We had a good, steady rain all day Friday. It did a world of good for our drought situation. The MT.Net weather station reports 1.86 inches fell Friday – amazing for 24 hours.
The Falls Lake water level jumped considerably from the rain as well. It is now just 2.6 feet below normal: a considerable jump from a low of 10 feet below normal at Christmas. Experts say that if it rains like a normal March the lake will be full by April! Then of course people will be itching to water their lawns again, no one will have learned anything, and we’ll empty that sucker out until the tropical storms arrive.
For now, let’s celebrate!
We drove over Falls in the process of moving this weekend. While it looks better it still doesn’t look great to me. Instead of a thin trickle running down the middle, it now looks like a thick trickle with connected puddles.
Yeah, its still got a long way to go, but boy has it come a long way since Christmas!