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Heavy rain in Upstate NY could ease pre-drought conditions

Andy | June 27, 2018

Heavy rain in Upstate NY could ease pre-drought conditions

Nearly half of New York state is in pre-drought phase

Andy | June 21, 2018

Nearly half of New York state is in pre-drought phase

"About half of New York state is inching toward a drought, according to today's U.S. Drought Monitor weekly report. About 45 percent of the state is "abnormally dry," the category before "moderate drought." Just over 4 million people live in that area. Most of Upstate New York will likely get an inch of rain through next Tuesday, according to the Weather Prediction Center."

Why forecasters are concerned about this storm

Andy | July 12, 2017

Upstate NY flooding: Why forecasters are concerned about this storm

"Much of Upstate New York has had 6 inches more rain than normal April through June. Considering 3 inches a month is about normal, it's as if those areas in green had two extra months worth of rain by June 30. And that doesn't count the heavy rain that has fallen this month. A soft, soaking rain on dry ground is one thing; torrential rains on already wet ground is a recipe for flash flooding. The red oval denotes the wettest area of Upstate New York, in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley. Those areas could get hit again today and Thursday."

This Week’s Forecast

Andy | May 12, 2014

Don't expect to the see much sun time any time after today. But today should be quite nice.

Rainy Morning Out Today

Andy | January 14, 2014

Kind of a wet, dark, Tuesday morning out there folks.

Warm January weather brings… rain. Which I guess is a good thing, because it keeps things from getting too dried out, but I would rather have snow then rain in the winter. Snow is much more pretty, even if it screws up people’s commutes and makes delays of everything.

You can’t really control the weather. At least after the cold snap, we are saving on heating. I turned off the heat yesterday morning, and it hasn’t been on since. I figure if it’s above freezing, there is no need for heat – I can just turn on the baseboard electric heat temporarily if I get chilly when home.

That said, it sure would be nice to live an well insulated building, that was heated by wood, that I could cut myself and not have to send so much money every month to some fossil fuel company that is fracking the energy from a distant location.

Going to Be a Rainy Start to Week.

Andy | June 10, 2013

So the forecast is predicting. Lots of heavy rain to follow the previous rain in recent days, including the very gloomy wet Friday and Saturday, earlier this week. Probably really bad for the sewers and overflowed sewage treatment plants, that will continue keeping the Hudson River a muddy-raw sewage soup.

Next weekend’s weather forecast looks nice, but things can change by then. I really look forward to a nice solidly good weekend, as Memorial Day Weekend was pretty crappy except for Memorial Day, and two weekends ago at Piseco-Powley Place was darn hot and humid with rain showers and thunderstorms throughout the weekend.