frostfern Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 58 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said: Would be funny if august ends up with record rains across the sub. Wish things worked like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, frostfern said: Wish things worked like that. Never know since it’s still far out. Dreams are what holds us together here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 1 hour ago, SolidIcewx said: Would be funny if august ends up with record rains across the sub. Upper 50s low 60s right before Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 3 hours ago, SolidIcewx said: Never know since it’s still far out. Dreams are what holds us together here I’m thinking the death ridge is going to expand in July and there will be triple digit heat at some point. That will be the excitement. The drought will just get worse due to evap rates even if there are some storms to track. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Drought Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL 1114 AM CDT Thu Jun 15 2023 /1214 PM EDT Thu Jun 15 2023/ ...Moderate to Severe Drought Conditions Now Exist Across Portions of Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana... SYNOPSIS... Many areas of northern Illinois northwest and Indiana have received significantly below average rainfall since the beginning of spring. For example, Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, has recorded just 2.72 inches of precipitation since April 1, which is 7.1 inches below the 30-year average and the second lowest since the early 1900s. Similar rainfall deficits are present across much of northeast Illinois and far northwest Indiana. Drought conditions have thus further deteriorated across much of the area. Severe drought conditions are now present across portions of far northeastern Illinois and far northwestern Indiana, including the Chicago metropolitan area. Severe drought conditions are now present in multiple areas in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, including the Chicago metropolitan area. Moderate drought conditions cover corridor from west central Illinois through northern Indiana outside of the severe drought area. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... Volunteer observers across the area indicate lower than typical water levels in ponds and streams. Reports also indicate that some lawns have gone dormant. There has also been stress to trees and shrubs. Limited impacts to agriculture have been reported, including reduced growth rates. Data available from the Illinois State Water Survey, USGS, and NCEP indicate that soil moisture, groundwater, and surface water levels remain below normal. CLIMATE SUMMARY... Over the last 30 days, rainfall in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana has ranged from 5% to 75% of average. The most significant rainfall deficits over the last 30 days were located near the Chicago metro area, including Cook, DuPage, Will, and Lake (IL) counties. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... There are only very limited chances for rainfall over the next 7 days, with amounts across the greater Midwest region generally forecast to be less than 0.5 inches. Dry and warm conditions are forecast next week, with highs in the 80s. The Climate Prediction Center`s (CPC) 30-Day Outlook indicates no strong signal for above or below average preciptiation over the next 6-10 days or the next 7-14 days. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK... For most rivers in northern Illinois streamflow values are below average for this time of year. Multiple small streams are near the lowest observed streamflow levels for mid-June. Without additional rainfall, river and stream levels will remain below average or slowly fall. At many locations, groundwater and soil moisture remain below average. Without additional rainfall, soil moisture and groundwater levels will remain at low levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Storms are firing over western Iowa. Some areas over central/western Iowa could get good rain, but models show everything dying when it reaches the dry air over eastern Iowa. As others have said, this may be it for the next ten days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Luckily have become conditioned to prolonged boring periods of weather after the past few boring winters. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 We deserve better, tough times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 This is what 0.24" of rain in the past 34 days looks like lol. Getting pretty fried looking out there. Just trying to keep these relatively newly planted trees (2020 & 2021) alive through this bad dry spell with plenty of watering. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevlon62 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 This is what 0.24" of rain in the past 34 days looks like lol. Getting pretty fried looking out there. Just trying to keep these relatively newly planted trees (2020 & 2021) alive through this bad dry spell with plenty of watering. How's the corn holding up in back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 28 minutes ago, kevlon62 said: 40 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: This is what 0.24" of rain in the past 34 days looks like lol. Getting pretty fried looking out there. Just trying to keep these relatively newly planted trees (2020 & 2021) alive through this bad dry spell with plenty of watering. How's the corn holding up in back? That corn on the left is sweet corn from neighbors garden. It's doing so so with help from lots of watering. The farm field behind and on the right has beans this year. Def growing slower than normal but at least it still mostly looks green, for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Pristine green. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: This is what 0.24" of rain in the past 34 days looks like lol. Getting pretty fried looking out there. Just trying to keep these relatively newly planted trees (2020 & 2021) alive through this bad dry spell with plenty of watering. That is the definition of parched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 Good news was my town missed the tornadoes from Thursday. Bad news is we got absolutely no rain compared to the folks just off to the east. At least the golf ball has some serious roll out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 9 hours ago, hardypalmguy said: Pristine green. Come August once the watering bans commence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 No slam dunk events, but extended looking at least more conducive to rain chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Come August once the watering bans commence.Never will have a watering ban with Lake Michigan as the water source. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, hardypalmguy said: Never will have a watering ban with Lake Michigan as the water source. The Climate changer is going to refute that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvck Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 6 hours ago, hardypalmguy said: Never will have a watering ban with Lake Michigan as the water source. somewhere a monkey's paw just curled 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/18/2023 at 2:25 PM, hardypalmguy said: Never will have a watering ban with Lake Michigan as the water source. We had plenty of water bans here before and we have Lakes Huron, St. Clair, and Erie locally so yeah it can happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/17/2023 at 11:12 PM, nwohweather said: Good news was my town missed the tornadoes from Thursday. Bad news is we got absolutely no rain compared to the folks just off to the east. At least the golf ball has some serious roll out there golf ball hail has some serious downward speed yeah, least thundery spring probably in history here June 11-14 and then, overlapping by 1 day, June 13-16, precip by MRMS/multisensor. Some of Ohio and Indiana had some nice drought-busting rains of over 2"-3". My place had light rain during last week, but some relief. At least the rain could soak in with temps of 50-70 for quite a number of hours last week. June 5-19 (14 day) precip 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 10 hours ago, Stebo said: We had plenty of water bans here before and we have Lakes Huron, St. Clair, and Erie locally so yeah it can happen. I'll water at 3 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 I in my wildest dreams can't imagine a day where I give a crap if my grass is green. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 drought about to flex, mid range chances ghosting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 9 hours ago, IMADreamer said: I in my wildest dreams can't imagine a day where I give a crap if my grass is green. Green grass is like having green gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 2 hours ago, hardypalmguy said: Green grass is like having green gold. Reminds me. I have a neighbor that has been spray painting their brown spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said: Reminds me. I have a neighbor that has been spray painting their brown spots There's a spray paint that works wonders -- and it's very cheap. WATER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 23 minutes ago, hardypalmguy said: There's a spray paint that works wonders -- and it's very cheap. WATER. I’ve debated on saying that to him last 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 drought about to flex, mid range chances ghosting Agree, looking bleak. Saturday and Sunday gonna be hot, heat might even get to the lakefront on Sunday. If we're lucky, some weakening MCS stratiform rain makes it in early Sunday, though likely hostile environment locally and poor timing cast doubt on that. Veered winds with the front Sunday PM make widespread CI unlikely, and leaning against lake breeze convection being in play. Could very well be a gap situation, where better convective coverage ends up east of us Sunday PM after being west of us Saturday night. Monday looks to have a chance for scattered storms in northwest flow, followed by a reinforcing surge of dry air for at least a couple days. We need widespread inches of rain for meaningful drought relief given the deterioration occurring this week, and not seeing it the next 10 days. 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 I'm amazed at how well the corn still looks around here. It may be a bit behind in height, but it is still green and growing. This modern era frankencorn must have roots that go down 10 times deeper than normal corn, that's the only way it's getting any moisture for growth/life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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