Good Sunday, folks. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms continue to press across the state today as a cold front moves through. This will usher in a much cooler brand of air to start the week, but things will get much cooler later in the week, courtesy of a big upper level low. That has some ugly with it.
Today’s rains can be heavy at times across the east and this is of some concern. Parts of the region have picked up a lot of water the past few days, so watch the creeks and streams…
Cooler and drier air will then settle in for Monday with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Winds are going to be rather gusty during this time.
Gusty winds will be noted on Tuesday as a system works in from the northwest. This will bring a band of showers and storms into town by evening, and much cooler air comes in behind this for the middle and end of the week. This is one heck of a deep trough for any time of year, especially late May…
Highs for a few days may stay in the 60s with gusty winds and lots of clouds. Showers will also be an issue…
We aren’t alone with all the chilly temps. Look how much of the eastern half of the country will be dealing with below normal temps rolling into the start of Memorial Day weekend…
Many of the seasonal models continue to skew cooler than normal for much of the country this summer. The Euro has a very cool look through June…
If you’re wondering, it’s also much wetter than normal.
Make it a great day and take care.
It can turn dry and hot on a dime, so we need to enjoy the cool and wet while it lasts.
Looking at the radar I will have to water later the garden later
Thanks Chris, I hope everyone in the state got their share of rain yesterday. I look forward to the big cool off next week. People, who have a garden however may not. Tomatoes, for instance need that typical heat and humidity we usually have in June to strive and bloom. All the wet, cool weather can cause blossom end rot. When I was gardening I always planted a variety of tomatoes. The best one that was the most resistant was ` Better Boy. ` This variety is best planted on a stake, rather than in a cage as you will get larger tomatoes if you sucker the tomatoes weekly. Didn’t plan to get off weather discussion and into horticulture, but I thought this information might help all those gardeners out there. Have a great Sunday, and good luck on your gardening.
Nothing fell in my area last night. We did have quite a bit of lightening after 11 pm but no rain. I have about 70 better boy planted. During last season when they 1st started producing we had blossom rot but it was because of the nitrogen overload. I had to compensate with pelleted limestone.We have 2×4 staked fencing that we tie our plants to.
That’s exactly what I was going to suggest…lime pellets. I had my best pepper garden ever last year despite extra rainfall and a decent tomato harvest.
When I planted tomatoes ( Better Boys ) I planted in deep well drain soil and I would add 1 tablespoon of Epsom salts ( Magnesium sulfate ) plus Dolomite lime (horticultural lime ) plus 1 tablespoon urea formaldehyde for a slow release of nitrogen. Had a great harvest, all the way into October and sometimes in November. The late crop of fruit was green. Great, fried green tomatoes with catfish caught from my pond.
My nitrogen came from chicken poo. The only thing we put in it was the limestone. The biggest problem we had were those pesky tomato worms.
Still no rain.
Andy, the reason why you had that problem with tomato worms is from the application of the poultry manure. Any kind of manure will draw in undesirable insects into your garden. Use the blue chip urea formaldehyde fertilizer and you won’t have any problem with any pest and you won’t have to spray sevin insecticide on your garden.