While the weekly US Drought Monitor still shows dry conditions locally, the NWS Seasonal Drought Outlook does not show particularly dry conditions persisting during the spring.Â
Despite recent wet days, total rainfall has not been far from normal and certainly not enough to compensate for our annual defecit this year.
Cheviot 0.9 SSE CoCoRaHS summary:Â Â Click here
Click here to read more about why trees matter.
Every year, people call us because one or more coniferous evergreens suddenly died. This has been a particularly common problem in the last year or two after the heat wave and drought of 2008 and the drought and Hurricane Ike of 2009. Click here to read more about conifer collapse.
Deer cause a lot of damage to area landscapes each year. Click here to read about how to discourage these animals from making your landscaping into a salad bar. Don’t forget that it’s not just feeding which causes problems. Deer rubbing on tree trunks, especially in the fall, destroy a number of trees each year. Arbor Doctor does offer deer repellent application services as well.
Click here for obsevations on winter damage so far in 2009.
The mis-mulching of America. Click here for details about mulch problems.
While 2009 has been rather dry thus far (click here for the latest drought monitor), two wet weather systems appear to be in our future for Good Friday and again early next week.Â
While most severe weather will stay to our south Friday, rainfall of in excess of one inch is expected. Another wet system will approach early next week. Easter weekend, on the other hand, looks beautiful, if a bit cool. Enjoy nature’s Easter flower display!
Rainfall forecast for Friday system:Â Click here.
Severe outlook:Â Click here.
Rainfall outlook early next week:Â Click here.
Have a blessed Passover and Easter week,
Ron
Tornado watch 117:Â Â Click here.
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517 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA…NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY…NORTHERN KENTUCKY…SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST
OHIO.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO CENTRAL OHIO. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE…WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER…AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS WELL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MUCH COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE
POTENTIAL EXITS FOR SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO OCCUR DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS OF MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE SOME
CROPS HAVE ALREADY REACHED STAGES OF CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER…THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION AS FREEZE WARNINGS
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
