There is cautious optimism for rainfall this weekend which could significantly dent or even end the drought in much of the Ohio valley.
Rainfall outlook:
Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 10/19/2019
Submitted: 10/19/2019 6:26 AM
Scale Bar: Moderately Dry
Description:
0.34 inches of rain in the past week and 1.03 inches of rain in October. Soil is dry. Lawns have greened up some with small amounts of rain and cool temperatures. Trees and shrubs continue to show significant drought conditions. Good harvesting conditions with dry fields. Enhanced fire danger on some days.
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This report is specifically for the Arbor Doctor’s location 3.4 miles west of Cheviot, OH, in the western suburbs of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio. This location is also an official cooperative observation site for the National Weather Service listed as Cheviot 3W.
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Water once per week, one inch per week, under the entire branch spread, in the absence of rain, May through November. Either rainfall or your watering should equal the one inch per week. Put out a sprinkler and a straight sided soup can or rain gauge and measure one inch per week.
Call it cautious optimism but it appears possible that a wetter weather pattern may be transpiring over the next week or two.
Over the short term, a quarter to half inch of rain is possible in the Ohio valley Wednesday night.
Even more substantial rainfall could move in by early next week.
This wetter pattern would help to ease the worsening drought which has developed over a large part of the eastern US.
