How dry I am.!?.!?

Bird · Sep 10, 2007

Yesterday morning we got 1.66" spread out over 3-1/2 hours. Calling for more this afternoon.

Yesterday, about noon, we had a brief shower that gave us about two-tenths of an inch. But this morning, we had a downpour for awhile that has now settled down to a slow steady rain; already over two inches this morning and still raining.

I love it.

dooleysm · Sep 10, 2007

Here in southern Indiana we only got .75" split up between friday and saturday. The yard was still bone dry yesterday and I didn't notice any upward change in the pond level. The only noticable signs that we got any rain is a greening up of the weeds in the yard.

riptides · Sep 10, 2007

Still no rain. I went down to my creek last night. It is bone dry in spots. I will take pictures of it for future reference.

I have noticed a lot of trees starting to wilt now too. Like an early fall already.

-Mike Z.

Farmwithjunk · Sep 10, 2007

The trees here are starting to loose small limbs. The problem is especially bad on the 5 big silver maples near my house. Leaves have been dropping for several weeks now. There's a big red oak across the pasture that's turning red. Corn is almost all combined in this immediate area. That's more than a full month ahead of normal.

Spiveyman · Sep 10, 2007

Hey Farmwithjunk, you getting this?

Yesterday a bit, and more today.

Yesterday's was fast and furious, good for filling up ponds and creeks but not much else. Thankfully today's rain was more drawn out. Finally. It won't be enough to salvage much, but will hopefully keep it from getting worse. The forcast isn't good though, after this dry as far as they can see.

Farmwithjunk · Sep 10, 2007

Spiveyman said:
Hey Farmwithjunk, you getting this?

Yesterday a bit, and more today. Yesterday's was fast and furious, good for filling up ponds and creeks but not much else. Thankfully today's rain was more drawn out. Finally. It won't be enough to salvage much, but will hopefully keep it from getting worse. The forcast isn't good though, after this dry as far as they can see.

Nothing today. Hot. Hazy. Humid. It's been cloudy today, but not a drop of rain. South and east of us has a good chance of rain tomorrow too. I'm on a job tomorrow where a building foundation is sinking. For 2 or 3 days, I'm down in the dirt working on concrete forms. If that isn't a recipe for rain (read MUD) I don't know what it is.

Up side is, I get to run a Kubota mini-excavator too.

N80 · Sep 13, 2007

We've had showers in the forecast for the last few days. Got some rain in the lower part of the state, but none here. Had a few days of rain predicted but that has just been changed to 'scattered thunderstorms' for the next few days (which is the forecast everyday). Following that on the 10 day outlook they are not even predicting any clouds.

Where I live, and where my property is just south of here, we have had no rain in nearly three weeks. Zero. If the forecast holds, it will be 4 weeks. The wildcard is this Humberto. It is predicted to sweep across the south east. We're hoping it comes this way, but we're not holding our breath. Forecasts look like it will pass south of here.

I planted oats and greens two weeks ago. Wonder if I'll need to replant? How long should I wait before replanting? There are going to be no acorns this year for the deer. Was really hoping to have good plots this year. Oh well, there's no beating mother nature.

tallyho8 · Sep 13, 2007

We were supposed to get some wind and rain from Humberto, but as close as we are to it, we have not had a drop of rain today and not even a slight breeze.

Farmwithjunk · Sep 13, 2007

At least the extreme heat has left us for now. Yesterday was the first in 45 days to be average temp or below. Calling for highs in the low 70's and lows in the mid 50's by day after tomorrow (sat) But STILL no more rain. I've been building fence along the back side of my place. Yesterday I sank a bunch of post holes. 3' deep and not even a hint of soil moisture. At least I'm saving gas by not needing to mow the lawn

Tdog · Sep 13, 2007

If Humberto moves on through central Mississippi & Alabama as predicted, some of you guys in the southeast may get a small break from the drought.

It rained most of the day here - - never very hard, & totaled about 1".

Jack