Forsyth MO. - I arose early (for me) on an Easter Sunday in 2017 to see that the skies had darkened with the local radar showing a real good chance for significant rainfall. Much of southwest Missouri, where I call home has been in a mini drought for over a year and any rainfall would be much appreciated!
Halfway through the month of April and my rain gauge showed just .39 of an inch total! [See http:
//www.taneyservices.com/precip1.html for more stats!] That sort of trend had been playing out for all of 2016 and seemed to be continuing. This is the peak start of the growing season and what with the problems of too much rainfall in
southern California, vegetable prices had risen sharply. We really needed a good growing season here in the Midwest to help offset the losses out west!
After an initial quick third of an inch, a rain shield progressed through the area bringing the total to half an inch by mid morning! And there was more good news as the NWS was projecting unsettled weather to continue through the following weekend!
By 11:30 AM CST - the rain was pretty much done. I recorded .55 of an inch and even that, when added to the graph at right, show us with a way to go to catch up to an estimated 7 inch yearly deficit!
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