The weather thread

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve seen some nice rains and maybe a couple inches combined from all of it. But when I go dig a couple shovel-fulls of carrots, at about 5″ I hit dry soil. And no the soil is not frozen. We’re still hurting for soil moisture here in the SE.

Gim lives in the Cities suburbs and I live in Rochester. Backyard observations will differ even during a large system. Gim gets this data from reliable sources and does a pretty decent job of keeping us up to date on all sorts of weather-related conditions and he certainly does not deserve to be called crap names if what he offers doesn’t give with what someone sees in their back yard.

This is one of my favorite threads here. Keep up the good work Gim.

Looking very good next week for ice production

Yeah that drought monitor from the state isnt a “how much rain did we get in the last week” type of deal they actually take measurements of moisture in the soil I am sure. They likely have people all across the state who do this just like weather observers do for rain/snow, etc.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

Gim lives in the Cities suburbs and I live in Rochester. Backyard observations will differ even during a large system. Gim gets this data from reliable sources and does a pretty decent job of keeping us up to date on all sorts of weather-related conditions and he certainly does not deserve to be called crap names if what he offers doesn’t give with what someone sees in their back yard.

This is one of my favorite threads here. Keep up the good work Gim.

That was a really thoughtful comment. I appreciate it.

I’m a bit of a science/weather nerd.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

he certainly does not deserve to be called crap names

Agree but sometimes I swear he’s just asking for it
Gim is like IDO’s official little brother

Well it looks like fall will be over here in a few days and we’ll be moving on to winter.

Fall lasted about a month here. Less than a month ago, it was still 75 degrees out and I was fishing in shorts. September and October were way more like summer than fall.

Fall is probably my favorite season and it seems to be gradually just disappearing like winter.

Just my luck. Next weekend for the opener of muzzleloader season the forecast is rather cold. Good thing there is 3 weekends of it and we normally only hunt a short time in the mornings and evenings. On the plus side the colder weather should have the deer on the move feeding more.

My “dock guy” was supposed to pull my dock more than a month ago. As of yesterday it was not done. Tic tock. I’m in a bind if it’s not done this weekend.