Drought for the west

[flatcoat]

Near an inch of rain here in the Tetons in the last 24 hours. Sight for sore eyes, and lungs.

 

[exponentialpi]

Speaking of monsoons...

Super Moisture Plume Headed for the Northwest.

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cliffmass.blogspot.com

Looks like even WA is getting in on the moisture from the gulf of cali. Lots of rain and thunderstorms coming.

They keep pushing the rain out and lower here in Boise. The interesting part in that post is the first wet system is 3-4 weeks early. I was wondering if the high temps in June/July would lead to an early fall. Fingers crossed.

 

[Westxhunter]

We're 4 inches over our our yearly average out here in the southwest. Looks to be a great season.

 

[timmy]

Climate change. It’s a real bitch.

 

[Pagosa]

Just drove all the way across Montana and it is very dry. It’s depressing for the ranchers, farmers, livestock and wildlife

 

[tillicant]

Ditto,
Some areas north have gotten rain but in our area at best corn could be silage. WI

 

[Westxhunter]

Climate change. It’s a real bitch.

heard, it's definitely doing lots of damage here.

 

[Sagebrushhunt]

Southern Idaho has been getting pounded with much needed rainfall.

 

[Jason73]

In sw colorado it's rained a lot in the mountains for the last 3 weeks. Green as can be. Was glassing a herd this afternoon at 11k. Just grazing the avy chutes.

 

[TheNorthStar]

Southern Idaho has been getting pounded with much needed rainfall.

Been watching a line of storms across the entire state off and on all day. Hope there's a bit more this week.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

The Eastern slope of CO is super green right now.

 

[Wallydeuce]

Southern Utah has been getting pounded too. Forecast is for clear skies for all of next week. Leaving to scout two units tomorrow.

 

[Fremont15]

Had some good rain in central Wyoming. The prairie is green which isn’t usually the case in August!

 

[Irrelevant]

I sure hope that’s exactly what happens.

Well, how'd it shake out? We only got 1/4" Saturday night then a heavy dew this morning.

 

[MTLabrador]

Well, how'd it shake out? We only got 1/4" Saturday night then a heavy dew this morning.

I could see blue skies for a few hours yesterday instead of smoke, so that was kind of cool.

 

[hank4elk]

More each afternoon now & green.
Can't believe I heard the local news gal complain about the rain this morning...

 

[westbranch]

Inciweb mapping is not updated yet, but just watched the forest service update video and the Tumbledown fire in the Stateline complex spread 4-5 miles Saturday night doubling in size. I don't think there was much rain out in that area. Even with some cooler weather later this week, its not looking good.

 

[TheTone]

National Fire Situational Awareness

maps.nwcg.gov

another good mapping site I’ve been looking at. You can get a guess at permitters that are lagging by looking at the fire detections around what is mapped

we just a nice tease of rain at my house Saturday/Sunday. Really disappointing considering what some other places got

 

[BigHornRam]

We got some rain last night and a good soaker right now. Cooler weather for later in the week. I'll take it!

 

[Nameless Range]

Western/Southwest MT should get a bit of rain this afternoon, though it won't be as widespread as thought a couple days ago. There could be some good gullywashers here and there on the local scale. Back in the 90s tomorrow. Some cooler weather later this week, but it's only the first week of August and we have a ways to go. We need more than what's coming by a long shot.