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South Louisiana baws, are you under a moderate drought?

Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:24 am
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:24 am


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I'm in Covington and it should be abnormally dry but my lawn is green as ever and I have not had to run the sprinklers in weeks.

This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 10:27 am
Posted by jose
Member since Feb 2009
29726 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:25 am to
It rained this weekend. Seems pretty normal around here.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:25 am to
Based on your drought monitor map it looks like it’s only Moderate Drought

Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6453 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:25 am to
All the grass in Austin is dead
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
476565 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:25 am to
It's very dry with some outbursts of rain.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:26 am to
quote:

Based on your drought monitor map it looks like it’s only Moderate Drought


Oh, you are right.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Member since May 2020
12250 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:27 am to
Looks like the FL parishes are good while most of SWLA and cenla are struggling.

The I-20 corridor is thriving. All them NELA crops gonna be nice come fall… big bucks baby
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53519 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:27 am to
It's been pretty dry for summer in BR. It usually rains 4-5 days per week this time of the year.
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
14223 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:27 am to
If theres a drought, someone please tell my grass.

It wont stop growing, i’d like to take a day off from cutting it.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
131540 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:27 am to
May and early june were dry

Last month or so more normal with a couple thunderstorms a week
Posted by BlackCoffeeKid
Member since Mar 2016
12889 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:27 am to
Checking in from one of the red dots in Minnesota.

Dry as hell with terrible air quality due to wild fires. Missing South Louisiana afternoon thunderstorms right about now.
This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 10:29 am
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
182202 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:28 am to
It has been dry but comparable to last year.

44 inches of rain last year and 29.8 so far this year but both years are drier than the average of around 65 inches we usually get.


ETA: Here is the chart



This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 10:33 am
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:29 am to
quote:

44 inches of rain last year and 29.8 so far this year but both years are drier than the average of around 65 inches we usually get.




Probably going to make up for it after October going into a El Nino winter.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20029 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:31 am to
Been raining pretty regular in N.O. lately but there was a spell it didn't rain much at all.

I know I've gotten at least 4 pretty hard downpours in the past couple weeks-----enough to cause some street flooding in my neighborhood.
Posted by jrodLSUke
Premium
Member since Jan 2011
26251 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:33 am to
It’s getting bad in Texas too. Second summer in a row that Lake Travis is too low for my boat.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Member since May 2020
12250 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:33 am to
The ground water will keep it growing
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
18162 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:39 am to
Yes, part of my front lawn is crispy.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
6068 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:41 am to
I've watched many Baton Rouge forecasts this year start out at 80% and drop to below 20% as the day goes on. I'm tired of watering so much.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20874 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:50 am to
local river is very low and did not get high at all this spring. Grass needs cut ever 5 days right now so its not that bad I guess.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
26608 posts
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:52 am to
quote:

I've watched many Baton Rouge forecasts this year start out at 80% and drop to below 20% as the day goes on. I'm tired of watering so much.


It’s spotty summer showers. Only sometimes more severe.

Very hard to pinpoint exactly where it’s going to hit, but they could be better at predicting when those will break out. Dropping from 80% to 20% within 24 hours seems very common today.
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