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re: South Louisiana baws, are you under a moderate drought?
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:53 am to GumboPot
Posted on 7/24/23 at 10:53 am to GumboPot
Last week the NOLA area was 18.70" below normal year-to-date. I haven't looked at it since the rainfall over the past couple days.
Baton Rouge wasn't that far below normal the last time I figured it, something like 1.25" low give or take.
Rain has been incredibly hit or miss for many this Summer.
ETA: Just did the numbers through yesterday and the NOLA area is sitting at 18.22" below normal YTD after the most recent rain. July is officially the rainiest month of the year for the area, and it is still 1.86" below normal to this point.
Baton Rouge wasn't that far below normal the last time I figured it, something like 1.25" low give or take.
Rain has been incredibly hit or miss for many this Summer.
ETA: Just did the numbers through yesterday and the NOLA area is sitting at 18.22" below normal YTD after the most recent rain. July is officially the rainiest month of the year for the area, and it is still 1.86" below normal to this point.
This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 11:06 am
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Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:02 am to GumboPot
SWLA is dry AF right now. My yard is extra crispy
Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:03 am to dewster
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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.
The point is the showers don't come at all. The chances continuously drop because it doesn't rain.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:06 am to GumboPot
Were until July 16th
But it takes a little while for drought monitor to catch up
But it takes a little while for drought monitor to catch up
Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:20 am to GumboPot
I am in Madisonville and my grass gets very crispy every couple of weeks until we get a shower, then its green for a few days, and back to crispy brown for a couple weeks.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:28 am to stout
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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.
Two in a row will get ya in drought. With an El Nino on, its surely not going to happen a third year in a row.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 12:06 pm to GumboPot
Lawn is green and growing but i’ve had to water the garden a lot more than normal. Worst of both worlds.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 12:29 pm to GumboPot
Prairieville. YTD I'm 10" behind 2022. Almost all of that 10" is the difference in July's rainfall.
12.75" in July 2022
2.43" in July 2023 (mtd)
The other months are similar within an inch or two variance.
12.75" in July 2022
2.43" in July 2023 (mtd)
The other months are similar within an inch or two variance.
This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 7/24/23 at 12:46 pm to GumboPot
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This post was edited on 8/11/23 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 7/24/23 at 12:46 pm to RaginCajunz
Furthermore, comparing to 2021. (Prairieville rain gauge based on the Wunderground weather station close to my house)
Jan-July Rain Totals:
2023 - 26.98"
2022 - 37.05"
2021 - 65.94"
Jan-July Rain Totals:
2023 - 26.98"
2022 - 37.05"
2021 - 65.94"
Posted on 7/24/23 at 2:51 pm to GumboPot
It’s hot
Posted on 7/24/23 at 2:59 pm to facher08
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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.
I’ve lived in Baton Rouge for nearly two decades, and I’ve noticed a really weird weather phenomenon from watching the radar. I don’t know if it’s the elevation, the heat from the city, or something else, but rain systems seem to disintegrate as soon as they reach the city. The system that was supposed to come through a few days ago was completely solid, opened a bubble around Baton Rouge, and then solidified again. It’s utterly fricking bizarre to watch.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 2:59 pm to GumboPot
I'm just north of you in Folsom. Dryer than a bone here. All that rain seems to go around us. Grass brown and looks terrible.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 3:46 pm to Joshjrn
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I’ve lived in Baton Rouge for nearly two decades, and I’ve noticed a really weird weather phenomenon from watching the radar. I don’t know if it’s the elevation, the heat from the city, or something else, but rain systems seem to disintegrate as soon as they reach the city. The system that was supposed to come through a few days ago was completely solid, opened a bubble around Baton Rouge, and then solidified again. It’s utterly fricking bizarre to watch.
I've noticed the exact same thing. Almost like there's a force field surrounding the city. Damned odd.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 3:54 pm to TigerGman
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I've noticed the exact same thing. Almost like there's a force field surrounding the city. Damned odd.
I've really seen it this past 6 weeks. I've joked it's the chemical cloud hovering over BR and Ascension.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 6:19 pm to Joshjrn
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I’ve lived in Baton Rouge for nearly two decades, and I’ve noticed a really weird weather phenomenon from watching the radar. I don’t know if it’s the elevation, the heat from the city, or something else, but rain systems seem to disintegrate as soon as they reach the city.
Which was the opposite from when I was a kid growing up in St. Mary Parish. I remember my dad watching the weather and talking about how BR would get hammered by thunderstorms that would never seem to make it to us as often.
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