Tinderbox, ND
Got a weather alert in my e-mail this afternoon, and I can't say I recall ever getting one like this before - we're in a Fire Weather Watch tomorrow, it appears:
It has been awfully dry here. I keep hoping for a good rain when I see thunderstorms pop up in the forecast, but so far we haven't had much of anything recently. Since January, our precipitation has been only 50-70% of normal, and in the last 30 days we've received only 25-50% of our normal rainfall. Temps have also been a degree or two above normal (and way above normal this week), drying the soil out even more.
The area immediately arround Litchville is currently in a D0-D1 intensity, according to the US Drought Monitor. That's still on the low end ("Abnormally Dry" to "Drought - Moderate"); some parts of South Dakota are experiencing D4 ("Drought - Exceptional") conditions. Those areas, to the south and west of us, and slightly moister parts stretching into North Dakota, are in a Red Flag alert tomorrow, which appears to be the "Warning" version of our watch.
My lawn hasn't needed mowing in almost a month.
And it doesn't look like any significant chance of rain is being forecast for Litchville through the next 15 days. Of course, predictions that far out are almost always full of it - I don't usuallypay attention to the forecast beyond three days or so. Still, it would be encouraging to see a juicy storm icon on the calendar sometime before July is out.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
VERY WARM AND DRY AIR WILL ENTER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY...COUPLING WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND PARCHED GROUND TO ELEVATE THE RISK OF EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS WEATHER WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING ON SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE ON SUNDAY...ENDING THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
It has been awfully dry here. I keep hoping for a good rain when I see thunderstorms pop up in the forecast, but so far we haven't had much of anything recently. Since January, our precipitation has been only 50-70% of normal, and in the last 30 days we've received only 25-50% of our normal rainfall. Temps have also been a degree or two above normal (and way above normal this week), drying the soil out even more.
The area immediately arround Litchville is currently in a D0-D1 intensity, according to the US Drought Monitor. That's still on the low end ("Abnormally Dry" to "Drought - Moderate"); some parts of South Dakota are experiencing D4 ("Drought - Exceptional") conditions. Those areas, to the south and west of us, and slightly moister parts stretching into North Dakota, are in a Red Flag alert tomorrow, which appears to be the "Warning" version of our watch.
My lawn hasn't needed mowing in almost a month.
And it doesn't look like any significant chance of rain is being forecast for Litchville through the next 15 days. Of course, predictions that far out are almost always full of it - I don't usuallypay attention to the forecast beyond three days or so. Still, it would be encouraging to see a juicy storm icon on the calendar sometime before July is out.
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