Mild, even near record warm temps are causing things to green-up and trees are budding and even starting to leaf out, so Spring seems to have arrived. We are coming out of winter dormancy with its associated dry/dead appearance. That said, while we have gotten periodic rain, there have also been some long periods with no rain since mid/late October to present and very little in the way of forcasted precip for the upcoming week.
Medina River USGS gauge at Patterson Street is at 5.25 ft. this morning versus 5.24 ft last week at this time reflecting the rain we had earlier this week. Gauge is .89 straight line miles NNW of my reporting station.