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D1 here right now. Also, I noticed that Indian Creek and Martin Creek are low, but they're still running continuously (except in one place someone built a new concrete ford across the former).
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Originally Posted by GraniteStater
I have a few sugar maple trees that lost a good chunk of leaves (turned half brown). I have even watered them. Horrid drought and heat, a very depressing Fall. Plan on going to the Northwoods next weekend to actually have nice Fall weather.
I feel ya. I've been having trouble for weeks keeping my potted Virginian Juniper alive. I've watered a gallon a day, but only a few green needles for quite some time. I also agree that it's a very depressing autumn (which is an unpleasant season for me regardless).
At least my Blue Spruce isn't drying up! But we'd be in REAL trouble if it even started; it's native to desert areas like Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah.
I find it ridiculous that the national weather service depicts much of Tennessee as being abnormally dry or in drought conditions especially given the fact that places like Nashville have a 12 inch surplus of year to date precipitation, why would anyone in their right mind put somewhere like Nashville in a D0 or a D1 designation despite the fact that that area is still well above average for the year, as a matter of fact Nashville has already surpassed their average rainfall for the whole year already with 47.42 inches(the average rainfall for Nashville for a whole year is 47.25 inches), why an agency would ever dream of mentioning drought in a state with abundant annual precipitation is beyond me
I find it ridiculous that the national weather service depicts much of Tennessee as being abnormally dry or in drought conditions especially given the fact that places like Nashville have a 12 inch surplus of year to date precipitation, why would anyone in their right mind put somewhere like Nashville in a D0 or a D1 designation despite the fact that that area is still well above average for the year, as a matter of fact Nashville has already surpassed their average rainfall for the whole year already with 47.42 inches(the average rainfall for Nashville for a whole year is 47.25 inches), why an agency would ever dream of mentioning drought in a state with abundant annual precipitation is beyond me
I'm not qualified to give a definitive answer, but it's probably about soil moisture and ecological effects.
Yes, we do generally have abundant precipitation. There's the Appalachian Rainforest in East TN, western NC, southwestern VA, northern GA, far western SC and far northeastern AL. Additionally, Tennessee is the sixth-wettest state on average, so it's even closer to being the wettest state than infamously dry places like California and Colorado are to being the driest. Driest 10Wettest 10
Highs are forecast in the low to mid 90s until Friday here in the Tri-Cities. There is at least some semblance of a rain chance with seasonal temperatures this weekend going into next week.
I find it ridiculous that the national weather service depicts much of Tennessee as being abnormally dry or in drought conditions especially given the fact that places like Nashville have a 12 inch surplus of year to date precipitation, why would anyone in their right mind put somewhere like Nashville in a D0 or a D1 designation despite the fact that that area is still well above average for the year, as a matter of fact Nashville has already surpassed their average rainfall for the whole year already with 47.42 inches(the average rainfall for Nashville for a whole year is 47.25 inches), why an agency would ever dream of mentioning drought in a state with abundant annual precipitation is beyond me
It's pretty simple really. Imagine you won a windfall at the casino, but you spent it all in a few months. Bill collectors are still wanting money today, but you don't have it. It doesn't matter that you had a lot of money earlier in the year, you need it now.
This weather is so bad, it has me considering moving back west or north.
It's pretty simple really. Imagine you won a windfall at the casino, but you spent it all in a few months. Bill collectors are still wanting money today, but you don't have it. It doesn't matter that you had a lot of money earlier in the year, you need it now.
This weather is so bad, it has me considering moving back west or north.
The climate, at least in this part of the state, has gotten progressively hotter over the past twenty years. The local news station ran a story a few weeks ago about days over 90 degrees, mapped over the time. With some exception (and this year being an exception until the last few weeks), days above 90 have dramatically increased over the past few decades. Personally, I don't remember any temps in the mid-90s in October.
The climate, at least in this part of the state, has gotten progressively hotter over the past twenty years. The local news station ran a story a few weeks ago about days over 90 degrees, mapped over the time. With some exception (and this year being an exception until the last few weeks), days above 90 have dramatically increased over the past few decades. Personally, I don't remember any temps in the mid-90s in October.
Where was this temperature data taken? Was it in an area that was urbanizing? I think we really underestimate the urban heat island effect...what used to be surrounded by cornfields 30 years ago might be surrounded by vast seas of asphalt today.
Where was this temperature data taken? Was it in an area that was urbanizing? I think we really underestimate the urban heat island effect...what used to be surrounded by cornfields 30 years ago might be surrounded by vast seas of asphalt today.
There may be some impact from that, but this is a small metro that hasn't grown a ton.
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