*IndyMeso* Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 April-June kicked butt for EVV... April: 11.77" (+7.29") May: 7.90" (+2.89") June: 6.52" (+2.42") LAF's year-to-date is tainted, as the rain gauge malfunctioned in May...only reporting 1.21". If we use the WL COOP May total in place (7.40") then the surplus grows... 37.42" (+10.01") Not bad, not bad at all. I am trying to get a feel for October. I would love to say yes we are going to have more rain but my gut feelings says dry once again. CPC calls for a below average October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Not bad, not bad at all. I am trying to get a feel for October. I would love to say yes we are going to have more rain but my gut feelings says dry once again. CPC calls for a below average October. Ugh, yeah I saw that a couple of days ago. Let's hope they're wrong...or if anything, the negative departures for Oct aren't severe. But I guess this is Nina fall climo at play. Which of course reverses as we get into winter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*IndyMeso* Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Ugh, yeah I saw that a couple of days ago. Let's hope they're wrong...or if anything, the negative departures for Oct aren't severe. But I guess this is Nina fall climo at play. Which of course reverses as we get into winter... Yep! And of course there was last year during the same time in which we were in such a severe drought and yet above average for the year for precipitation I believe. I just hope there are no burn bans. The map that B-rent posted above from our agency is current but we weren't exactly shocked when a county or two declared a ban. At least we dont have this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Yep! And of course there was last year during the same time in which we were in such a severe drought and yet above average for the year for precipitation I believe. I just hope there are no burn bans. The map that B-rent posted above from our agency is current but we weren't exactly shocked when a county or two declared a ban. At least we dont have this: That's an ugly looking map. Last year at this time was bad. We'll see how September finishes, but it would seem we'll be better off than last year. October, well... Statewide precipitation and ranks (1895 to current): August 2010: 1.87" (3rd driest) August 2011: 2.64" (30th driest) September 2010: 1.35" (12th driest) September 2011: ??? October 2010: 1.19" (13th driest) October 2011: ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Shouldn't be too much of a midwest drought. This has been one of the wettest years on record for a good chunk of the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 We got a lot of rain this past week, should put a dent in that. Probably still behind for the year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Yep, I guess so. Here's the HPC 5-day total precipitation forecast. Every little bit helps... Yeah, we're in what I would call a very mild drought at this point here, but adding an inch or two this coming weekend into next week will allow us to approach our September average. It's surprising that so many other areas in the GL are seeing an abnormally rainy year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 It would be nice to get some good soaking rains before winter sets in-much better for my plants(especially the evergreens) if it is going to be a cold January. I do not like having to water stuff in the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Year to date precipitation departure maps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauDodson Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Amazing how much rain we experienced during the spring months. We have actually picked up over 17" of rain from June 1st through yesterday - here at my place in southern Illinois. Summer was a lot hotter than I expected - but rainfall was about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Year to date precipitation departure maps... You could really tell here by how the lawns never went dormant-if it were not for the heat you could not tell much of August from May given the lush and green vegetation. Only in the last couple weeks have a few things gotten a bit dry looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Year to date precipitation departure maps... And nearly all of that bullseye of surplus precip in the Dubuque area fell in 24 hours in late July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Year to date precipitation departure maps... I don't know how to find this data, can you post a comparison between now, and this time 2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 We are still dying for a rain here. We just missed a few, and last weekend we had showers all weekend but they only amounted to about a 10th. Our soybeans are really going to be poor this year due to the lack of rain. Corn was great though thank to the spring rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 I don't know how to find this data, can you post a comparison between now, and this time 2010? I can't find a way to do that, in map form. But here's the text form, year-to-date total precip through yesterday, this year versus last year for central Indiana... IND 2011: 34.25" 2010: 26.12" MIE 2011: 32.43" 2010: 29.92" HUF 2011: 33.28" 2010: 31.42" BMG 2011: 41.33" 2010: 30.39" LAF 2011: 37.47"* 2010: 30.12" *using WL COOP for May totals Found this on the drought website, a comparison to drought conditions in Indiana for the last "roughly" 365 days. Not the best map, but still: http://www.drought.gov/dcpaws/rest/IN/graph?w=800&h=450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Year to date precipitation departure maps... Inde Yes it has been crazy wet here this year. Thru 9/23, MBY is already at 41.22" for the season. My previous wettest year since I got my gauge in 2000 had been 39.33" in 2006. And in 2011 we have OVER 3 MONTHS to go! 2011 precip imby.... JAN- 1.68" .... 18.0" snow FEB- 3.89" .... 31.8" snow MAR- 4.00" .... 9.1" snow APR- 5.60" .... 1.3" snow MAY- 5.98" JUN- 1.85" JUL- 8.77" AUG- 3.92" SEP- 5.45" thru 9/23 Jan 1-Sep 23- 41.22" OFFICIAL DETROIT at DTW JAN- 1.53" (-0.38") .... 17.9" snow (+6.0") FEB- 3.60" (+1.72") .... 31.7" snow (+22.4") MAR- 3.61" (+1.09") .... 8.6" snow (+1.6") APR- 5.61" (+2.56") .... 1.6" snow (-0.1") MAY- 5.38" (+2.33") JUN- 0.94" (-2.61") JUL- 7.66" (+4.50") AUG- 2.16" (-0.84") SEP- 4.95" (+2.38") thru 9/23 Jan 1- Sep 23- 35.44" (+10.44") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 You could really tell here by how the lawns never went dormant-if it were not for the heat you could not tell much of August from May given the lush and green vegetation. Only in the last couple weeks have a few things gotten a bit dry looking. Same here. For the most part the grass has stayed very green despite a hot summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southmountainwx Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Those 2011 precip maps are useless here, as well as nws accumulated radar. Tons of rain until about 6/15 then it stopped! We have less than 3" since 6/15, most of that was in 2 thunderstorms in the past 100 days. The remainder was showers of .3" or less each time, most was virga. I have about 50 mowing customers and I have had little work maybe 1 day a week since 7/15. While the crops are not bad this is the worst SE Iowa drought in over 20 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Beneficial rains for the drought areas of central Indiana the past 4 days. Totals from 9/22 to 9/25... BMG: 2.96" IND: 2.74" EYE: 2.61" GEZ: 2.45" HUF: 1.71" September precip/departures to date through yesterday... EYE: 5.88" +4.04" GEZ: 5.77" +3.15" IND: 5.14" +2.55" BMG: 5.12" +2.41" HUF: 2.99" +0.08" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 KIND story up about the summer drought being over for much of Indiana. Also, September 2011 is the 20th wettest at IND...so far. Rains End Drought in Much of IndianaRecent rainfall of 3 to nearly 9 inches in September has ended the summer drought conditions in much of Indiana. Most of this rainfall has occurred since September 14, with a large share of this rain falling from the 19th through the 25th. After a dry summer at the Indianapolis airport, rainfall for September is the most since the record wet September of 2003. Unfortunately, this recent rainfall came too late for many summer crops. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=73334&source=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 It'll be interesting to see the drought monitor update tomorrow morning. Last 7 days total precipitation through this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Updated drought monitor map. As for local interests here in Indiana, big improvement across many areas. Severe drought conditions are gone. Moderate conditions down to 6.08% from 40.65% last week. Abnormally dry conditions down to 44.89% from 82.99%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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