SE OH/west Virginia update, similar but even more dire

ILNs latest drought update

All we need is 9-12” of widespread OV rains to end the drought in 2 months Keep in mind this doesn’t consider rain rates . The ground will need considerable moistening up to except rain at full potential, majority of a heavy rain would runoff. So needed rains would be higher . Good luck getting rain...

More than half of Ohio’s 88 counties now have a disaster designation John Patterson, State Executive Director of the USDA’s Ohio Farm Service Agency. Drought conditions started in Ohio back in mid-June and have intensified all summer and are expected to only get worse in the near future. As a result...

Some of the modeled qpf for next week is hopefull. But we’ve seen how bad they ve been with amounts of late in all the drought areas. Even at short range , let alone the 4-5 days to go before the better chances arrive. Hopeful is the best I can do atm.

Ohio state climate office drought update: Severe to exceptional drought continues to expand across Ohio. Severe drought has expanded into large sections of northwest, north central, and western Ohio, while extreme drought has expanded into most of Champaign, Clinton, Greene, and Union counties as we...

GEFs 5 day averages(anomaly )next 10 days, EU about the same . And the rest of the month normals (cvg) Poor Canada.

I don’t know if they got chased out of the big bean field but the outside of my house has been invaded by stink bugs

92 at4 pm reading

Already 88, record at cvg is 94…..

Expansion continues. Look at Ohio’s percentages of drought severity. IMG_2267.jpegIMG_2266.jpeg Starting to see tumble weeds developing, the OV is not meant for having this desert type of climate! the next several days looks to really amplify this. Hopefully, we'll see SOME rain early next week! Th...

Expansion continues. Look at Ohio’s percentages of drought severity.

We also have to figure, for the early week rains , that amounts will be over done by models into our region due to the moisture traveling over another very dry part of the country before it reaches us and our dry grounds

The biggest challenge that I see right now is the potential hurricane in the Gulf and what impact will it have on the pattern? I have come out and said a swing and miss to the east at this time, but that can change of course since the system has not developed yet. That too, but I’m looking more at ...

It’s been an easy way to go as far as forecasting goes for temps and precipitation for several weeks with the way the 500mb pattern setup. Starting next week it starts to be a little more unpredictable. Is the GFS losing the influence of the Great Lakes high pressure on the OV to soon for early next...

Jeesh, another 90

30 plus days and counting, QPF totals: Columbus- .16”, Dayton- .02” , CVG - .35” That stat is simply incredible! I think the last time I mowed was the last week of August. There's nothing to mow now. Leaves are dropping so once they get thick enough it'll be leaf grinding season. I'd say most peopl...

30 plus days and counting, QPF totals: Columbus- .16”, Dayton- .02” , CVG - .35”

tron777 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:10 am

MJSun wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:07 am Allergies are awful too because of all the dry air and ragweed.

Same here Mollie! it's been awful!

It’s been a harvest fest out here all week, farmers hitting hard. Dust particles floating in the air nonstop

tron777 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:11 am The new drought monitor map will be out about this time tomorrow, I cringe just thinking about it.

Well over half the state of Ohio will be in severe drought and over a quarter will be in extreme to exceptional. SE Indiana and Northern KY will be in severe to extreme. Unbelievable

A slim chance mind you, but the 6Z GFS has an interesting solution for next week. A front moves in Wed afternoon and evening and stalls over us thanks to a hurricane moving northward in the Gulf. It is going to be all about timing and we just won't have much of an idea about the interaction between...

Next 10 days are going to be 6-10 degrees above normal

The only state that saw widespread good rains was North Carolina

Tropical storm Virga has arrived

So much for tropical influence for today’s weather. Relative humidity sits at 27% . Models do not handle the expansive drought’s influence on air mass, much like a snow cover in winter causes them problems with temperatures