A Dramatic Rise in Water Supply...Again

We should reflect on a moment the way it used to be. We had a five-year run of below-normal rainfall at DFW ("normal" is the 30-year average of 36.14") with 2014 as the 13th driest year every recorded (in the last 117). Then all that changed. So far here in 2015 our rainfall total is 57.90" of rain. It is already the wettest year on record with 33 more days to go. We've hade more than twice as much rain as last year:

We that the 2nd wettest Spring on the record and now the wettest Fall on record (it's also the wettest November on record). Two seasons this year had more or almost as much rain as all four seasons of 2014:

Just as we were sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner the latest round heavy rain returned to north Texas. This round produced a ban of 8" to 10" of rain across Tarrant and Collin Co (in red). Two weather observation sites in McKinney reported over 10" of rain of the three-day period:

You can see what this kind of rain did to our lake levels. Some of these lakes were at historical lows to start the year only to get to historical highs by the end of Spring. They are not near those numbers here in Fall but look how much they rose during the last three days. The yellow number is feet above or below normal pool level. The smaller number to the right is the number of inches the lake is up in the last 72 hours:

Here is the full list. The three columns on the right of each page represent the 24hr, 48hr and 3-day change. For example Lake Ray Roberts is currently at 100% of capacity 4.87ft above normal pool. The lake is 10.92" up in the last 24 hours, 36,24" in the last 48 hours and 53.4" in the last 3-Days. Benbrook is up 124" in the last three days, more than 10 feet:

We have another day of rain for today (Sunday) and a little more still on Monday and Tuesday. Then it dries out until next weekend. The Climate Prediction Center still predicts a December of above-normal rainfall for Texas: