Weather Where You Are

baymule said:

From my perspective, 3.5" is a good rain. It's hard for me to fathom floods with just 3.5", but in a desert I guess there isn't anywhere for the water to drain off. Hope your cousin's house isn't flooded.

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Yep mostly flash flooding. It will run off plenty fast enough. He is high and dry! After nearly 3 days of rain we got some much needed rain at 2 1/4 inch. So dry here it all soaked in, no puddles.

Its dry here. Haven't had rain in almost 2 weeks. It is cooling down a bit so that's good.

We may have a most unusual storm on its way. In another thread, I said, "Frost is on its way to my gardens and it may be over several days and difficult/impossible for me to fend off. Today, I harvested green tomatoes."

It's 40°f right now but that isn't the news. A storm is on the horizon and that storm will be somewhat different from the one that dumped hail on the distant garden yesterday afternoon. Snow is "likely."

The Weather Service isn't backing away from the forecasts first began about 5 days ago. "On track," they say; temperatures "10° below normal," they say.

If nearby Spokane receives 1.5" of September snow, it will be a new record in 125 years of keeping track. NW Montana will really feel the brunt of this. As a westerner, I've heard about Cut Bank Montana my entire life. Always, it's been about bad weather! I don't think that I ever want to go there ... Cut Bank, you can expect 30+ inches of September snow.

While record heat continues to make life difficult on the other side of the continent, frost has already touched my garden and, along with hail, rain, wind gusts above 30 mph, and snow ... freezing temperatures can be expected right through the next 7 days. Highs may not even make it out of the 30's, Fahrenheit.

Steve

Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis. ~ William Empson

Raining again

We've been totally dry for over a week and the ten-day forecast says it will continue. Had some record heat recently and we're supposed to get within a degree or two of a new record again a couple of days.

I'm wanting to start my fall/winter garden in a few days, I plan to go by the garden center with my seed list later today after I get my tetanus booster and pneumonia shot. The nurse did not know if they would have the flu vaccine today or not. I'd like to get some rain before I try to start seeds. I can water but rain just seems to do so much ore good.

@Ridgerunner what are you going to plant for fall? Probably just greens? I know you will be warm enough down in SE Louisiana for lots of things, but I was wondering how much sunlight you need.
We may break the heat record next week. For October 1st, it's supposed to be 93 or more. We had some lovely 80 degree days this week, but it's back to summer now.

This is what we are looking like at my house. The weather station is about a mile from me.

so lucky said:

@Ridgerunner what are you going to plant for fall? Probably just greens? I know you will be warm enough down in SE Louisiana for lots of things, but I was wondering how much sunlight you need.
We may break the heat record next week. For October 1st, it's supposed to be 93 or more. We had some lovely 80 degree days this week, but it's back to summer now.

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Mostly seeds, some transplants. Transplants will wait.

Broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, carrots, beets and turnips for greens and the roots, kale, chard, cabbage, lettuce

I don't know how these will do. It's basically my first year down here. I expect to a certain extent they will grow for a while, then stay alive but not grow any more. Not always that productive but some fresh stuff.

I enjoyed the view of my garden from the windows today, because it was 94 on the back porch when I got home from work. It was 60 when I left for work this morning, and the high was 77. I left the windows open, and boy was that a mistake.

Next week we are supposed to experience a temperature drop of almost 25 degrees in 24 hours....I can't wait!

Well, what digitS said. Storm is still coming and it is 44 right now, feels like 38 and tonight will be 34 and feel like 22 with rain turning to snow and could have 1-3 inches by Sunday. DS cleaned the chimney a couple days ago and we have already had a fire. When I first moved here people all told me, we get our first snow on Halloween and really it was pretty much true. I brought in all the tomatoes, which were not very many, some green ones and I did not think I would find green beans, but got a big bowl and cooked for supper with bacon. I still have Swiss chard, kale and collards.