Drought
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I have not had a rain of .1" or more in the month of July.
This spring when the frost went out, we were dry, no subsoil moisture at all.
We need rain real bad. Fed Crop will help pay bills this winter.
Even some people want to change it, small farmers can't borrow money without it.
If you have lots of money maybe you don't need it. I need it.
This spring when the frost went out, we were dry, no subsoil moisture at all.
We need rain real bad. Fed Crop will help pay bills this winter.
Even some people want to change it, small farmers can't borrow money without it.
If you have lots of money maybe you don't need it. I need it.
Leaving for vacation for a couple weeks this weekend. Unfortunately, the pops and I will probably be driving back at least every other day to check on the "irritation systems" (irrigation). The drought is rough, but this unrelenting heavy heat is what's really been getting to me.
Yes, they do. And this sort of thing does happen. See 1988. But don't underestimate the seriousness of this drought.
I guess I'm missing the point here. Not much of an issue locally in either of these years.
2008?
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/thumbnails/2008.gif
2010?
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/thumbnails/2010.gif
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But, see, having a flood doesn't negate all that has happened and will happen because of this drought. It's not as simple as getting a certain number of incxhes of rain now.
Thought you were talking about drought those years... Knew that wasn't the case! My bad.
Lets hope it doesn't come to that!
Its gonna be like this for awhile. Maybe 3-4 years more. We are already at a year right now. Once the atmosphere gets this dry, it takes a long time to recharge it.
ISU puts out a good report: IEM Features Tagged: 2012
One reason we are not even hotter is that there is more water vapor, which takes more energy to heat, in the atmosphere. But once heated we will be warm longer into fall/winter. In the 1930's extremely dry air heated more rapidly resulting in records. We now have more moisture than then in the air but no trigger to condense the vapor because the temperatures are warmer aloft.
The heat has certainly enhanced evapotranspiration rates from the plants/crops... that is leading to even less soil moisture which is enhancing the drought. A vicious cycle to say the least.
It's getting to the point to where the only way to get moisture to the area is by transport from the gulf. Crops aren't producing too much vapor anymore. They look pretty ugly in northern Iowa... brown half way up the stalk. I'd be curious to rip an ear back and see how the kernels look. Imagine it can't be too good.
And you're right. Iowa has effectively been capped a good chunk of July preventing rain.
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