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encore · July 16, 2017

emergency declared in south east wi. the fox river in burlington, wi. is something like 5 or 6 feet above flood stage , think we got 10 to 12 inches in a couple of days, can't really remember too much! was busy trying to stop water from coming in my window well that was full, yard was flooded, had a 1hp sump pump that ran continuos for 14 hours without shutting off, and another one in same pit going off every few minutes, for a couple of hours, the one was still going off every 50 secs. yesterday, haven't checked yet today... too much water in a short time!!1---tom

Rockporter · July 16, 2017

Oh my Tom, I hope it all works out for you. Stay safe.

GrowingCoastal · July 16, 2017

I guess we could use a little of that rain! Here, we are being threatened with a total watering ban if usage does not go down over all. If that happens I will be taking many baths and use that water. Friends with wells will bring me water when they pass through town. It would be a drag after all the time, work and expense not to do whatever I can. I hope it is an empty threat.

AlittleSalt · July 16, 2017

Although I don't see a cloud in the sky, there is a 30% chance of rain today and tonight. Then highs around 100 with high humidity and the heat index around 105-110. Welcome to prototypical July in this part of Texas.

It's time to be glad we have shade trees, fans, and air conditioners. It's also time to break out the heavy curtains to keep the heat out. It's funny in a way - up north, thermal curtains are for keeping the cold out and the heat in - here it's the opposite.

Rockporter · July 16, 2017

It's 80 degrees and 76% humidity with lots of dark clouds in the sky. No rain as of yet.

Father'sDaughter · July 16, 2017

All week they were saying it would be in the mid-80s today. It just hit 95.

Yesterday they said it would be cloudy all day with a chance of scattered showers in the afternoon.

Too bad I believed them and hit my plants with some bleach spray. By noon time the clouds cleared out, the sun started shining, the temp climbed, and the plants started suffering...

At least with last night's cooler temps and today's bright sunshine and heat, they've already had a mini-explosion of top growth, and the pollinators are going to town on the higher flower trusses that are blooming like crazy.

imp · July 16, 2017

Well, the rain coming through and scattered clouds now have lowered our temps to the lower 90's today, but we will be back at normal temps bumping 99 to 103 or so all next week again. Add a few more degrees to that for me as we are surrounded by pavement and such.

Weirdly, the tomato plants up near the brick porch, major heat sink, are the ones doing the best! Go figure.

The chickens will be laying hard boiled eggs soon enough here.

encore · July 17, 2017

another 2-3 inches expected weds. thru fri, could wait and give my sump pump a break, it's still going off, west of me by the fox river sure don't need it!!!

Rockporter · July 17, 2017

It's raining and came down hard for about 5 minutes, just sprinkling now. It's 76 degrees and 89% humidity.

imp · July 17, 2017

You have too much and we could use a bit more - normal as usual. We got almost 2 inches the other morning.

Rockporter · July 18, 2017

Had about 20 minutes of hard rain around 4:00 am this morning. I have pulled/cut up two roma tomato plants and the soil is not very wet at all. That just goes to show how my plants were wilting a few weeks back and my loss of cucumbers because of it. The soil is moist but not moist enough to get the plants through the day of drinking.

It's 79 degrees and 84% humidity out there right now. We are supposed to get more rain today but I watered anyway.

imp · July 18, 2017

All this next week, we will be busting the hundreds. This system is parked and going to stay awhile.

Geez, I wish I could figure out the order of things for irrigating .

AlittleSalt · July 19, 2017

Imp, in a normal year here, the upper level high that stalls over us - making it so hot here in Texas/Oklahoma from mid July through mid September - I think is going to move northeast because of the upper airflow. It has happened the past two years, and what I have observed is that that it is going to happen this year too.

I'm not a meteorologist by any means, but I do spend most of my time outside enjoying nature - this has not been a normal year for us. Stuffs a changin'.

Gardeneer · July 19, 2017

We got about a total of 2" rain , during the past 3 days. And the high temps are around 90F.
But I see mid 90s in the near forecast. But all in all, in SOUTHEAST NC, we should not complaint.
I am expecting at least 6 more weeks of hot weather.
By September the days will be much shorter and the solar altitude lower.

Rockporter · July 19, 2017

Hot and sun shining out there today. It's 91 degrees and 56% humidity with a chance of rain. We also have a heat indice warning of 105-109 degrees today. I watered but I also had to spray again for the mites on my watermelon that I hope I can keep alive long enough to get at least the four fruits that are on it.

July 16, 2017	#947
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Oh my Tom, I hope it all works out for you. Stay safe. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

July 16, 2017	#950
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	It's 80 degrees and 76% humidity with lots of dark clouds in the sky. No rain as of yet. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

July 17, 2017	#954
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	It's raining and came down hard for about 5 minutes, just sprinkling now. It's 76 degrees and 89% humidity. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

July 18, 2017	#956
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Had about 20 minutes of hard rain around 4:00 am this morning. I have pulled/cut up two roma tomato plants and the soil is not very wet at all. That just goes to show how my plants were wilting a few weeks back and my loss of cucumbers because of it. The soil is moist but not moist enough to get the plants through the day of drinking. It's 79 degrees and 84% humidity out there right now. We are supposed to get more rain today but I watered anyway. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

July 19, 2017	#959
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,924	We got about a total of 2" rain , during the past 3 days. And the high temps are around 90F. But I see mid 90s in the near forecast. But all in all, in SOUTHEAST NC, we should not complaint. I am expecting at least 6 more weeks of hot weather. By September the days will be much shorter and the solar altitude lower. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

July 16, 2017	#946
encore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: wisconsin Posts: 536	emergency declared in south east wi. the fox river in burlington, wi. is something like 5 or 6 feet above flood stage , think we got 10 to 12 inches in a couple of days, can't really remember too much! was busy trying to stop water from coming in my window well that was full, yard was flooded, had a 1hp sump pump that ran continuos for 14 hours without shutting off, and another one in same pit going off every few minutes, for a couple of hours, the one was still going off every 50 secs. yesterday, haven't checked yet today... too much water in a short time!!1---tom

July 16, 2017	#948
GrowingCoastal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC Posts: 1,253	I guess we could use a little of that rain! Here, we are being threatened with a total watering ban if usage does not go down over all. If that happens I will be taking many baths and use that water. Friends with wells will bring me water when they pass through town. It would be a drag after all the time, work and expense not to do whatever I can. I hope it is an empty threat.

July 16, 2017	#949
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Although I don't see a cloud in the sky, there is a 30% chance of rain today and tonight. Then highs around 100 with high humidity and the heat index around 105-110. Welcome to prototypical July in this part of Texas. It's time to be glad we have shade trees, fans, and air conditioners. It's also time to break out the heavy curtains to keep the heat out. It's funny in a way - up north, thermal curtains are for keeping the cold out and the heat in - here it's the opposite.

July 16, 2017	#951
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	All week they were saying it would be in the mid-80s today. It just hit 95. Yesterday they said it would be cloudy all day with a chance of scattered showers in the afternoon. Too bad I believed them and hit my plants with some bleach spray. By noon time the clouds cleared out, the sun started shining, the temp climbed, and the plants started suffering... At least with last night's cooler temps and today's bright sunshine and heat, they've already had a mini-explosion of top growth, and the pollinators are going to town on the higher flower trusses that are blooming like crazy.

July 16, 2017	#952
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Well, the rain coming through and scattered clouds now have lowered our temps to the lower 90's today, but we will be back at normal temps bumping 99 to 103 or so all next week again. Add a few more degrees to that for me as we are surrounded by pavement and such. Weirdly, the tomato plants up near the brick porch, major heat sink, are the ones doing the best! Go figure. The chickens will be laying hard boiled eggs soon enough here.

July 17, 2017	#953
encore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: wisconsin Posts: 536	another 2-3 inches expected weds. thru fri, could wait and give my sump pump a break, it's still going off, west of me by the fox river sure don't need it!!!

July 17, 2017	#955
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	You have too much and we could use a bit more - normal as usual. We got almost 2 inches the other morning.

July 18, 2017	#957
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	All this next week, we will be busting the hundreds. This system is parked and going to stay awhile. Geez, I wish I could figure out the order of things for irrigating .

July 19, 2017	#958
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Imp, in a normal year here, the upper level high that stalls over us - making it so hot here in Texas/Oklahoma from mid July through mid September - I think is going to move northeast because of the upper airflow. It has happened the past two years, and what I have observed is that that it is going to happen this year too. I'm not a meteorologist by any means, but I do spend most of my time outside enjoying nature - this has not been a normal year for us. Stuffs a changin'.

July 19, 2017	#960
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Hot and sun shining out there today. It's 91 degrees and 56% humidity with a chance of rain. We also have a heat indice warning of 105-109 degrees today. I watered but I also had to spray again for the mites on my watermelon that I hope I can keep alive long enough to get at least the four fruits that are on it. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~