Drought? What drought. We have had over 50 days of
heavy rains. This is after a three year drought. We
begged for rain and man we got it.

How much can I send you? The last person that asked for
rain was in San Antonio TX. Ask him what happened.

I have installed 160 feet of pipe and a pump to pump
the water to the back yard which is a lake. The lake, too
is coming near the house. One year ago, the lake was gone.

i don't know vicki7 but i wish it wouldn't be much longer. i guess only the power that makes things work can change it.

Have a look at the Drought Monitor; click on Forecasts (but all the info is very interesting).

The NWS has indicated that a young "El Nino" has formed in the Pacific. Supposedly, this means higher than normal rains along the Pacific coast (floods) and in the Southwest and deep south (which is already happening). Everything else about the effects seems jumbled and vague - more along the lines of what we are experiencing now.

There is a rather detailed weather prediction model for the rest of this year and into next here. This seems to suggest a break in the drought during winter or early spring in those localized areas of the mid-south and midatlantic. Meanwhile looks like California, Florida and South Texas are predicted to disappear into the ocean and/or the gulf by then due to above normal precipitation...yikes! ;-)

It's been a dry year for us. Below average snowfall during winter, no spring rains, and a hot and dry summer. Hoping for a better year next year.

Wow! According to the drought monitor, I'm right smack in the middle of an "exceptional drought." Guess it's not just my imagination, huh? :-(

Of course, while we are here in the drought forum, most of Central Europe is under the worst floods on record. The historical centre of Prague (one of the most beautiful places where I´ve been) has been under water for several days, lots of houses colapsed when the waters receded due to corrosion of the structure. Now it seems to be the turn of Budapest, another of my favorite cities. And Dresden in Germany didn´t see such a wreck since the bombings in WWII.

All this should make us well aware of all the foolish things we have been doing to our planet.

Eduarda

Well said Eduarda. I couldn't have said it better.

Only God knows. I know that we were already several inches behind at the end of last summer and was followed by a winter with very little precipitation. When I checked the drought moniter last month our area was not even recognized as being in drought. I see that now we are listed as just being on the verge of drought--apparently they did not track our area two months ago when our yards were already brown--now the farmers in our area have fields of crops that are complete losses. Oh well, we'll keep our chin up and hope for better conditions soon.

Well, for what it's worth, the latest medium range forecast indicates some drought relief beginning Saturday for areas east of the Appalachians. This is the first significant pattern change in two months. The upper atmospheric flow will be from the south instead of the west for next week according to the models. Unfortunately it's too late for the summer crops in this area. Hopefully, this is signals a beginning of a wet period that will last thru the winter.