Drought?

Thanks guys, I hope you got what you wanted. Now please turn it off!!!

Just saying

Still under an inch here, hoping for more the rest of the day and week.

No more drought here! Nearly 5″ so far with more on the way.

No more power here either.

Just what the we needed, a good soak. Too bad it took the entire month of June to get here.

Finally getting some much needed moisture here up north. A perfect light shower that will soak in and not run off. According to the forecast we are not supposed to be getting anything but we got a nice soaker going right now and looking at the sky it could be here awhile.

Guess I’m rained in at the lake for awhile yet!

Stupid dry in crosslake area, drought yes I say.

It looked like we were going to get rain last night but the storm split and went right around where I live in Rochester. I think the western side of town got popped though. I was on the patio reading and didn’t bother to come in the house. It rained about 34 drops. We’re getting some nice, straight-down rain right now and have been seeing it off and on since about 6 this morning. We just had another decent heavier dumping. My digital gauge shows .56″ right now but its still cycling collected water from the last shot so I’d expect the amount to be closer to maybe .63″. The radar shows some more weather building a bit and coming our way so we’ll see more before this system ends today. The garden and Ma’s flower beds were thirsty so this is welcome.

We’ve had some thunder this morning too but no hail or high winds. Those two elements I can do nicely without but I do like the lightning and thunder and watching clouds boil. I’ll grab a lawn chair and sit just inside the garage and watch the light show and the clouds.

I live three miles west of MSP, my rain gauge tops out at 8 inches and was full this morning. More falling, any drought here is mitigated.

Drove through Wisconsin on 94 a couple hours ago.

The amount of water is crazy. Hwy 63 is shutdown.

Some cars caught in the flood and homes evacuated.

Sounds like everyone is safe

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As soon as it stops I will check the gauge. Looks to be near the top.
Update. Just stopped. 4.5″ Wowsa! My sump pit is dripping and has been on pumping. That rarely happens.

Here’s a picture I took at 11:55….last night! Right before the sirens went off. Then a picture from my dad’s vehicle as we drove to JB Lures for some crawler harnesses (but they’re closed down). We got about 6.5″ total and I guess Winthrop got about 8″.

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And here it comes for us on pool 5A. Just in time for the weekend.

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Looks like the area around Brainerd, Little Falls, Mille Lacs, and eastward to Duluth is getting it this evening.

just got back up to Mille Lacs about 10:00. Had 1.75 inches in our gage. South side of the lake.

On Mille Lacs right now and we have been getting pounded for about 7 hours. The amount of rain is unreal.

And we missed all the rain in crosslake, MIL had +2 in Nisswa.

The central portion of the state around Brainerd east to Duluth was the driest too. I expect most of the drought to be mitigated when the updated monitor comes out on Thursday…

Weekender wrote:

Here’s a picture I took at 11:55….last night! Right before the sirens went off. Then a picture from my dad’s vehicle as we drove to JB Lures for some crawler harnesses (but they’re closed down). We got about 6.5″ total and I guess Winthrop got about 8″.

I love JB’s lures! Are they closed down permanetly or just because of the Covid? I’m originally from down that way and drive by there when I go home to visit. My almost first wife was from Winthrop but I got cold feet and backed out. I was 19!

gim wrote:

Looks like the area around Brainerd, Little Falls, Mille Lacs, and eastward to Duluth is getting it this evening.

Finally got some rain yesterday/this morning. It was definitely needed! One of the driest stretches I can remember here for a while.

Lots of rain yesterday and over night on the south end of Mille Lacs.
Lightning and thunder as dawn was breaking but no strong winds.

1.25″ yesterday for me. Needed it. 7″ in places in the areas west of the Twin Cities. Maybe a biiiiit much.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/intense-rains-june-28-29-2020.html

Ice Cap –

They had signs up saying they were closed and looks like they are trying to sell the building. But it says orders can be placed online. So I’m not sure… might be looking to move into a new building?

Drought is creeping back into portions of the central part of state, the arrowhead, and southeastern MN. I live in the west metro and I haven’t had any rain in almost 3 weeks now.

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MN

We just had about 3.5″ last night here at the cabin in N WI.

Finally just got a shot and looks like more coming!