That's not a misprint ladies and gentlemen. It's been a seriously wet year in Baltimore. Let's put this in perspective. in 2001 BWI Airport only received 34 inches of rain and melted snow during the drought year and 39 inches of rain and melted snow in 2002. This year in 2003 so far, BWI has seen 60.48 inches, which is good enough for 2nd wettest year on record. Here is the top 5 wettest years at BWI.
1. 1889: 62.35"
2. 2003: 60.48"
3. 1979: 58.98"
4. 1996: 58.31"
5. 1952: 56.57"
Jim
Baltimore wettest years
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Baltimore wettest years
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Yeah, northern VA has been very, very wet all year long.
We have NO DROUGHT here.
Saturated isn't the word for the ground here. The soil is very muddy. All our creeks are bankfull. We have a very, very bad situation here.
Certainly I am crying because northern Virginia is in for some more serious rain and not snow, and I am crying just like a baby. lol
Having said that, it IS a very serious situation we are facing here.
We just got 3.7 inches of rain a couple days ago.
It has been chilly and one of those days was cloudy. Not much drying has been going on.
Now we have yet another major storm system on the way. For places like NW New York, the higher elevations of the mountains spots like that, this is no prob: You won't see rain, you will be clobbered by 12 to 20 inches of snow. But snow does not flood. Rain does.
The soil is so saturated that when I went outside to help my neighbor this afternoon, I sank down an inch or two on our muddy lawn. The local creeks are brimfull. If this oncoming storm wallops us yet again with a couple inches of rain, we will be in trouble.
If we can't get snow, I fervently hope and pray that any rain will be light. I wouldn't even mind a dry slot this time around. Guidance suggests mainly rain for us, rain that may indeed be heavy at times.
I can only hope that the rain will be light or that we will get the dry slot. A dry slot is a horrible thing to get where snow is involved, but in this case, we need it very badly. I have numerous friends who have the terrible fortune to live on what amounts to a flood plain near creeks or small streams down here.
-Waterlogged JEB
We have NO DROUGHT here.
Saturated isn't the word for the ground here. The soil is very muddy. All our creeks are bankfull. We have a very, very bad situation here.
Certainly I am crying because northern Virginia is in for some more serious rain and not snow, and I am crying just like a baby. lol
Having said that, it IS a very serious situation we are facing here.
We just got 3.7 inches of rain a couple days ago.
It has been chilly and one of those days was cloudy. Not much drying has been going on.
Now we have yet another major storm system on the way. For places like NW New York, the higher elevations of the mountains spots like that, this is no prob: You won't see rain, you will be clobbered by 12 to 20 inches of snow. But snow does not flood. Rain does.
The soil is so saturated that when I went outside to help my neighbor this afternoon, I sank down an inch or two on our muddy lawn. The local creeks are brimfull. If this oncoming storm wallops us yet again with a couple inches of rain, we will be in trouble.
If we can't get snow, I fervently hope and pray that any rain will be light. I wouldn't even mind a dry slot this time around. Guidance suggests mainly rain for us, rain that may indeed be heavy at times.
I can only hope that the rain will be light or that we will get the dry slot. A dry slot is a horrible thing to get where snow is involved, but in this case, we need it very badly. I have numerous friends who have the terrible fortune to live on what amounts to a flood plain near creeks or small streams down here.
-Waterlogged JEB
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