Summer weather..

[sandhills]

Yep summer went away and spring got here, had about a 1/4" of ice on the dog bowl yesterday morning (that would be redneck for thermometer).  I sure hope you guys are getting more rain than we are Norm, we really haven't had any considerable moisture since last summer, very dry around here.

[Norm]

No unfortunately we are not Pat. We're supposed to get rain for a few days starting tomorrow, if it fizzles like the last two storms that went through I'll start getting worried we'll be facing a major drought this year.

[Kansas]

Corn planters going like crazy here trying to get corn in before the rain. Think its supposed to hit Friday night. Pasture burning seems to have come to a halt. Last summers drought didn't leave much left, and the grass is up early this year.

I haven't checked much for weather, but it seems to me there has been rain developing over Texas and Oklahoma. If its raining down there, should spread up north to Kansas and Iowa. Time will tell. I know my lake is back to about full. I think we will have some moisture this summer; problem is, what kind of temps come with it.

[sandhills]

Been raining here off and on since about 9 this am, it's a cold rain but I ain't giving any of it back!  I sure hope it keeps this up for a few days then I'll send it over to you Norm.  Kansas, not to far south of here I saw a couple planters going on Monday, other than that just a few brave folks around here have planted their sweet corn.  I planted a few short rows of walnuts last fall and checked them the other day, they were cracking and sprouting but I was gonna have to start hauling water to them, hopefully today will take care of that at least for awhile.

[Patty]

I heard yesterday that new saplings need 5-7 gallons of water per week to get going strong during a dry year, Pat. At least that is the rule of thumb around here.

[sandhills]

I was gonna try to run a dripper hose down the rows to them the other day and just rig it up to one of our water tanks, I don't have any water source close by but the other day we got about an inch of rain and it's been stormy here so far today with rain.  Patty, I just planted the actual walnuts last fall so thankfully they aren't out of the ground yet because we got some big hail this morning, hope you guys can get some of this rain too, preferably without the storms.

[Clam77]

This storm that's coming through tonite is about to hit us as I'm typing this sandhills - probably already hitting Norm & Patty according to the radar.. 

According to the National Weather Service, this is only the 2nd time in history that they've put out warnings 24+ hrs in advance of a storm.  They were warning that it'd be "life threatening" yesterday afternoon. 

[sandhills]

Clam77, we got another one rolling in right now and it sure sounds like they got a mess south of us, all through Kansas and Oklahoma.  Hope everybody's ok tonight, sounds like it won't drop off much tomorrow for the folks east of us either.

[Norm]

Finally got a good soaker! Some tornadoes south and west of us but nothing but rain for us.