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Post by walnuttr on Oct 21, 2017 20:15:08 GMT -5
tooManyIrons: No higher ground on both sides here, basically flat prairie with a ditch (valley) running through it.
If that is higher mountain / hills SouthWest of you ( base of the arrow )on the map, then chances are they squeeze the rain out of the clouds before the wind takes them across the valley and the next hills past the prarie get to squeeze some more out. "Topographic rain shadow". Sometimes just a lift of a hundred feet is all it takes to squeeze the clouds. Something to do with the adiabatic lapse rate of clouds forming / unloading some bigger drops as the air gets pushed uphill. Then them clouds happily suck moisture from the valley air as it drops again; and offload again when it rises over the hills NorthEast of you. Only talking tenths of a degree air temperature difference as the air rises and falls across the landscape, but when the clouds are borderline to drop / not drop their rain, it can be just enough of a trigger.
Could be I'm all wrong again, of course......
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Post by reed on Oct 21, 2017 21:19:31 GMT -5
The hills by the Ohio River look pretty much the same as they did fifty years ago. Well except for the much bigger cities and the giant power plants but that is all mostly in the valley, the hills themselves are the same. It rained then, now it don't.
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Post by steev on Oct 25, 2017 1:00:24 GMT -5
It's getting to be lovely weather on the farm; upper 70s, daily, upper 30s, nights; hoping for rain; time to get cooking on soil prep foe Spring. Need some rain, though, to soften up the soil.
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Post by reed on Oct 25, 2017 7:49:27 GMT -5
Turned off cool here too. Turnips and radishes are doing their magic for spring prep. Had a new, to me, but I'm sure it happens all the time weather phenomena yesterday morning. In about 90 seconds the ground was covered 1/2 inch deep with ice balls. Too big for sleet, to small for hail, I happened to be out barefooted, on the way back from feeding the chickens when it happened.
I hate that when it's too dry and dusty to work. First frost is expected in next night or two although I'v already seen some on rooftops in the valley.
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Post by walt on Oct 25, 2017 11:26:42 GMT -5
Woke up to radio saying hard frost in much of their listening area. Went out later, no frost. Not even my wife's begonias were hurt. Third time it's missed me this fall. Won't be long though.
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Post by mskrieger on Oct 25, 2017 14:50:44 GMT -5
Wet and windy. Rained in heavy squalls yesterday. More to come tomorrow, supposedly. Good for the trees to go into winter dormancy well-watered.
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Post by reed on Oct 25, 2017 17:18:17 GMT -5
We got about two inches of rain thanks to hurricane Harvey but not much for a good while before or after. I took advantage of the dampened surface to give all my new trees a deep watering.
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Post by philagardener on Oct 25, 2017 19:16:53 GMT -5
Picked a nice batch of snow peas for dinner :>)
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Post by steev on Oct 27, 2017 0:01:37 GMT -5
It's been hot this week; I really hate working with sweat dropping off my nose; where's my Fall? I want my thermal-shirt weather, dammit!
Oh, well; guess I should get field peas planted, in hopes of rain.
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Post by richardw on Oct 27, 2017 12:11:01 GMT -5
A very light frost here this morning, like all the frosts this spring none are cold enough to burn the frost tender plants, just as well as everything is now planted out, only corn and potatoes have yet to poke there noses up. Today will be the last chilly morning for a week because there's a sub tropical air mass on its way.
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Post by walt on Oct 28, 2017 13:01:50 GMT -5
Killing frost last night. Last night I did pull 2 tomato plants and 3 plants of ASAP corn to finish ripening inside. Otherwise the garden was done anyway, except for kale and such things that take real cold.
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Post by richardw on Oct 29, 2017 23:44:10 GMT -5
Third day in a row with 24Cdeg+ lovely!, but time now to start watering the garden.
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Post by steev on Oct 30, 2017 0:39:29 GMT -5
Getting cold enough to pull the sleeping bag over me at night; haven't shut the vent-windows yet, but looking to hope to; (it's a bit crispy getting my knickers on of a morning, but I'm not complaining; I'm very glad to see it so) time to stop watering the (alleged) garden.
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Post by walt on Oct 31, 2017 11:09:05 GMT -5
Only 3 days ago was our killing frost. Today there's an inch of snow on the grass. None on the ground. The snow melts as soon as it hits the ground. I did have to brush an inch of snow off my car.
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Post by steev on Nov 4, 2017 0:07:31 GMT -5
Sprinked a bit in the East Bay last night; only enough to wet concrete, no effect on dry soil; supposed to come decent rain the weekend.
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