Posted on by Ron Rothhaas

Abnormally dry conditions re-establishing

This week’s US Drought Monitor shows abnormally dry conditions re-establishing in the Ohio valley, especially in southern Ohio and northeast Kentucky.  Drought lingered in these areas through the end of 2008.  While a couple good winter storms eased the drought, these areas never got regular, deep rainfalls.  Rainfall at my Cheviot 0.9SSE location has been under 2 inches per month in February and March.    It has been uncanny how ALL recent storms have failed to produce more than a quarter of an inch of rainfall.  As temperatures warm, the rainfall deficit will become more apparent and significant unless we can start to get some rainfall.

Stations:
OH-HM-5
Cheviot 0.9 SSE
Lat: 39.144789
Lon: -84.607845
* indicates Multi-Day Accumulation Report
Station         OH-HM-5
Date Precip
03/01/2009 T
03/02/2009 0.00
03/03/2009 T
03/04/2009 0.00
03/05/2009 0.00
03/06/2009 0.00
03/07/2009 0.00
03/08/2009 0.00
03/09/2009 0.24
03/10/2009 0.02
03/11/2009 0.25
03/12/2009 0.00
03/13/2009 0.00
03/14/2009 0.00
03/15/2009 T
03/16/2009 0.00
03/17/2009 T
03/18/2009 0.00
03/19/2009 0.46
03/20/2009 0.00
03/21/2009 0.00
03/22/2009 0.00
03/23/2009 0.00
03/24/2009 0.00
03/25/2009 0.19
03/26/2009 0.22
03/27/2009 0.21
03/28/2009 0.01
03/29/2009 0.15
03/30/2009 0.03
Totals : 1.78

An active weather pattern is anticipated over the next week.  Hopefully, the anticipated systems will help us with our defecit.

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