Weather Notes November 2017

It is old news now, but the current trend is wet! The weekend of November 18-19 was a washout and it drove the river and stream levels up.  Saturday as I watched the radar I noticed the storm data was tracking mostly north of the county, and when I woke up Sunday morning the height of the streams and rivers certainly confirmed that more rain fell north of us than on top of us.

I see less than one inch of rain recorded at the Zanesville Airport (USW00093824) between Nov. 16 and Nov 21. See the graphics below for the rest of the story across the region.

Two to three inches of rain fell north of us on soils that may have already been saturated.  Here is how the Muskingum River responded at Dresden:

And, this chart adds some perspective to how wet we really think it is this month:

What do we expect in the near future?  Rumblings of “La Nina” conditions suggest more rain…https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-39/wet-pattern-likely-next-spring