TalcottWx Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Thought this current dry stretch has been out of the ordinary. Grass has just disappeared and died in lots of the area. Dry as hell and brush fires are still breaking out in mid late July. When does it end? Dry in Tolland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Seems wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Seems wetYo mama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 1 hour ago, JC-CT said: Yo mama Was just joking..it's very dry here again// Lawns are burned out and torched just like everywhere else. Friday may offer some hope..for the south shore anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Was just joking..it's very dry here again// Lawns are burned out and torched just like everywhere else. Friday may offer some hope..for the south shore anywayTorchage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 44 minutes ago, JC-CT said: Torchage Wow looks awesome. Watering it or shade or rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Wow looks awesome. Watering it or shade or rain?All of the above. Shade helps, had to water last week for the first time all summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 2" of rain over the last 60 days here no issues with the well yet but no more watering etc for me lawn is cooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 A sizeable portion of my back yard is now a dust bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Was at my parents house yesterday they water everyday. Grass is perfectly green. They got a well that goes down 180 feet for lawn use only im sure that wont dry up anytime soon. The neighbors lawn is pretty much dead and brown you can see the line where the water doesnt reach lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I have been watering to keep mine from going dormant, it is the only green lawn in the neighborhood. there are lots of folks in my neighborhood with irrigation who just started watering, SMH. fearful however that we will start getting water restrictions though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Bone dry here but Monday's 3 inches really helped. Going into that anything lawn wise that was not watered was completely brown. EURO shows a big dump of rain friday so maybe we're turning the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 17 hours ago, Brian5671 said: Bone dry here but Monday's 3 inches really helped. Going into that anything lawn wise that was not watered was completely brown. EURO shows a big dump of rain friday so maybe we're turning the corner. Hope it works out for SNE. 06z gfs dumps 2"+ in your area, 1"+ in S. Maine, maybe 0.1" for me - would still be ahead of what fell out of last Fri-Mon's 3 days of TS and +RA forecasts. Sandy River now just a few cfs from record low flows for the date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Very dry up here in Central New England too. Some towns have been lucky to catch a thunderstorm others like me have missed most all this summer. Here are 3 pictures from my webcam. First is in April with my pond full. Second one was 2 weeks ago when the pond with the last of the water but the lawns and fields still greenish. Now everything is becoming a dust bowl. Hoping to score the thunderstorm this afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 3 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: Very dry up here in Central New England too. Some towns have been lucky to catch a thunderstorm others like me have missed most all this summer. Here are 3 pictures from my webcam. First is in April with my pond full. Second one was 2 weeks ago when the pond with the last of the water but the lawns and fields still greenish. Now everything is becoming a dust bowl. Hoping to score the thunderstorm this afternoon! That's crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Drought continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Was at my parents house yesterday they water everyday. Grass is perfectly green. They got a well that goes down 180 feet for lawn use only im sure that wont dry up anytime soon. The neighbors lawn is pretty much dead and brown you can see the line where the water doesnt reach lol180' is not very deep. Ours is 500 and I'd be a bit nervous using it to water lawn right now. Depends on lawn size of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Lava Rock said: 180' is not very deep. Ours is 500 and I'd be a bit nervous using it to water lawn right now. Depends on lawn size of course Heh, I have an ancient well that's about 20 feet deep. It ran dry last week for the first time since I've lived here, but I was being a little careless with water use at the time, and it filled up again pretty quickly. Definitely not the most ideal setup in these dry conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 On 7/28/2016 at 1:12 PM, wxeyeNH said: Very dry up here in Central New England too. Some towns have been lucky to catch a thunderstorm others like me have missed most all this summer. Here are 3 pictures from my webcam. First is in April with my pond full. Second one was 2 weeks ago when the pond with the last of the water but the lawns and fields still greenish. Now everything is becoming a dust bowl. Hoping to score the thunderstorm this afternoon! You must be getting missed quite regularly... Dendrite's numbers look pretty similar to middle of the pack in Vermont and certainly enough to not be termed "very dry". Might be below normal, but nothing outside of the "norm" (say 1 standard deviation?). I'm around 9.0" of water since June 1st and almost 12" (11.88") since May 1st. Looks like since April 1st, places like northern Mass in the RT 2 corridor (HubbDave is probably one of the driest on the board) has literally gotten the shaft. The mountains of NNE have been decent but still below normal. Some sites in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont have had a lot of good t-storms and are above normal. Locally I'm around 80-90% of normal I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Strange to hear meager rain dripping off the leaves knowing it did almost nothing to help. One of our town fire captains was commiserating with me about the lack of rain on FB, but was hoping today would quell any flare ups of brush fires. a couple hours later he chimed in that one from Tuesday started back up. the pond at the Ecotarium in Worcester was almost dry this afternoon. Farmers are begging local towns to get water from town supplies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 3rd driest summer through today at Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 8:32 PM, HoarfrostHubb said: 3rd driest summer through today at Boston It might be the driest of my life. Not sure of the actual records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 One of the drier summers I experienced was Baltimore 2011. Also a very hot year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Conditions have deteriorated across the Northeast and eastern Great Lakes region over the last four weeks, and conditions are expected to persist through October. No net drought development is expected between mid-July and the end of October, but conditions could expand some and locally deteriorate over the next month or so before some degree of improvement comes during autumn. Short-term deterioration is most likely in the eastern Great Lakes region, where odds favor below-normal precipitation during August, according to the CPC Monthly Outlook. The central Appalachians and upper Ohio Valley, where short-term conditions have been particularly dry, may also see drought develop and intensify into August; however, the seasonal decline in temperature and surface moisture depletion through evaporation and water usage should bring at least limited relief late in the period. It is likely that drought conditions will change by the end of October, but given all forecast considerations, confidence is too low to forecast expansion into any specific area. On the other hand, there are no strong indicators pointing toward improvement by the end of October where drought currently exists, so persistence is generally anticipated. Forecast confidence for the Northeast and eastern Great Lakes region is moderate. .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Highlights... * Unsettled weather through early Tuesday with scattered showers, mainly over northern and western areas * Isolated thunderstorms possible across central and western areas Monday afternoon/evening * Mostly dry weather expected Tuesday afternoon through Friday, with a warming trend toward the end of next week Overview and model preferences... 30/12z guidance continues to shower decent overall agreement with synoptic trends over this portion of the forecast. Agreement on some of the more significant details, not so much. Latest guidance continues to show an open wave of energy in the mid levels passing the northeast USA early next week. Then the mid level flow transitions to a nearly zonal flow for the second half of next week. One question which still needs to be answered is how close does another mid level open wave get to southern New England toward next weekend. This nearly zonal flow should lead to much quieter weather during the middle of next week. At the surface, there is some disagreement at how close a pair of low pressures get to our region early next week. This will be key to determining how quickly the risk for showers winds down Tuesday. The majority of the guidance keeps these low pressures to our south Monday into Tuesday. So while not expecting a washout, have low confidence with this portion of the forecast, especially with timing. Used a blend of available model and ensemble guidance for this portion of the forecast. Details... Monday through early Tuesday... Expect a couple of low pressures to slowly ride along a stalled front just off the southern New England coast into early Tuesday. This will keep a good low to mid level moisture feed across the region thanks to an E-SE wind flow that will slowly back to NE late Monday night into Tuesday as the final low pressure pushes offshore. The greatest risk for showers still appears to be Monday, gradually diminishing Monday night into Tuesday. Greatest risk for showers should be across the interior, but really anywhere in southern New England has a shot at some showers or thunderstorms. Will see the final low push offshore early Tuesday as it becomes better organized. The last of the showers should start to dissipate during the morning. With the mainly onshore flow, expecting temperatures to run several degrees below seasonal normals, especially toward the coasts. Tuesday afternoon through Friday... This still looks like a mainly dry period of the forecast. Cannot rule out a stray, isolated shower. There may be just enough instability and moisture to generate one or two, especially across the higher terrain of interior southern New England. Temperatures should return to seasonal levels Wednesday, then will warm further as winds become more S-SW as the high crests across the region, then slowly pushes offshore. Humidity levels will also slowly increase. Saturday...A cold front is currently expected to cross our region. This should lead to a chance of showers. Still lots of time to work out the timing details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Getting a pretty good drink her right now. Steady moderate rain after some lighter stuff earlier too bad it won't last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 It just finds a way not to rain here...amazing..rain 5 miles to my north...not a drop here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 .5" here so far this morning combined with .24" from Friday afternoon showers should be quite helpful for the local farmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 52 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: .5" here so far this morning combined with .24" from Friday afternoon showers should be quite helpful for the local farmers. The inverse of that here, .5" yesterday most of which fell in a brief heavy downpour, .25" so far today. Badly needed... the corn has been mediocre... chard and kale small and not vibrant... blueberries not very plump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Rain holding off here in Plainfield at my Grandsons game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Roads just damp..not wet under trees...just can't get the rain here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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