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Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Report

Condition Monitoring Report

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 8/26/2017
Submitted: 8/26/2017 6:33 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:

0.32 inches of rain over the past week. Dry month with one heavy thunderstorm over a week ago providing a majority of the month’s rain. Good drying rates. Lawns generally green but showing areas of drought stress. Crops still in good condition. Dryness is not atypical for late summer here but definitely about as dry as I have seen all summer.

Categories: General Awareness
Agriculture

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Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Report

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 8/19/2017
Submitted: 8/19/2017 6:40 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:

Soils became very dry this week, moving well into the moderately dry category. Soil was dry. Plants were becoming brown due to dry conditions. Plants, crops, and pastures were becoming stressed. We had gone 9 days without rain and with rapid drying. Then on Thursday, we had 1.24 inches of rain bringing on significant recovery.

Categories: General Awareness
Agriculture

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Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Report

Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 8/5/2017
Submitted: 8/05/2017 6:10 AM
Scale Bar: Near Normal
Description:
 
Dry week. 0.22 inch rain past 7 days. Some minor browning in lawns but generally still lush and green. Looking a little more like August and feeling like fall.
 
Categories: General Awareness
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