We actually got some measurable rain last night ... shock, surprise ... but welcome!
Weather forecast, as it often does, calls for “isolated” T-storms and we rarely get them. Our yard ‘grass’ is literally “crunchy” & browning it’s been so dry. I’ve been watering most of the garden plants daily (or they wilt) & the tomatoes every 4-5 days. I just did a “heavy” watering yesterday.
Anyway, I had looked at the radar earlier .... nothing. Around 9:30 - 10:00, I thought I heard a rumble ... then there was a BIG rumble. Checking the radar, there was a fairly small patch of storm showing yellow/orange that looked like the edge might cross our place. The next radar run showed an expanded area & we were definitely going to get something. What we got was at least a 1/4 of an inch in the rain gauge. The grass is not quite as crunchy this morning; however, we need 2-3 days of steady, soaking rain for the crunch to totally disappear & ‘green’ to return, but in this heat/dry spell, we’ll take whatever we can get!
We ended up with an inch and a quarter. My garden is SMILING, today!
And, dummy me! I left a rear car window open, so I also got 1.25” of rain - in my car!
So, the doors are all opened up and everything is unloaded from the back seat and drying out - the blanket and sheet I keep over the seat (dogs!) needed washing, anyway.
Adding just one more chore to today’s long list. ;)