WestMichigan Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 7:12 PM, Kitchener poster said: For parts of MI and ON their doesn’t seem to be a lot of optimism for more than an inch of rain in the next 12 days or so. Picked up 1.54" yesterday. Probably a little more fortunate than most in the area, but definitely no drought working its way in here for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Huge portions of SEMI is in a drought. I’ve never seen it this dry. Parts of Western Oakland county is completely cooked. Rain tonight looks minimal, again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 14 hours ago, dmc76 said: Huge portions of SEMI is in a drought. I’ve never seen it this dry. Parts of Western Oakland county is completely cooked. Rain tonight looks minimal, again. Must be real localized. DTW DET had 5.00+ in July and Flint had 3.72" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Stebo said: Must be real localized. DTW DET had 5.00+ in July and Flint had 3.72" I had 5.72" in July and already 2.00" in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 The abnormal dryness has expanded into eastern Iowa. I received 3 inches of rain in July, but much of that came during the first half of the month. The lawns are browning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 8/2/2020 at 2:47 PM, Stebo said: Must be real localized. DTW DET had 5.00+ in July and Flint had 3.72" I’ll put money on it that isolated areas of central/western Oakland, Western macomb around stoney creek and parts of the thumb...is the driest area(s) East of the Mississippi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 7/7/2020 at 12:50 AM, frostfern said: Okay, but i's not the greatest year here either though. It's not full drought yet, but still boring as hell if you want t-storms. 2018 repeat. Have to wait until late August to get one of those good low-level jet-fueled nocturnal MCSs. On the east side of the state you at least have a shot at some afternoon storms. Here Wisconsin afternoon stuff inevitably eats shit when it hits the lake, and night stuff dies too with no low-level jet due to constant weak-ass synoptic pattern. I remember when heat waves used to have nocturnal convection. Recent times they have nothing but airmass shit that gets totally suppressed by lake-breezes. ....not even close 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener poster Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I drove by some corn fields today’s in areas just south of Kitchener. It’s bad. Leaf curling, half the leaves are brown. Just not good. Our last rain was 13 days ago. Only about 1.3” in July. Not so fun fact. More than half of all Canadians live in areas with at least abnormally dry conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Good chance of more color in N IL/N IN on next week's update, given expected weather conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 get that shit outta here 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino27 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Not gonna get much better here in Central Ohio either. It's be really dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Hoosier said: Good chance of more color in N IL/N IN on next week's update, given expected weather conditions. I just spent a couple of days in Porter and LaPorte County. Seemed awfully dry in that area and it's not even showing as abnormally dry. After driving the area today, I'm betting on a large chunk of northeast IN being in D1. As you said, sunny and 90° for the next several days should see our area likely being in D2 conditions by late next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, IWXwx said: I just spent a couple of days in Porter and LaPorte County. Seemed awfully dry in that area and it's not even showing as abnormally dry. After driving the area today, I'm betting on a large chunk of northeast IN being in D1. As you said, sunny and 90° for the next several days should see our area likely being in D2 conditions by late next week. It has definitely dried out in Porter and LaPorte in the past month. Would think they will be added in on the next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener poster Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 What’s unique about this dry spell is that nothing too abnormal will show up on the records. Airports have been hit with pop ups. In my backyard I’ve measured 4.75” since May 18. Of that, 2.25” occurred on August 3rd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Moar Gulf TC remnants please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3.33" this month so far at YYZ but that number is deceiving. 3.1" of that fell in 3 days earlier this month. In reality only 4.2" has fallen since July 12th. Models are showing couple thunderstorm risks tomorrow and the chance for more steadier rain Friday night into Sat morning. Let's see if that verifies. Been dry as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Finally getting a solid rain event here in central west macomb. It’s been a long time. So far 0.74” just the beginning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 No surprise to see more coverage than last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osubrett2 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Just a few miles makes a huge difference, as always, but heavy rain has skirted around MBY all summer. August Month to Date: -MBY: 1.46" -CMH: 3.32" (~6-7 miles as the crow flies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestMichigan Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Get ready to watch a lot of the yellows and oranges disappear this week with Laura's remnants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Have been getting a lot of yellowing leaves and leaf drop from trees the past week or so, likely due to the dry and hot conditions combo. Lawn is browned out too. (insert aleks lol @ lawns) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said: Have been getting a lot of yellowing leaves and leaf drop from trees the past week or so, likely due to the dry and hot conditions combo. Lawn is browned out too. (insert aleks lol @ lawns) Lawns look bad around here (don't really care though) but haven't noticed the yellowing/leaf drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 This August mini-drought has been enough to decimate an aggressive onslaught of July crab grass in my yard, so I guess that's a plus lol. 0.72" for Aug here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Hoosier said: No surprise to see more coverage than last week La Crosse lost their mojo yrs ago. Gorgeous area. Terrible Climo. Miss seeing DLL chasing blizzards. D0 areas in WI getting some relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Everything here looks like crap. The derecho shredded the trees and the drought is baking the lawns. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Every time we’ve gone through a dry stretch this summer and get added to D1 on the weekly monitor a line of storms will come through and drop around 1” which quickly catches us back up. Weird that I’m rooting for below average precipitation but in the 4 years I’ve lived in Minnesota haven’t had a year below average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said: Everything here looks like crap. The derecho shredded the trees and the drought is baking the lawns. The upcoming 2020 Halloween blizzard when do the rest..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 After whatever happens today, the next several days don't exactly look loaded with solid precip chances locally. One difference though will be cooler temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Although there are a couple days left to go, we can already call this. Officially, this will be the driest July-August in Chicago since 1941. List of driest Jul-Aug: 1894: 1.20" 1919: 2.69" 1897: 3.18" 1893: 3.26" 1941: 3.26" 1916: 3.27" 2020: 3.35" (through 8/28) 1874: 3.73" 1930: 3.80" 1944: 3.82" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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