Wonderful Rain!

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

Well, it certainly is not a drought breaker, but at least we have finally received rain. Between 6 and 9 a.m. this morning Abilene Regional Airport recorded 0.26" of rain. I received just about 0.20" on the South side of town as well.
The bad news is, our Western communities saw little or no rain. While our Eastern counties received anywhere from a quarter of an inch to just over an inch in isolated areas.

There's been a little confusion over the weekend as to how long we have gone without measurable rainfall in Abilene. The last measurable rainfall before this morning was on December 17th of last year when we received 0.01" of rain. Anything less than 0.01" is defined by the National Weather Service as only a trace and is not measurable. There were reports Saturday that said it had been since October 31, 2005. Now, that was the last time we received more than a tenth of inch of rainfall, which to most is the last significant rainfall total. Since October 31 we have now received 0.37" of rain.

There are chances for rain this week. We'll talk more about those rain chances here on the blog tomorrow.