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Robert Mace

@MaceatMeadows

I love helping people understand water so they can make informed decisions. Born at 322 ppm.
Austin, TX meadowscenter.txstate.edu Joined June 2015
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Robert Mace @MaceatMeadows
I'm at at Austin's Water Forward Task Force meeting (I represent District 7). Historically low inflows into the Highland Lakes continue. Recent rains had NO direct impact to lake levels (they continue to decline). Risk of going into drought stage 3 if conditions stay dry.
Robert Mace @MaceatMeadows
My latest outlook+water from Texas+Water. Note that newly released info shows that we are now officially in La Nina conditions!

texaspluswater.wp.txstate.edu/2025/01/08/out…
texaspluswater.wp.txstate.edu outlook+water: Drought decreases and storage increases, but the year is not starting off good Drought conditions (D1–D4) decreased to 44% of the state from 74% eight weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage increased to 74% full, about 7 percentage points below normal for this time of year. La...
Robert Mace @MaceatMeadows
So our new "normal" average annual temperature today is hotter than the hottest years in the Dust Bowl and Drought of the 1950s:

jalapeno.wp.txstate.edu/2024/11/06/nor…
jalapeno.wp.txstate.edu “Normal” for Texas Surpasses the Warmest Years of the Dust Bowl and the Drought of Record Unless you’ve been living under an air-conditioned rock, you might have noticed it has been getting warmer in Texas. Anyone who has been in Texas for more than a minute has surely felt the temperat...
Robert Mace @MaceatMeadows
Drought doubles (and is gonna get worse), La Niña looks to be a coin flip

texaspluswater.wp.txstate.edu/2024/11/06/out…
texaspluswater.wp.txstate.edu outlook+water: Drought doubles (and is gonna get worse), La Niña looks to be a coin flip Drought conditions doubled to 74% of the state (D1–D4); statewide reservoir storage declined to 70.6% full, about 10 percentage points below normal for this time of year. La Nada is still here with a...