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| Let's all say a prayer that this system brings meaningful rain! |
Increasing numbers of residents (and not just farmers)
across the Midwest are looking upwards to the
skies these days. Along with the thoughtful gazes are going increasing numbers
of prayers as the mid section of the nation is now entering into an
increasingly severe drought!
On 18 July, nearly 1,300 counties across 29 states were
declared “natural disaster areas” by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as
a result of crop damage and loss caused by the drought and heat. Even this
current frontal system (see graphic) looks somewhat
paltry and ineffectual. What is really needed is a dramatic change in the jet stream
to a more southerly position; something that is not very likely to happen
between now and September.
So, the bottom line for the time being is to ‘just get used to it’! (BTW rainfall month to date, for the area around Forsyth Missouri, has been only 1.34 inches versus and average figure of 3.15 inches)! But Wait!..............
So, the bottom line for the time being is to ‘just get used to it’! (BTW rainfall month to date, for the area around Forsyth Missouri, has been only 1.34 inches versus and average figure of 3.15 inches)! But Wait!..............
"And in the afternoon, God saw how parched the landscape was and He opened the heavens and brought forth blessed rain!"
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