incoming weather

[LPS]

We have 1.5" so far. 

[mike89]

ended up with .8 inches and most about 5 this afternoon and fast too..

[Dotch]

Got going with the mower a little after 4. About 5:20 the sky turned pitch black & the yardlight came on. Time to park the mower & check the radar. Looked impressive. Pretty breezy at first, rained hard for about 20 minutes then came thru in waves. .63" after chores ~6:45. Has been raining since. Guessing it'll probably put us over 8" of rain for the month at the ranch.

[roony]

We got .85" here in God's Country.

[tangle tooth]

      Gauge read 1.1" of rain this morning. 3.6" for the month.

[LPS]

We ended up just shy of 1 3/4". 

[Gunner55]

A little before 6 yday afternoon I heard a couple big rumbles of thunder. About 5 minutes later I thought it had started to hail, took a peek & it was just wind & rain. It was raining so hard that I couldn't see much past our bank. When I looked today there was a good 1.65" in the gauge & I wouldn't be that surprised if the neighbor has 1.85" as it came down sideways. Just about all of that came down in 30-35 minutes too.

[glenn57]

my son is at the cabin. got there about 6 last night he said. said there was at least an inch of standing water in the fire pit!!!

[Dotch]

Final tally .87" at the ranch & .71" in Bugtussle. That puts me at 8.1" at the ranch & 7.02" in Bugtussle for August. Looked a little wild but haven't heard about any major damage from the storm.

[Gunner55]

I was down dragging the end of our driveway this AM & the neighbor across the road was leaving. Spoke with 'em a bit, they said they had 1.85". Talked to the 1 next door a little later & he said the same thing.

[Dotch]

Had a brief thundershower roll thru here around 6-ish. .07" at the ranch & .11" in Bugtussle. The SROC has made a change in the way they're reporting daily weather data & it's taking some getting used to. Time is measured using a 24 hr. clock. Fine if you've been in a job where you're used to it. Not so much otherwise. And there will be no snow measurement with this new system so not sure if someone will still be responsible for that at the SROC or not. It's valuable info to have sometimes especially in a spring like '23 and this past one where too many people assumed our soil moisture was lacking. They didn't take into account that the snow added soil moisture that we normally don't have when the ground is frozen. It added bushels last year and took them away this growing season.

https://sroc.cfans.umn.edu/weather

[LPS]

Cooper and Jake were outside and I heard Cooper bark at the door so I went to let him in.  It was pouring rain.  He came right in and I see Jake running as fast as he can when he saw me let Cooper in.   

[glenn57]

all you softey's best get your long undies out........39 for a low tomorrow night!!!!

[mike89]

all you softey's best get your long undies out........39 for a low tomorrow night!!!!

 

[Steve-o]

all you softey's best get your long undies out........39 for a low tomorrow night!!!!

Meanwhile, in Canada...

[mike89]

getting some lite rain here.. 

[Dotch]

Had a quick hitter move thru here about 1:30. Looked like just under a tenth at the ranch when I pulled in.

[LPS]

Man it is dark here and just started absolutely pouring out.  We are in a heavy rain and thunderstorm for another 50 minutes.

[LPS]

We have 3/4" already. One of those green sky events.

[LPS]

Ended with exactly a tich over an inch.

[Jerkbiat]

Had .4" when I got home from work. Storming hard right now again. Wife said they had hail in Warroad.

[glenn57]

it sucked here.......hot and humid!!!!!!!

[mike89]

same here and more tomorrow...   

[Dotch]

No rain here. 85 for a high at the ranch and dead still much of the time. Bleccchh!!! It's supposed to be September not July! Pushing the crop harder than it likes to be pushed. May take some test weight on corn and will be causing some pod abortion as well as smaller seed size in the beans. If you bought up your insurance coverage levels, that might not be all bad. If you didn't, bend over and take it. No lube for you!

[roony]

Dotch, it must be hard to estimate yields this year especially with corn. Quality will take a hit. Too bad hardly anyone chops silage these days.

[LPS]

Looks like a lot of red going right over JB now.  Windy as heck here but not raining.  It is sliding by us. 

[Jerkbiat]

Got a little wild here. Up to 1.95" here so far.

[Dotch]

Dotch, it must be hard to estimate yields this year especially with corn. Quality will take a hit. Too bad hardly anyone chops silage these days.

Ya it's only a formality this year. It can easily vary over 100 bushel or more per acre in the same field depending on where the sample is pulled. In a good year, technically we should be taking a sample every 40 acres. In a year like this one, it should probably be more like one every 20 acres. Each sample takes 15- 20 minutes with windshield time, etc. No one has that kind of time nor do they want to compensate anyone who does fairly for it. Yesterday was a case in point. Hot and little breeze, I decided to don the shorts again. Fine except you get your shoes & socks full of woolly cupgrass and barnyardgrass seeds. Going to wait until it cools down to finish methinks. At least take that variable out of the equation.

[Bobberineyes]

We're in a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 they say. Man we could use the rain the grass is crunchy here. Although the roof could use some hail, the vehicles could go without it..... Looks like 5ish it might get interesting.

[glenn57]

Clear as a bell here,  yea we could use it to. 

Hey wait, I'm gonna go out and water what's left of the garden