Need rain?

chucko · Jun 16, 2005

They were saying on the news here that our part of Fla is 370% above normal. Somewhere else in Fla was more than 500% above normal. We are not far enough above sea level to take much more lol.... I think we need a good tropical depresion to set over here for a week or so

Gatorboy · Jun 16, 2005

Not to fret, by the end of the year, most likely the yearly total will be pretty close to normal. Mother Nature has a way about her.

Bob_Skurka · Jun 16, 2005

We are having the 2nd LOWEST rainfall in history for our county, everything is bone dry. The rains we have gotten have been VERY HARD, VERY SHORT and VERY ISOLATED so my neighbor down the road may get rain and I can watch it from my patio a 1/4 mile away, but I only get a drizzle. There have been numerous times this spring I've been on the phone with my wife complaining about the heavy rain where I am and how it is slowing traffic and she has sunshine at home. . . or visa versa. Never seen it like this before. The rain we get is so intense it knocks out the power, downs branches, and usually lasts for less than 15 minutes!

Freds · Jun 16, 2005

We've finally got a nice steady rain that's been lasting since last night around here. Much needed.

froggy · Jun 16, 2005

We need rain in North Texas, but now that it is Summer, we can forget about until September.

ByronBob · Jun 16, 2005

We were bone dry here in WNY also last week. The farmers were spraying the fields. Dust flying everywhere.

Then the T-Storms came hard and heavy. Can't even get out in the fields now or you'd sink. Was in the 90's but today it's about 70.

Strange weather indeed. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Unclebuck257 · Jun 16, 2005

Like froggy said, we're in BAD shape around here. We're in a Moderate drought and it'll hit 100 today they are saying. For the most part, our rain is over until September now.

bczoom · Jun 16, 2005

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We were bone dry here in WNY also last week. The farmers were spraying the fields. Dust flying everywhere. )</font>

Farmers around us are wishing for that weather. We've been getting the same isolated storms that Bob (Skurka) mentioned but all they're doing is messing up everything for baling hay.

RobertN · Jun 16, 2005

I have this odd little theory. In the last 20 years or so, we have had major volcanic eruptions with lots of ash. And, Chernobyl blew... Especially since Chernobyl, seems we have gotten more extremes in weather. Out here, we got heavy rain a wek ago, which isn't unheard of, but is not the norm either. We're in for rain the next couple of days too.