Trying to remember who all to tag in that part of TXâŚ
@kerrilux_625778
@bmscott
@NoBellePrizeWinner
And possibly @drvillarejos in Louisiana?
Am I forgetting anyone?!?
Just a general heads up to @ehsanchez and @gingerSnaps543222 too, I guess.
Thanks for the heads up! I think maybe @Sophia818 and @DeepInTheHeartofTexas might be in the area too.
Thanks! I saw this post today, too. Apparently weâve had around 4" of rain in my area in the last two days alone. As long as itâs not all coming down in a few hours I think weâll be fine. Praying that this rain works more towards busting the drought instead of floods. Hopefully none of that 15"-20" mess between Dallas and Shreveport materializes in an overwhelming way!
Yup! Weâre in DFW. Thanks for the heads up @kerrilux_625778 and @amvanhoose_701479! We literally just went 90+ days without any measurable precipitation and now to be looking at next weekâs forecast feels a bit unreal.
We drove through the DFW area a few weeks ago and I was surprised to see how much worse the drought is up there than it is down here. I hated seeing trees dead from no water in 110 degree heat.
Itâs still not even a tropical depression yet, apparently. Minor street flooding expected. Those along the rivers could have some issues, though, depending on rainfall patterns in the different watersheds.
We were looking forward to it, but it seems the rain predictions have dropped, but I guess it is better than nothing. We will still get rain though.
Looks like when I go to bed Sunday will be the first open windows day. I love that, get fresh air in the house.
Itâs been a brutal summer. 
My niece in Austin sent this photo of a boat ramp at Lake Travis. I only know it was taken this summer.
She says they started getting rain Thursday, with lots of wrecks due to the oil on the roads from so many days of no-rain. The wind that came before the rain kicked up so much dust, visibility was poor.
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The tropical outlook as of 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (National Hurricane Center)
After yet another system failed to organize into a tropical depression or storm over the weekend in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center is looking at a new system with the potential to develop in the Atlantic Ocean.
As of the NHCâs 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a tropical wave located near the Cabo Verde Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms as it moves west into the tropical Atlantic.
âEnvironmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for gradual development of this system while it moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic during the early to middle part of this week,â according to the outlook.
Aug 21st - NHC tracks two weak disturbances with a low chance of development over the next 5 days. Elsewhere, fresh to locally strong SW #winds & #seas up to 9 ft have developed along & just south of the monsoon trough from 06N-10N b/w 120W & 125W. More at http://hurricanes.gov/marine pic.twitter.com/WfI4ZARlhH
â NHC_TAFB (@NHC_TAFB) August 21, 2022
The NHC gives the system a 20% chance to form into a depression or the next named tropical storm in the next five days.
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Tropics outlook Aug. 22 (The National Hurricane Center)
A tropical wave in the east Atlantic had its odds of development increase Monday afternoon as it pushes west toward the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A tropical wave, which formed Sunday, is located a few hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands and moving at around 15 mph. The wave has a 10% chance of forming into a depression or a tropical storm in the next two days and 30% chance of development over the next five days. As of now, it is producing more concentrated showers and thunderstorms than Monday morning.
Paging the following for a status check;
@kerrilux_625778 @bmscott @NoBellePrizeWinner @DeepInTheHeartofTexas @Sophia818
Here in Houston, just getting intermittent showers or downpours. The bad news is, we think we may have a sprinkler system leak and our yard isnât drying out thoroughly enough to sort it. The good news is, itâs keeping the yard wet enough weâve just turned off the water to the whole system and can procrastinate having to deal with it. 
Hour east of Dallas, just intermittent showers. No flooding at all.
Thanks for checking on us 
Weâre about 30 miles north of Dallas and havenât had too much rain. Just on and off for the last day - nothing major thankfully!
We are fine. DH is digging a root cellar but hit water shockingly early. The water level isnât even as high as it was 4 months ago. The dry time was nice for digging without water.
But then we live in an exurb NE of DFW. Ratio of open land to concrete is really good. For example our back yard neighbor is a hay field. Our elevation is good. For us to flood, it would have to be biblical.
Now the goats are traumatized. Goats hate rain and hate getting their hoofs wet. We also have a litter of kittens and even being inside-only most of them werenât happy with their first rain storm experience.
Thanks for checking on us! We are good here. Dallas had crazy overnight rain and the roads this morning were horrible. Numerous people having to be rescued out of cars, reports of neck high water, etc. Fortunately for us, the biggest concern I had was how to get my kids into school without getting soaked.
Iâm NE tooâŚGreenville area. Also have a hay field behind us!
Weâre good. Got soaked taking the kids into schoool this morning though.
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The tropical outlook as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (National Hurricane Center)
The National Hurricane Center is keeping track of one tropical wave already in the Atlantic and another expected to form off the coast of Africa both with chances to form into the seasonâs next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHCâs 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the wave located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands has fallen in chances to form since Monday as shower activity remains minimal.
âDevelopment, if any, of this system is expected to be slow to occur during the next several days while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic,â the NHC said in the outlook.
That system has only a 10% chance of formation in the next five days.
A new potential tropical wave that could form off the coast of western Africa in the far eastern Atlantic, though, has higher chances.
âEnvironmental conditions could support some slow development of this system late this week or over the weekend while it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph,â the NHC said.
It has a 20% chance to become a tropical system in the next five days.
I know I havenât lived here very long but it sure seems like there havenât been as many hurricanes or possible hurricanes headed our way this year. Maybe itâs just me?
