Recent rain has the Guadalupe and Comal rivers ready for Texas tubing season, Memorial Day weekend

Madeline Juneau thrills in the white water below a waterfall with her friend Madeline Borrego (right) aboad as water flow on the Guadalupe River is steady before the Memorial Day weekend with a few recreationalists out on May, 20, 2015. less Madeline Juneau thrills in the white water below a waterfall with her friend Madeline Borrego (right) aboad as water flow on the Guadalupe River is steady before the Memorial Day weekend with a few ... more Photo: Tom Reel / San Antonio Express-News Photo: Tom Reel / San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 68 Caption Close Recent rain has the Guadalupe and Comal rivers ready for Texas tubing season, Memorial Day weekend 1 / 68 Back to Gallery

So much for this weekend marking the official opening of tubing season in Texas.

While you are reading this, people are relaxing in tubes on the Gudalupe River, according to Paul Rich, owner of the Mountain Breeze campground on River Road in New Braunfels.

Rich said the four inches of rain they got over the weekend did prevent them from putting out tubers on Sunday due to dangerous water flow levels, but the level has dropped to safe numbers and tubers are back out on the water.

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If you are one of the thousands planning on hitting a Central Texas campground or river for the long weekend you may be wondering how all this recent rain may affect your trip.

The good news is that raised water levels mean no more walking on the Guadalupe, and barring another sizable downpour, everything should be free and clear for the weekend.

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This week's forecast has low rain chances in the first few days that build up to a 50 percent chance on Thursday. Rich said he has been keeping an eye on the forecast, but expects a great weekend out on the river.

David Ferguson, communications coordinator for the New Braunfels Police Department, is also closely watching the weather and said a little bit of rain this week won't deter anyone on the Comal River, which is downstream from the Guadalupe.

The Comal River was still closed this morning in New Braunfels because of the weekend rain as officials finished cleaning up the debris around the tube shoot before opening the area back up for tubers.

Ferguson said as long as the area doesn't get heavy amounts of rain this week then the tube shoot — and river — will be open for vacationers for the holiday weekend.

Ferguson said the Comal River generally runs between 200-300 cubic feet per second and on Sunday that flow was just under 1,000 cfs, which is too dangerous for recreational floaters.

The Guadalupe got up to nearly 2,000 cfs on Sunday and as of noon today it was at 695 cfs and still dropping.

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