For those who have not benefited thus far from the scattered showers of the past week, a generalized and generous rainfall appears to be on tap for today into this evening. By the time all is said and done, most of us will see one inch with isolated two inch plus amounts possible. But wait, there’s more! 🙂
Another disturbance will produce scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. But wait, there’s more! 🙂
This weekend, another front will approach producing a good chance of more widespread rainfall Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning.
This pattern is atypical for summer in Cincinnati, but no less welcome. Some areas of town remained quite dry, with Buggy Joe Boggs reporting to me the “Boggscape” was becoming parched.
After this rain passes, don’t forget to monitor conditions for future watering needs. Remember, the CoCoRaHS network is wonderful for monitoring rainfall closer to your neighborhood. As we saw recently, this can be quite variable.
In the Cincinnati area, in areas with clay soil, it is best to water one to two inches at a time, once every seven to ten days in the absence of rainfall. This schedule should be adjusted to account for variations in temperature, natural rainfall, exposure of individual plants and the water needs of individual plants. Do not locate plants together if their water needs are dis-similar.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/digital/OHZ077afm.htm
http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListDailyPrecipReports.aspx