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Yea I was talking about field corn and soybean planting. As far as planting my garden. I planted my potatoes about 2 weeks ago. There not up yet. Just planted stringbeans and peas e days ago. I should have some sweet corn planted by now, but that ground is too cold yet. And now just had .88 rain last night. And my garden is in the bottom land next to a creek. Last night during the thunderstorm my garden was basically underwater. If it would be a sunny day today and temps in the 70's I could get in the garden later today. But with a completely overcast sky and cool temps that won't be the case today. Hopefully it warms up soon and stays.

Yep, as expected very little rain. I got only .03" here.

Euro AI is washout for all of memorial day weekend. We really need that.

Some potential beginning to show up next week with more consistent warmth and moisture setting in. Multiple days are showing up both on the CIPS and the CSU prediction models, the SPC also gave a mention On Wednesday and Thursday, the cold front is forecast to move slowly southeastward across the southern Plains and mid Mississippi Valley, extending east-northeastward into the Mid-Atlantic. A severe threat could develop along and ahead of the front each afternoon and evening. However, uncertainty concerning the exact location of the front is substantial at this extended range.

This is a good page WRAL put together to track rainfall at RDU: https://www.wral.com/weather/page/1934052/ Going back 6 months you can see all the months under 1” total for the month. Insane deficits and we’re going the wrong direction still

Missed this one earlier. I think that graphic hits the nail on the head, and is in agreement with AccuWeather's seasonal graphic. I think the NY/PA border or just north of it may be where the fronts roll along and the most of PA probably stays pretty dry.

We picked up 0.44" here in East Nantmeal since last night, Cool and breezy today before we start a nice warming trend. Some lower valley spots may touch 90 by next Tuesday. Higher ridge locations are likely to remain in the mid to upper 80's. We will likely see a return to cooler temps toward the end of next week. Our next chance of rain looks to be toward mid-week.

We picked up 0.44" here in East Nantmeal since last night, Cool and breezy today before we start a nice warming trend. Some lower valley spots may touch 90 by next Tuesday. Higher ridge locations are likely to remain in the mid to upper 80's. We will likely see a return to cooler temps toward the end of next week. Our next chance of rain looks to be toward mid-week.

I actually did just such a deep dive into for example the NWS COOP station at Coatesville 1SW below shows any bias would only have potentially been present from 1910-1921. So not significant based on the 89 years of history for that station.

Stein here

My wifes family is 2 generation farming family (Pine View Dairy for those that know the area). They told me many moons ago that safe bet was memorial day for planting. I think because of the many warm springs that've been sprinkled in, it has moved up the planting timeframe, but to the peril of the planter. Spring hasnt changed that much, that its worth the gamble imo. I see sweet corn already 4-6" tall near my house, but thats much smaller scale gamble than a few hundred acres of regular corn. Fruit folks, totally diff ballgame (and not a good one this year). Hope yall are doing well.

If you dont want to look at them for another 2 weeks (as flowering winds down), pull them with one of those extendable tools. Like $30 on Amazon. Next year hit them with pre-emergent (corn gluten) like the 2nd week of April, then the 1st week of May. It'll take care of that other grass, too. It's remarkably effective. Putting any synthetic fertilizer or herbicide that close to water is about the worst thing you could do. And it won't do anything for your current situation, either.

.82 this morning .Hopefully that’s about it here. Plenty of rain the last two weeks . We have entered that week of the year when the lawn is at its best . Just like staring at snowbanks. Could stare at this all day. It’s all downhill from here as the summer diseases and heat will slowly encroach despite our best efforts.

Will any few stragglers remain uninstalled?

Wow... impressive 6 hour change Saturday morning in this new NAM grid. Walking through a summer doorway

Another cloud filled sky day, temp 51. another dismal day. Talked to someone that helps farmers out planting an harvesting crops. He said planting is running behind schedule with this cold May.

49.9° +RA 1.01” since midnight

At least we are doing better than areas just to our south. Through May 14th Philly is having their 4th driest March 1st through May 13th. The drought should help boost the high temperatures in the usual warm spots next week. Pretty impressive to see the GFS, Euro, and CMC all showing 95+ potential for the usual warm spots. Time Series Summary for Philadelphia Area, PA (ThreadEx) Driest March 1 to May 13 Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1926-05-13 3.79 0 2 1938-05-13 4.20 0 3 1930-05-13 4.32 0 4 2026-05-13 4.38 0 5 2012-05-13 4.42 0 6 1995-05-13 4.64 0 7 1985-05-13 4.71 0 8 1969-05-13 4.77 0 9 1887-05-13 4.91 0 10 1883-05-13 4.98 0

More water restrictions in McDowell. Next week not looking as stormy.. not good

Late next week is trending drier again east of the Apps. Less than an inch of rain for many through 15 days.

Oh sick I had no clue either. That is awesome. That should even help reduce range folding issues in the CT Valley. Looks like the 0.3° tilt samples just below 5K in the Springfield area which is a good ~1.5k feet lower than what the 0.5° tilt samples.

New JMA for regions 3 and 3.4 FWIW:

As I'm working around the garden it's dry 3-4" down. It's a good thing my well is as deep as it is, I pull from the aquifer at NYC reservoir level below me.

61.3° and Cloudy salvageable day so far