Crazy Weather

[Bird]

We had an unusually wet Spring, but then it finally turned hot and dry lately, as expected. And now we're supposedly in the middle of our hot, dry season, but instead we're now in the middle of a slow moving frog stranglin' gulley washer. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif The rain gutter on my little 10' x 24' patio cover is not stopped up; water's coming out in a full sized flow and yet it's also running over the top edge. Sure glad my grandson did the mowing this morning. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JerryG]

Bird,
It's the strangest summer that I have ever experienced. By the time the kids are out of school, it is usually bone dry. This year, rain after rain and cool temperatures. Normally this time of year, we are dried up and the ground is hard as a rock. I have been having a hard time, just getting in the garden to plow.

 

[PineRidge]

Bird it has indeed been a strange spring. My food plot got a late start on account of all the rains that we had here in Ohio and now the ground is bone dry. Even my pond is down by about 8 inches as I write this post. But hey, at least it's NOT snowing......yet! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

They say that if you don't like the weather here in Ohio to wait 5 minutes as it will change. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Inspector507]

So true Mike,
Yesterday was only 69° for a "high". The record was 65° in 1945. Been a weird summer, thats for sure.

 

[riptides]

My next door neighbor has a mushroom farm in his front yard.

When these storms come through, like everyday, 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches of rain are usually left behind.

I have drained my pool 3 times already this year. That is 6 inches of water I am dumping elsewhere.

Unreal.
-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Egon]

Sun flares make for different weather.

Egon

 

[Zoomie]

Bird,

I'm a bit north of you, and when I awoke this morning at 8:15 it was already raining, though very light. I left for work about 2:30 and didn't see a drop all the way to Dallas... but shortly after... the bottom fell out down here.

 

[Birdhunter1]

In Southern illinois we've been having high temps in the 60's-70's. Many old folks I have talked to said they have never seen it like this. I was in the Ozarks fishing last week and thetemp at 2 p.m. was 61 degrees. I don't know what's up but the weather man wasn't kidding when he said a cold front is coming through. A week and half ago we were seeing heat indexes of 110-120 ranges, now we are almost seeing wind chills.

 

[Bird]

Zoomie, we didn't get any rain yesterday until nearly 5 p.m., and the really heavy stuff didn't hit until nearly an hour later, but it's still raining this morning. Six days ago, when we mowed the yards, they were beginning to show signs of drought and I ran two sprinklers for over 8 hours without it really making a noticeable difference. In fact, it's been so dry, the yards didn't really need mowing yesterday, but my grandson did it anyway, since he and our daughter are leaving this morning for 10 days to see New York City for the first time, and then spend a week as counselors at an Easter Seal camp in New Jersey. And now the yard looks like a swamp. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I'm not complaining, though, because we needed a good rain; just would have preferred not quite so much so fast.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Morning Bird,

We just got mist and light rain last night. This morning at five thirty I poured out three inches from the rain gauge. But the news is talking about twelve inches last night south of Dallas.

Our clay will dry up on the surface and start cracking after about two weeks without measurable rain. Last weekend I dug a trench for a friend and even though the surface was cracking it was wet gumbo a foot down.

I've been wanting a rain day all month. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jinman]

Bird, I kept checking the NWS website all day yesterday because it was raining in Sunset yesterday morning when I left for work at DFW Airport. It kept raining slowly here most of the day, but stopped mid-afternoon.

Up until 4:00 pm, I thought I was going to have to go to my other house in Grand Prairie and do some watering, but right before 5:00 pm, the weather just came out of nowhere and really let go.

By the time I got to Decatur last night, all the rain had stopped. Except for one light shower overnight, it hasn't rained anymore here, so my total is only about 2". That's about the perfect amount for the conditions of my ground. I'm very happy with it, but not looking forward to driving to work this morning. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

It always amazes me how just 70 miles can be so different as far as weather goes, especially since we don't have mountains or anything to stand in the way of weather moving in. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[alan40]

Your right Bird! It's been one crazy year. We're getting alot of rain up here in Vermont. Need more sun for growing time. Although I'll say my sons first pumpkin/gourd patch is looking good. He's getting excited about sellin pumpkins this year. It's so much fun to watch him decide on were to sell and how much to charge. Of course when your only seven it's all big decisions!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Had to get a Northern weather report in here. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif You all take care!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Glenn9643]

We'll probably get your rain over the next few days here. According to the NWS we have a 40-50 percent chance the next couple of days. However, we have had very cool weather for about three days. High temps in the seventies with lows in the sixties is unheard of here in late July! I'm certainly not complaining as I've really enjoyed the fall-like days in the midst of "dog-days".

 

[Bird]

It finally quit raining here (at least temporarily) about 7:30 a.m. and the most recent news report says we only got 5.61 inches in Coppell (NW corner of Dallas county for you out-of-staters), but 10" to 12" in the Lancaster/DeSoto area (SE corner of the county). So I'm just thankful, both for the rain and for the fact that we're not among the 175 to 200 homes flooded in the SE part of the county.

 

[Zoomie]

Bird,

Driving home from work this morning (at 0400), was lots of fun... espcially the first 40 miles since the whole way it was raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock in the middle of a creek!

55 mph was too fast most of the way!

 

[frank_f15]

BIRD: sure has been a strange spring and summer, have had tons of rain, grass is as green as it is in may. temps have been very cool and nothing but clouds.Had some sun today, but all that did was raise the humidity as it baked the standing water. I finally broke dow and bought a window a/c for the computer rm. 2 weeks ago, have yet to turn it on /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( bought a window a/c for the computer rm. 2 weeks ago, have yet to turn it on )</font>

Frank, of course we have central air and are quite accustomed to turning it on in late May or June and never turning it off again until late September or October. And we seldom turn off the ceiling fans, too. However, the past week has been pretty pleasant outside early in the morning.

 

[RockyMnt1]

45.7 degrees this AM. The deck has mold growing on it from all of the rain. Watershed is up to 85% (normally around 92% at this timne of year), so even with all of the rain we are still a little behind. We haven't had a single digit humitidy day yet. Very unusual for out here.

I am not complaining, we just don't need it all at once!!

 

[Ole_Hickory]

Maybe its partly to blame because of the " Green House effect" ? LOL /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Ozarker]

Must have sent that rain to Missouri. My rain gage had 4.5" in it this morning. My nice smooth driveway is cut in a half dozen places and about 25% of the gravel I put on it three weeks ago is washed into the ditch.