We have rain! Sheets of it!

[Skidmore]

Wind, lightening, and rain. First real storm of the summer and lots of dry ground out there to soak it up.

[geckosfeet]

1. Congrats. Watch for erosion. Where is this?

[xmas74]

2. Where are you?

We had a bit about 4 am here in W Central MO.

[Skidmore]

5. Southeastern Iowa. We have had almost no measurable rain this summer

and lots of high temps. It looks like a wasteland here. In 2008. we had so much water you couldn't give it away. Feast or famine.

[itsrobert]

11. Don't you guys believe in reservoirs?

You know a place to store water for the dry spells?

[DURHAM D]

20. Like these ?

http://www.google.com/images?q=dried+of+resivor+pics&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7GZAZ_en&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result_group

What is your problem?

[itsrobert]

27. Yes, some dry up

Happens all the time. Let me guess, many planned and built prior to the 1970s.

[MineralMan]

21. Snark much? Grumpy or anything?

For pete's sake, someone's celebrating some much needed rain, and you come into the thread and dump on it.

[efhmc]

33. Had a dry creek and 7 dry tanks last year on family's property in Texas.

[Puglover]

34. Man...

what is your deal? Nasty much?

[magical thyme]

36. ever hear of climate change?

you know, desertification? A couple 100 year droughts every decade? 100 year floods in between?

Or were you trying to be helpful by, you know, raining on somebody else's parade?

[marmar]

38. Who pissed in your Cheerios?

nt

[Katashi_itto]

40. You don't get laid much do you...?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

52. Yep,

it's Robert.

[dballance]

58. Gee, why not kick them in the nuts some more?

You are not a nice person.

[slackmaster]

39. That's good news but it must be too late to save a lot of peoples' crops

[xmas74]

55. Missouri looks the same.

Almost no rain and 100+ temps.

[tridim]

3. Are you in Iowa?

I've been watching the wundermap radar all morning. It's a little obsession of mine.

I want it to rain for a week straight. That'd be really nice.

[Skidmore]

13. We should be so lucky ask to get that much rain.

Some of the ponds have dried up, rivers are low, and the ground is cracked and parched.

[hfojvt]

46. they are calling for a 40% chance of scattered strong storms

between 8 and midnight.

It's been awfully dry here too, of course, but I still don't think I could take more than four hours of rain.

Usually after that much I fall on the ground, kicking and screaming "make it stop, make it stop, please make it stop."

[Bluerthanblue]

4. so glad you have water coming down!

hope the wind and lightining don't cause damage-

[Skidmore]

14. Thanks, Blue.

[itsrobert]

6. Spain?

n/t

[seabeyond]

7. YEA for you. we dont. though, it dropped 10 degrees here. only mid 90's

and possible rain tonight. possible is better than no chance.

enjoy.

party time. lol

[malaise]

8. Good for the corn

Rain is good

[Skidmore]

16. The corn crop is in really bad shape.

A lot of farmers have turned the stalks in to silage. Many of them were seeing no ears or ears with few kernels on them.

I had a load of blackberries on the brambles this spring and was looking forward to a bumper crop but they literally cooked before they could ripen in the heat we had.

[malaise]

19. This should help

Enjoy

[DURHAM D]

22. Unfortunately I doubt they are getting much mileage out of the silage.

The pictures I have seen are heartbreaking and the stories about next year's crop likely being just as bad is really frightening.

[Skidmore]

26. I hope we don't have another winter like last one--dry and on the warm side.

We came into the warmer seasons with no real ground moisture and the soil was much warmer than normal.

[louis-t]

31. Rain. Wet. Good.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Careful driving out in the first rains. Roads will be slick.

[NYC_SKP]

10. Keep dry!!!!

[brewens]

12. Awesome. Here in north central Idaho, we've had a pretty wet summer so far, for us. We can easily

handle dry the rest of the way. I hope all the areas that need it get some rain.

[Frustratedlady]

15. I've got a fine drizzle and thunder, but no downpour.

I'd even take the "red" in the weathermap just to get some rain, but it divides and goes above or below us. It has done that all summer. It's almost like we have a wall around us to keep out the rain. I doubt this one will do much for the crops. They are beyond help.

It will sure be nice to have those cooler temps for a while. It was SO humid and hot early this morning that it took my breath away, but we should drop into the 70s.

The birds are standing in and enjoying the drizzle.

[Skidmore]

17. This has been our experience this summer.

The rain either went in a line two counties to the north on the Minnesota border or further south into Missouri. It has been one miserable summer.

[catbyte]

44. i live in Grand Rapids, MI and it's like we have rain repellant

Over the city. Storms just split to the north and to the south while we are parched. Training thunderstorms all around us and here even the weeds won't grow. Worst I've seen since 1988. They're forecasting storms tonight, keeping fingers crossed. This hot & dry so close to Lake Michigan is almost unheard of.

[Frustratedlady]

50. Yes, wouldn't you think you'd be able to produce your own rain?

That is the strange thing about this summer. Our humidity and temps have been so high, you'd think they would bring more rain, but I guess my brain is on drought status, as well.

At least we are now in the high 70s. That sure beats the high 90-100s.

There is a stream of moisture coming up from the SW, so maybe we'll all get more rain when it hits the cooler temps. Otherwise, what little drizzle we got was just enough to raise the humidity and nothing more.

[janlyn]

18. Rain Gods

Oh, Please ask the rain gods to send some our way...LOL

I am almost to the point of doing a rain dance...And since I am only 1/16th Osage the resulting dance ain't gonna be pretty!! Ha!

[MineralMan]

23. Good news. You folks have been dry as a bone.

I hope more comes soon.

[lunasun]

24. hope it moves over to Illinois -we need it 2

[Skidmore]

29. It's making its way eastward.

Hope the strength of this storm holds out for you.

[gkhouston]

25. Excellent. Hope you don't get too much of it all at once. n/t

[RKP5637]

28. Yea!!! Glad to hear it!!! Send some this way too!!! n/t

[tpsbmam]

30. I have this picture in my head of lots of Iowans out doing celebratory rain dances!

Wonderful. Hope you don't get so much it causes whole new problems. Hallelujah!

[Frustratedlady]

35. I would, but the neighbors would call for a "happy" wagon to come take me away.

It has stopped. I havent gotten enough to make a rivulet down the driveway. Hopefully, more is on the way but I'm not holding my breath.

Maybe I should go out and wash my windows. It ALWAYS rains the day after.

[efhmc]

32. WONDERFUL!!!

[MI_State_Too]

37. Awesome

[Itchinjim]

41. Coming down big time here in the Quad Cities.

Love it!

[BumRushDaShow]

42. Congrats and glad you got it

Having something to moisten the ground helps to start to break the cycle. Hopefully folks in the central U.S. can cash in on some of Ernesto's rain if it manages to head that way and survive as a tropical rainstorm.

We got some rain here at the same time that you posted! Lots of thunder and lightning and old fashioned showers with huge drops of rain that moved in disconnected sheets. Now it's more slop bin then the slop bin that we were having.

[azurnoir]

43. Congratulations

enjoy the rain hopefully cooler weather is behind it

[scarletwoman]

45. I'm very happy for you! It must be such a relief.

This has been a terrible summer for the corn belt. Scary bad.

[kestrel91316]

47. We had rain this morning, too. Light sprinkles on the roof for a few minutes.

But that is extremely abnormal and practically unheard of - it's AUGUST, for crying out loud - in the San Fernando Valley. I've been here 29 years and I don't think I have ever seen a drop in August.

[benld74]

49. STL got thunderstorm this morning, good drenching, another 10-15 of these,,,,

[MuseRider]

51. Good for you!

I think it passed just North of us this morning, we are still waiting for a good first of the summer soaker but I am always happy to see someone else get it. We all need it. Enjoy, I bet if feels wonderful!

[calimary]

53. Good to hear, but it sounds like you need LOTS of it. But hopefully, nicely spaced out, too.

We know all about the torrents that come after brushfire season, when everything is dry and the ground doesn't have much to hold it in place. You guys need your top soil to stay where it is! I would hope you get doses of it with some drying-out time between dowsings. That way, the ground has a chance to absorb the water and you have less wasteful run-off.

Good to hear that the rain finally came, though! I hope the crops can be salvaged!

[madrchsod]

54. just went through my part of northern Illinois

ya it`s nice to have cool rain instead of heat and humidity

[Brigid]

56. We got some here in Indy a couple of hours ago.

A brief but heavy storm came through. We'll take it. We, too, have had very little rain this summer.

[bvar22]

57. Wow. Send some this way (West/Central Arkansas).

We've tried everything.

Washing the cars.

Leaving the windows down

Hanging laundry outside

Power tools laying outside in the yard

Dancing naked under the full moon at midnight


Nothing working here.
No rain.

The spring is still running ice cold and clear,
so we consider ourselves lucky.
If that dries up, we will be in real trouble.