Posted on 06/04/2023 2:03:33 AM PDT by EBH
In Indiana we don’t get any rain. This is hardly a flash drought. It is a continuation of last year which was also drought like. We had very little precipitation in the winter too.
Things are already turning brown and there is no rain in the forecast.
Ditto your Yup.
Some of it's already a little crunchy in northcentral PA.
A while back I read an article about scientists experimenting with producing electricity from the humidity in the air, another green new deal. Perhaps they have succeeded.
Accuweather is trying to hype events for their commercial value. If you get a dry spell which can occur any time it is called a Flash Drought. It reminds me of the time theree was a cold spell years ago and the weather channel guy set a record for the most times saying “Nor-easter” in a single news report. When you don’t have destructive hurricanes to talk about, you are thankful for things like a polar vortex or el nino to talk about. Humans have some sort of tendency to need bad news. Weather reporting can help.
The pollen is incredible this year.
Its usually limited/washed-away by regular rains, but no rain in 3 weeks, during blooming season, with full sun, mean a parked car is covered in yellow-green dust within 48 hours.
Where I live in W. Oregon it has not rained since May 09. Unwatered lawns are already going into summer mode.
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