Hit & Miss Thunderstorms This Morning.
South Carlsbad Gets Dumped On...Again! Call it the luck of the Irish or whatever but those of us who live on the north end of Carlsbad once again got left out of a toad strangler this morning. The Carlsbad Airport ASOS measured 1.69" from a thunderstorm between 9-11 AM this morning. Radar estimated (this may be a tad too high too) that as much as 2.40" fell just a short distance south and west of the airport. This brings the Carlsbad Airports July rainfall total to date up to 2.85" compared to a long term average of 1.55". And their year-to-date total to 4.28" compared to a long term average of 6.73. Our home on the northwest side of town now stands at .89" for the month and 1.77" for the year. NWS MesoWest 12-Hour Rainfall Totals. (As Of 4 PM MDT Thursday Afternoon). Meanwhile only .03" was recorded at the Artesia Airport and .11" at the NMSU SEBS Automated Weather Station located 6 miles south of...
