BeauDodson Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Corn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Definitely some differences there between the years. This year the drought seems more spread out across the nation, but not as much in the extreme level. 1954 was a strictly OV and westward drought with a tight gradient between the lower lakes and OV. 1956 a Great Plains drought. 1988 was a more widespread drought in this region with the worst further north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Local news media are reporting that some private residential wells are going dry near Nappanee IN in southern Elkhart county and that the water table is down about 20 feet from normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Buckeye...they start to look like pineapples... U got to feel bad for this guy...that is a lot of clams: http://lacrossetribu...1a4bcf887a.html My brother's leased out about 10 acres of corn this year that they have (land north of here that has had rain). I told them in the past to just plant it themselves (they have access to the equipment) and make some money...150bu/acre x 10 acres...corn hits 8 or 9 or $10 a bushel...talking some serious money. Someday they'll learn. Another thing that sucks about all of this is that ag products are a huge export for the US. China and many other nations buy a huge amount of grain/beef/pork/etc from us... I don't know much about farming but that guy sounds like a moron to not have some sort of crop insurance. Esspecially given the high potential yields. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Chicago/ORD... June: 1. 0.12" - 1922 2. 0.55" - 1904 3. 0.76" - 2005 4. 0.78" - 1956 5. 0.90" - 2012 6. 0.91" - 1910 7. 0.94" - 1886 8. 0.95" - 1991 9. 1.03" - 1936 10. 1.05" - 1988 July: 1. 0.22" - 1936 2. 0.42" - 1934 3. 0.56" - 2012 (Through the 16th) 4. 0.58" - 1874 5. 0.60" - 1894 6. 1.05" - 1887 7. 1.10" - 1941 8. 1.29" - 1940 9. 1.32" - 1991 10. 1.33" - 1945 Summer (June-Aug): 1. 1.46" - 2012 (Through July 16th) 2. 3.16" - 1894 3. 5.08" - 1991 4. 5.18" - 2005 5. 5.54" - 1936 6. 5.57" - 1922 7. 5.62" - 1918 8. 5.78" - 1910 9. 5.85" - 1886 10. 5.85" - 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 30 day total precipitation maps through the morning of July 16. A couple of specks of nada in southern Wisconsin, far east central Illinois, and central Indiana. Midwest map Zoomed in map of Indiana. Note the areas of zero precipitation in and around Indianapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinois Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Today I spoke with a farmer that has had about 2000 acres of corn that has been been declared zero production and will be destroyed. Several thousands of acres have already been tilled and replanted to beans in hopes that the rains start in the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rent Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 30 day total precipitation maps through the morning of July 16. A couple of specks of nada in southern Wisconsin, far east central Illinois, and central Indiana. Midwest map Zoomed in map of Indiana. Note the areas of zero precipitation in and around Indianapolis. I dont believe that 2-3" in Madison county. I mean, I'm sure it happened we had some heavy rain, just seems over done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 From tonight's 6pm local- CTV Kitchener discusses the drought in the area. Some areas in the Region received around 0.75" this weekend from thunderstorms, but it had little to no effect apparently. Nadia is standing in the middle of the Grand River on the east side of Kitchener in the beginning of the video, and then the next river seen is the Speed River in Cambridge with the GRCA officer talking about reservoir levels. There are tall levee's built around the Grand and sometimes the river will top them in the Spring. Looks like a foot or two of water is running through it right now. http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=721882&playlistId=1.881317&binId=1.815924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 This map should refresh tomorrow morning...but basically outside of areas of KY it was not a very good week for widespread substantial precip. Would only expect worsening conditions on the next drought monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'm really getting tired of constantly watering things in the yard, I kind of fear what the water bill will be after all is said and done...yikes. Never seen it so dry. Officials here say watering once every two weeks is fine as long as it comes out to be an inch of water. Or, 0.5" per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'm really getting tired of constantly watering things in the yard, I kind of fear what the water bill will be after all is said and done...yikes. Never seen it so dry. we have inground sprinklers for our lawn and even though we water on odd/even days and the day we can water we sometimes do morning and night, we still are getting brown spots. I too fear what our water and electic bill for A/C is going to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe it's just me, but I could give two ****s how green a lawn is at anyone's house that I know. Expelling thousands of gallons of fresh drinking water onto a lawn seems like an enormous waste to me considering 90% of the population probably wouldn't notice either way. Fresh water supply probably won't ever become a problem for any of us in our lifetimes but come on, do we really need to waste so much on keeping lawns green? Watering vegetable gardens is one thing, but grass? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe it's just me, but I could give two ****s how green a lawn is at anyone's house that I know. Expelling thousands of gallons of fresh drinking water onto a lawn seems like an enormous waste to me considering 90% of the population probably wouldn't notice either way. Fresh water supply probably won't ever become a problem for any of us in our lifetimes but come on, do we really need to waste so much on keeping lawns green? Watering vegetable gardens is one thing, but grass? Really? For me it's not so much the lawn as it is the garden. Me and my family have gardened for years and have built up quite a collection of interesting plants, if anything the grass just gets to looking real ugly, but that's much easier replaced than say, a bunch of perennial flowers/shrubs that have been around for years. Besides, if I'm being honest, my lawn never looks very good, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastFromTheEast Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe it's just me, but I could give two ****s how green a lawn is at anyone's house that I know. Expelling thousands of gallons of fresh drinking water onto a lawn seems like an enormous waste to me considering 90% of the population probably wouldn't notice either way. Fresh water supply probably won't ever become a problem for any of us in our lifetimes but come on, do we really need to waste so much on keeping lawns green? Watering vegetable gardens is one thing, but grass? Really? Not just you :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Not looking good for precip over the next few weeks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 @ Mottster - this has gotta end sometime ASAP! Wish that monsoonal moisture plume could be pointed our way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 @ Mottster - this has gotta end sometime ASAP! Wish that monsoonal moisture plume could be pointed our way! It's not that uncommon to see multi year droughts. The dust bowl and 1930s droughts persisted for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Year to date precipitation totals and departures (January 1 - July 16) Bloomington*: 12.84" -14.73" Evansville: 13.00" -13.14" Fort Wayne: 11.05" -10.14" Indianapolis: 15.15" -9.04" Indianapolis Eagle Creek: 13.39" -10.25" Lafayette*: 11.57" -8.76" Muncie: 15.11" -7.45" Shelbyville: 13.10" -11.51" South Bend: 14.95" -4.57" Terre Haute*: 12.91" -12.43" Valparaiso: 12.86" -6.31" Summer precipitation totals and departures (June 1 - July 16) Bloomington*: 1.09" -6.59" Evansville: 1.62" -4.28" Fort Wayne: 0.70" -5.69" Indianapolis: 0.09" -6.70" Indianapolis Eagle Creek: 0.25" -6.58" Lafayette*: 0.82" -5.49" Muncie: 2.87" -4.12" Shelbyville: 0.05" -6.78" South Bend: 3.65" -2.15" Terre Haute*: 0.61" -6.29" Valparaiso: 3.09" -3.10" *indicates some days missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 We've got some people coming in tomorrow to check some more corn fields. I think we are going to find that the crop is even worse then we are expecting when we start doing the math. I walked one field Sunday morning and there is almost nothing on any of the ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 The Rock River is about as low as I've ever seen it. The official observation a bit earlier (Joslin) has it at 3.88ft. That's about 4-5ft lower than normal. It's been as high as 19.2ft in the flood of 2002. The headwaters start up in far southern Wisconsin and run through Rockford. The Mississippi in the QC is a little over 6ft. It reached as high as 22.6ft back in the flood of '93. It too is about 4-5ft lower than normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Saw this photo on Wunderground just now. Caption read: Boats sit on the bottom in a dry cove at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind., Monday, July 16, 2012. The reservoir is down nearly 6 feet from normal levels and being lowered 1 foot every five days to provide water for Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Read more at http://www.wundergro...UrsC1WIBpEY6.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 My house is probably a quarter mile from where that picture was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Maybe it's just me, but I could give two ****s how green a lawn is at anyone's house that I know. Expelling thousands of gallons of fresh drinking water onto a lawn seems like an enormous waste to me considering 90% of the population probably wouldn't notice either way. Fresh water supply probably won't ever become a problem for any of us in our lifetimes but come on, do we really need to waste so much on keeping lawns green? Watering vegetable gardens is one thing, but grass? Really? I don't mind people watering their lawns....but i'm biased as this drought is costing me roughly 6k a week in loss of sales for my landscape company....It is costing my employees quite a bit in loss of hours/wages and will be taking a crap on my bottom line when it comes time to feed the family and heat the home over the winter.... On the flip side...i haven't watered my front lawn once and i swear i saw some tumble weed roll across it the other day. I do water my backyard, but that's because I have a wacky 4 year old and a 1 year old learning to walk....i'm trying to avoid concusions and stiches needed for their feet when the kids play in the backyard... I have only watered my backyard once a week from about 10-11:30.....rotating the sprinkler around....the grass has remained green and the ground soft....but not really grown much at all....(i have now been doing this for about 5 weeks and will most likely continue until we get some legit rains) I know you were strictly talking from an asthetics point of view of "how green the grass looks"....and I would tend to agree with your thoughts...but, alas, there are also economical implications to how green the grass is which has hit home directly with your's truely.... how does that rain dance go again?! Or how about just a cloudy day for the love of pete?!? lol...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Mottster- That is just sad... Found this just now: bigger images and more explanation: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78553 Its comparing June 25th to July 10th of this year vs the 2002-2012 average for vegetation... (more green/more vegetation...brown/less vegetation)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Geos- I bet I could get that pontoon up on plane ...That prop would rock that mud pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxMidwest Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Mottster- That is just sad... Found this just now: bigger images and more explanation: http://earthobservat...ew.php?id=78553 Its comparing June 25th to July 10th of this year vs the 2002-2012 average for vegetation... (more green/more vegetation...brown/less vegetation)... Pretty Shatty NDVI Map there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Oh! It rained for about 30 seconds in my backyard. Not enough to nudge the tippy bucket to 0.01 though. So semi-officially just a strong trace at the house. But it is baby steps in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinois Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Was at a seed meeting today where we were told that 300 acres of corn for seed was destroyed in Northern Indiana this week. That corn was under irrigation, but extended period of heat at pollination caused the crop to fail. So even if it starts raining in the next week a lot of seed production, at least on the corn side will be taken out. So this drought is going to have at the the very least a two year effect on Midwest agriculture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 @ DLL - that's quite an image. Yeah those pontoon's are doing much good on a boat there! Map found on MKX's newest drought information page. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mkx&storyid=85310&source=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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