, Pete,

Do you happen to have the link to the radar page for Mexico that used to be at the chapalaweather.net page? I have googled and googled and can't find that site.

TIA,
Bisbee

[Mad_Max]

Hey, Pete,

Do you happen to have the link to the radar page for Mexico that used to be at the chapalaweather.net page? I have googled and googled and can't find that site.

TIA,
Bisbee

?? This site? http://smn.cna.gob.m...id=10&Itemid=17

[Bisbee Gal]

?? This site? http://smn.cna.gob.m...id=10&Itemid=17

No, but thanks.

It was one that showed a pretty decent map of MX, with 'regular' Dopler .... yellows/greens/red.

[Mainecoons]

You can go here and from there go to all sorts of views and types.

http://www.srh.weath...tl_ir4_loop.php

I use this view because it shows what might be on the way. We are having a real problem with large high pressure in the Gulf of Mexico that is really screwing up our rainy season.

[Mark_T]

Go to the malicon in Chapala and see how much the lake has received over the last 9 months.

A couple more years like these last three and a lot of lake will be gone.

I understand that water is drawn from the lake to feed parts of Guadalajara; is this correct?

[Mainecoons]

That amounts to a couple of inches per year. The big problem is diversion of river water upstream for irrigation and evaporation.

[johanson]

Here is the only link I have http://hurricane.acc...ner=accuweather

Oh, here's another http://sirocco.accuw.../ei/isaemex.gif

[punxsyjim]

Here's my query:
I look south and see rain on the other side of the mountains.
Driving along the south shore, I see arroyos that siphon the (north slope) rain into the Lake, but I see no "rivers" until approaching the eastern end.
Where does all that rain to the south of the mountains go??
I guess it finds its way to the Pacific, but there's darn little of it that come north??

(I must be retired. Too much time to wonder about such stuff!)

[Mainecoons]

The errant high pressure has pushed the moisture to the south and west, hence you are seeing large buildups to the south but very little in our area. This same system is exacerbating the drought in New Mexico, pushing their normal "monsoon" flow to the west.

[Bisbee Gal]

Here is the only link I have http://hurricane.acc...ner=accuweather

Oh, here's another http://sirocco.accuw.../ei/isaemex.gif

Yes, Gracias, the 2nd one. Shows all of MX, Central America and I can even see how the monsoon is doing in my other hometown.

[giltner68]

The "window" for us to get rain is very narrow. If you look due E in the evenings you'll see clouds beginning to build and then often they split and some go N of the mountains to Guad, more go S to Michoacan, when you see lightening almost exactly due E then we have a chance, but we're going to come up 2" short this month which should be our heaviest.

[Mad_Max]

That amounts to a couple of inches per year. The big problem is diversion of river water upstream for irrigation and evaporation.

And here is a wonderful example - http://www.informado...ara-chapala.htm

They all got together and agreed upon conventions and rules for dams etc effecting the flow into Lake Chapala. But now, opps, I guess there are no penalties for violating the agreement which is happening now - which is a good example of why locals are saying no to a second aqueduct - no one trusts anyone.

[LaChula]

Yes, so far the links shown at http://ceajalisco.gob.mx/chapala.html indicate that so far the lake is going up faster than last year. And so far so good, if it keeps raining.

How did I get this URL? I got this link from the Chapala weather web page and copied it down just in case there was an outage.

Mexican news is reporting that Lake Chapala is 5 cm higher now than during the same period last year. I see an improvement on my daily morning walks on the malecon.

[Bisbee Gal]

Unless mother nature hurries up we will not even make the average rainfall for the month of July...never mind 20% extra.
I am having to have my sprinkler system turned back on and supplent with hand watering some of my plants. Reminds me of Spring.

But look at the bright side:

The avg. rainfall Jan-Jul is 17.7 inches.
Jan-Jul this year is 18.96 inches.
So, we've had over 7% more rain than average thusfar this year.