As La Niña continues to affect Texas weather the experts are predicting another year of drought. View the results of the NOAA workship in this article.

Not good deal for our farmers and wild animals. The guy that I lease my farm to is wanting to increase the farm insurance for the crops next year .

A depressing read for sure but I believe(hope) we will be ok. The weatherman/woman can't predict correctly 2 days in a row.So chances for 6 months ahead it's on our side.Well here's hoping I'm right and they're wrong.

Where we are at(DFW area),we have had a rain each week for about the last 4 or 5 weeks.But its been a quarter of an inch each time.
We are thankful for any rain we can get,but a quarter of an inch a week does not add any water to the area lakes.

I got a bad feeling about next year.

This begs the question - what are our water resource managers PLANS? Many areas west of the Metro mess will be OUT of water - many many watersheds in Texas have CEASED to flow(except for gray water)

Sixty days of 100+ temps and it really will be an EMERGENCY

An excellent point. The water resource managers do not seem to realize the extent of the problem. The Weatherford utility board, which manages Lake Weatherford, is still selling water to the oil companies and have not imposed meaningful water restrictions. They stopped importing water from Benbrook because of the cost of running the pumps, which is trivial compared to the income the lake brings in. The whole problem can be summarized in one word: greed. The utility board manages the lake to minimize the member's personal utility costs and taxes. I am sure similar considerations exist on other lakes.

What really sticks in my craw is the city of Dallas just went on Stage 1. The snobs in Highland Park probably had something to do with that. In Dallas I think (residential users only) that 1% use 90% of the water. It is just like the 1% that control 99% of the money. I am waiting for the day when the NTWA has to ask Dallas for water. The price will be interesting. We just might run out of water before oil. First we need water then food to survive.

Please don't let it be so.

Man I hope they are wrong..Fishing will be the least of our worries.

I hope there wrong! We need Devine intervention!

I wish that existed

We only got 13 months or less left anyhoo - just ask the Mayans - 2012.

Farmers Almanac says it is going to be a Wet winter. Go Figure. We had an inch and a half of rain this past week and prior to that we have been getting anywhere from a half inch of rain up to 2 inches of rain since mid September per week. This is in the San Antonio/South Texas area. We are still 12 inches below normal. Weather man stated that we are in a pattern to get rain once a week for the next few weeks. I will take as much as the good lord will give us. So far the Creeks in the San Antonio area are holding up well. I was just in south Texas and a few of the creeks I was able to see were holding some water. Keep praying for rain. It is going to take a hurricane to help some of these lakes fully recover.

Oh yea forecast is saying rain Thursday night,Friday, and Saturday. 70 percent chance for some good showers.

i agree with you chuck!!!! god himself said he will not put on us no more than we can bare,i've heard the elders of the church say,GOD works by his own timetable....i'm thankful for what we gotten so far,and looks like more to come! continue to pray....

If your water resource managers haven't formulated and put into action a water conservation plan by now,,,,God help them, as the weatherman and luck probably won't.

write this down, east texas will get "several" inches of rain in the next ten days, dont know bout you metroplex boys

i will take the Farmer's Almanac over any weatherman! Hoping it holds true and yall have lots of water in the lakes next year! I will be the guy driving over the bridge shooting yall the bird out of jealousy!

The world suppose to end in 2012 as well but I won't be holding my breath on that one, or this weather report.

the world wont end if the Iraqui DInar revalues by that time!!!

The big problem right now is we need a real frog stranglar not an 1" every week. We need to get the lakes replenished. Sounds like a decent one coming this weekend I know we need but hope it holds off until Sunday since I am headed to the deer lease tomorrow. Funny thing about these rains lately is you never know where the heaviest band might be. I looked at NOAA this morning and it popped up last weeks forecast. It showed 60-70% heavy rain and storms at the lease and we got 1/4". Just 10 miles to the north go 1.6".

Along with fishing, my boat doubles as a work boat. I have it dry stacked at one of the local marinas just so I can get in and out of the water. I'm sure it looks strange to dry stack an 1860, but it beats being land-locked and out of business.

The "experts" also said two months ago that we were not going to get any rain until March!! L.O.L.

One of the reasons we are in the fix we are in is the attitude expressed here. Denial of the problem will not refill our lakes. And failure to start water rationing soon enough was caused by the area leaders not facing the truth. These little sprinkles we have gotten are not going to solve the water shortage. Jeer at the experts all you want. We are in a world of hurt and we will continue to be until the global pattern changes.

A-men we have left our first love we need to be very careful Hope we do not have to wonder in the wilderness 40 years WAKE UP AMERICA FROM YOUR SLEEP AND SLUMBER!!!!!!
KEEP UP PRAYERS and dont listen to the children of little faith.
God Bless US and keep Praying for more rain
Good fishing to all and This year catch your personal best
Tommy R. Nail
fishingwithtommy@aol.com
832-597-7932