CT Rain Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 May be some severe potential either next Tuesday or Wednesday depending on fropa timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Who tries to wishcast a drought? Either way things are fine here. Grass is green, garden is flowering nicely, and we picked of 0.91" of rain yesterday. Glad your localized area got crushed with rain..but most folks didn't see nearly those amounts. Certainly jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Who tries to wishcast a drought? Either way things are fine here. Grass is green, garden is flowering nicely, and we picked of 0.91" of rain yesterday. Wow, that is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Even the .58 that Kevin got is a good soaking. We got a whopping 0.05 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow, that is pretty good. Yeah we got about half of it in the morning and the second half during the storms in the evening. Nice to spread it out a bit so it didn't all run off at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Hmmm http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-20/fading-pacific-typhoon-threatens-cooler-weather-for-june-in-u-s- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Who tries to wishcast a drought? Either way things are fine here. Grass is green, garden is flowering nicely, and we picked of 0.91" of rain yesterday. interestingly, BDL is down 8 inches of rain over the last 365 days. Didn't realize it was that dry. BOS is only minus an inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Hmmm http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-20/fading-pacific-typhoon-threatens-cooler-weather-for-june-in-u-s- Ginxy cool/low dews vs DIT famine/drought inducing HHH. Im routing for team Ginxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 interestingly, BDL is down 8 inches of rain over the last 365 days. Didn't realize it was that dry. BOS is only minus an inchIts becoming a serious problem by the day as we head into big heat season starting next week. Gibbs has AN for June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 interestingly, BDL is down 8 inches of rain over the last 365 days. Didn't realize it was that dry. BOS is only minus an inch You can see it on this pretty well....actually above normal on the Cape, and just a touch below in eastern Mass. But CT has been quite low (BDL hits the -8" zone) and we've also been really low up in the upslope regions of the Spine in Northern VT. It was actually a really dry winter up here (QPF worries warranted, lol), but in general we've been running quite dry in the mountains over the past year. Averages are pretty high in the mountains, so even "running dry" can be serviceable. I'm sort of surprised though because I didn't see a weak Nino as being a dry pattern, but the deepest moisture stayed at the coast and off-shore. Look at Eastport, ME area... that's where all the QPF went. East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Its becoming a serious problem by the day as we head into big heat season starting next week. Gibbs has AN for JuneCould you list the problems in order of seriousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 But this is New England.... and in 2013 we had very wet weather (BTV and northern VT in general had its wettest May-June on record in 2013). So we may be down in precip this year, but two years ago we were the opposite with 10" above normal. Mother Nature loves her climo in the means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow the state is down 8 - as much as 16-20 inches below normal from Ginx south in SE CTbelow normal over the last year. That is bad bad news. Yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Could you list the problems in order of seriousness. Well I'm to your west in the middle of that -12 to -16 departure area and I can tell you that dust devils are a regular occurrence and we've been under a constant Red Flag Warning. In the evenings I set up a watering station with my garden hose for the wildlife, first the deer come, followed by the turkeys, then the fox and rabbits, its a regular pecking order they have worked out and they stick to it. Without my garden hose I'm quite sure many wild life populations would be close to wiped out by now. I can't back any of that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow the state is down 8 - as much as 16-20 inches below normal from Ginx south in SE CTbelow normal over the last year. That is bad bad news. Yikesyou're a trip...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow the state is down 8 - as much as 16-20 inches below normal from Ginx south in SE CTbelow normal over the last year. That is bad bad news. Yikes You failed to mention the graphic I posted that showed up to 10-15" above normal in 2013 in parts of CT. Long term, it all evens out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 You failed to mention the graphic I posted that showed up to 10-15" above normal in 2013 in parts of CT. Long term, it all evens out. That water is gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 You failed to mention the graphic I posted that showed up to 10-15" above normal in 2013 in parts of CT. Long term, it all evens out. That may deluge happened right after he started the 2013 damaging drought thread too. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 You failed to mention the graphic I posted that showed up to 10-15" above normal in 2013 in parts of CT. Long term, it all evens out. Apparently any year with below normal precip now is indicative of a drought. Forget about all of those years with 45-50"+ of liquid in the past decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 That may deluge happened right after he started the 2013 damaging drought thread too. LOL. reservoirs at 97%, where did the water come from? ground water levels at normal too. Love the CMC GFS ten day rain totals, dry spell cancel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 reservoirs at 97%, where did the water come from? ground water levels at normal too. Love the CMC GFS ten day rain totals, dry spell cancel Yep, water tables are fine. But don't let facts get in the way of a good hype story. If we go into mid June without another drop of rain, then I'll entertain the possibility that there could be some water issues later this summer...but in all seriousness, we don't do droughts here really. The 1960s had some. We've been so wet the last 15 years in New England that anything below normal probably feels like a drought...but it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 That water is gone I think you missed the point. Our environment can handle these swings (maybe not manicured lawns but they aren't natural), it's not overly uncommon to be up by 15" in a year and then go down by 15" in a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Furey went mostly sunny again at 740 AM. I'm down in HVN and it is solidly cloudy. Great forecast by Joe. Been mostly sunny all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 I think you missed the point. Our environment can handle these swings (maybe not manicured lawns but they aren't natural), it's not overly uncommon to be up by 15" in a year and then go down by 15" in a year. Yep, water tables are fine. But don't let facts get in the way of a good hype story. If we go into mid June without another drop of rain, then I'll entertain the possibility that there could be some water issues later this summer...but in all seriousness, we don't do droughts here really. The 1960s had some. We've been so wet the last 15 years in New England that anything below normal probably feels like a drought...but it isn't. just forget its a lost cause, if his lawn has a brown spot its a drought. Scientists and those who think scientifically know the difference between dry and drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Great forecast by Joe. Been mostly sunny all day. Not what Bradley shows: http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KBDL.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Great forecast by Joe. Been mostly sunny all day. he forecasts for all of Ct and I believe this would be his stations location, no? New Haven, Tweed-New Haven Airport E 20 13:53 NW 10 G 23 10.00 Mostly Cloudy SCT048 BKN250 61 39 63 55 44% NA NA 29.85 1010.7 20 12:53 NW 13 G 26 10.00 Mostly Cloudy SCT044 BKN250 62 40 44% NA NA 29.85 1010.7 20 11:53 NW 12 G 20 10.00 Mostly Cloudy BKN044 60 41 50% NA NA 29.85 1010.8 20 10:53 NW 9 G 20 10.00 Mostly Cloudy BKN041 BKN250 58 42 56% NA NA 29.85 1010.8 20 09:53 NW 12 G 18 10.00 Overcast BKN035 BKN080 OVC250 57 42 58% NA NA 29.87 1011.3 20 08:53 NW 8 10.00 Overcast OVC031 56 45 67% NA NA 29.86 1010.9 20 07:53 Vrbl 5 10.00 Overcast BKN039 OVC250 55 46 59 52 72% NA NA 29.83 1010.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 just forget its a lost cause, if his lawn has a brown spot its a drought. Scientists and those who think scientifically know the difference between dry and drought.Science schmience Go hype or go home What effect would a huge drought have on New England anyway? Farmers would have trouble with their livelihood, but most of the food consumed here is not grown here. Ballfields would be brown... That's about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Science schmience Go hype or go home What effect would a huge drought have on New England anyway? Farmers would have trouble with their livelihood, but most of the food consumed here is not grown here. Ballfields would be brown... That's about it Reservoirs would get low...so there would be some water restrictions. But yes, the impacts are mostly nuisance impacts rather than serious ones like they get out west or in the plains sometimes. We had drought in the mid 1960s, but we don't hear tales of it like we do the 1930s plains dust bowl or the 1950s Texas drought or the even current California drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Great forecast by Joe. Been mostly sunny all day. I like Joe. he is one of my favorite Mets. I think a mix of sun and clouds or partly sunny would have been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Reservoirs would get low...so there would be some water restrictions. But yes, the impacts are mostly nuisance impacts rather than serious ones like they get out west or in the plains sometimes. We had drought in the mid 1960s, but we don't hear tales of it like we do the 1930s plains dust bowl or the 1950s Texas drought or the even current California drought. the hydrologists who monitors the Quabbin yesterday was quoted in the paper as saying it could not rain a drop for the next 5-6 years and we would still be ok, its a total non issue here, some spring normal brush fires and brown lawns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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