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Sizeable drought affecting SNE


TalcottWx

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Drought has been less severe up here in Central NH.  My particular town has had much lower rainfall than surrounding areas.  I missed every possible thunderstorm all summer.  I've owned this house since 1989.  Pond has never gone dry.  It is 8 feet deep.  It was full right after our meager snowmelt and then since April every month has been extremely dry.  Pond has been completely dry for 6 weeks now and it is at a point I can take my tractor lawn mower and mow the new grass that has sprouted in the pond bed.  Here are 2 pictures, early April and more recently.

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28 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I can say in my area 2 of the last 3 summers have been very dry. And I distinctly recall you discussing very dry conditions at least 1 if not 2 summers on your area 

I'd have to look at the data. I think 2 of the last 3 have been pretty dry. However two summers ago was more from being missed. 

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28 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

Drought has been less severe up here in Central NH.  My particular town has had much lower rainfall than surrounding areas.  I missed every possible thunderstorm all summer.  I've owned this house since 1989.  Pond has never gone dry.  It is 8 feet deep.  It was full right after our meager snowmelt and then since April every month has been extremely dry.  Pond has been completely dry for 6 weeks now and it is at a point I can take my tractor lawn mower and mow the new grass that has sprouted in the pond bed.  Here are 2 pictures, early April and more recently.

netcam04252016.jpg

netcam08062016.jpg

Must have something to do with your topography. Even though you are elevated.. I wonder if you are semi downsloped by huger hills to the west.. Even though it may not be cut and dry obvious 

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15 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

The last 3-4 summers have been dry overall in SNE.

This drought actually began in 2013

 

This.  Ever since we had the big +PDO we've been dry especially in the summers.    Got some more activity T-storm wise here with the big heat, but in the average summers of 13-14-15 it was very dry with almost no T-storm activity.

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5 hours ago, eekuasepinniW said:

Except for last summer too? ;)

eek,  last summer was very dry too.  I wish I had my netcam pictures because at the end of summer it did go down to almost nothing but not dusty dry.  Also this summer the water went out much earlier.  I did keep netcam pictures from 2016 and it was already very low by July 4.  So yes last summer was very dry but this summer is worse.   

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Connecticut remains in a Drought Advisory, as of 9/14/2016
 

Below are the environmental conditions that, as of September 2016, support the current Drought Advisory declaration, pursuant to the Connecticut Drought Response and Preparedness Plan:
  • Precipitation: criteria not triggered
  • Groundwater:  three consecutive months below normal
  • Stream Flow:  two of the past three months below normal
  • Reservoirs:  criteria not triggered
  • Palmer Drought Severity Index: -2.0 to -2.99
  • Crop Moisture Index:  -1.0 to -1.9 (Abnormally Dry)
  • Fire Danger:  moderate or above
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