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Thanks ! Today at least there was some rain and maybe that will be enough to help the lawn through the dormant cycle. But ,not sure it got down deep enough, luckily more rain Tuesday and it might be enough to do the trick . Plus after this Tuesday excessive heat looks to be gone for a while. maybe this week is the turn of events to wetter and more towards more normal temps

I have a question in the lawn thread second one to the bottom, can you check it out and tell me what you think please > It's about grass and watering , Thanks !

Very nice, I like ! !

It does stink when you are a gardener .

Do any lawn experts recommend a practice I read about a few days ago that during a three week period of little rain you should still water you lawn while it is dormant just enough so the the plant below , maybe called the crown, not sure , is able to bounce back when it does rain ? What they are saying is even though cool season grasses can survive a two to three period of little to no rain , that if it goes beyond that you may face a lawn that is dead. They stated watering 1/2 inche every two weeks . They recommend not to water too much to cause the grass to exit dormancy because that causes stress on the grass and it uses up its fuel / energy stores

Yes that is true, there were times when North of Baltimore received good rains and also to my East. But here below Wilmington Delaware it has been dry as a bone. I almost feel it has effected the bug population , less flowers and buds and overall dryness. Anything will help. I see the over EPS has trended wetter over the Midwest but it appears looking out in time we miss on rain to our South or just do not get a lot.

You see any changes in the Pac that might help us here with rainfall the second part of July? I see the talk of the El Nino standing wave.

Hey Yoda what are your feelings about the developing SST profile off the East Coast , conducive to storms for the Fall season if it holds and a earlier start to Fall or stable grounds for the Bermuda High to linger into November ? Wonder if we get twin Nor Easters like the Fall of 2002, rememebr those. A signal of a stormy and cold winter was coming .

Will be achieving hurricane status soon

I personally feel feedback will possibly come into play if we get heat again and may make it worse and last longer. Interesting the Euro weeklies showing a cooler July back in late June have a pretty warm, not BN , July forecasted now. On the flip side, seems some angular momentum changes taking place and other things evolving on the PAC side. Seems August might turn out a changeable month.

NWS Mount Holly discussion stated potential for isolated 2 to 3 inch amounts. what model(s) called for that? I feel the Mount Holly guys do a super job by the last 3 calls for heavy rainfall in my area and areas nearby has yielded little if any. I am not talking a small goegraphic area but rather large expanse of area. As for today surprising with a dew of 77 now and this clash in air masses coming up I may get hardly anything. Very, very low soil moisture here now. Last 4 weeks missed mostr rain to NE , SE and West.

Why is there a Flash Flood Watch in NE MD and Northern DE ? Been the kiss of death lately .

Looks like nationwide low tornado count ? Any ideas ? And looking at the sun love seeing the sharp declines in output as we approach the solar min.

Seems for some reason QFP NE of DC has been well below modeled for the last three events. Despite high precip water up to 2 inches during several days during the past two weeks I have not had any significant rain. Storms have either split, weakened or never developed , just like today. Thought the upper Bay may have had an effect but I doubt it. Ground water moisture diminishing now. Wondering whether we return to the wetter weather by mid July due to the Atlantic SST profile. Euro says cooler and wetter down the road. Not holding my breathe.

Not sure the summer accuracy, but July looks like normal on the Euro 46 day ensemble . I am very interested by the cool anomolies that persist to our far North .

Seems that a weak El Nino, or at least warm neutral should be possible. The Alantic should cooperate.

I like :-) And the Atlantic is conducive for A weak El Nino as well, or at the very least not the cause for it to not happen . Meanwhile, and very interesting, the Artic is very cold. Might be an interesting late Fall . And Volcano eruptions continue :-)