SOME HAVE SEEN RAIN AND OTHER WANT IT
Written by: Brian Neudorff
It's been very interesting the past couple of days reading comments here on this blog and some of the emails we've received. They are very mixed when it comes to their thoughts on the rain we've had so far this July. Some are tired of all the rain and other really want it to rain. Here is some of what we've been reading.
"It looks like we are never going to break out of this wet pattern this summer. Every couple of days it rains. Not just rains, it pours torrentially. We need some dry time. We could not get 1 storm to hit us during the winter, but in the spring and now summer it is one after another."That has been the nature of July, some have seen these torrential rains from very isolated storms and other get sunshine or just see the clouds. Last week, communities in eastern and northeastern Monroe county and Wayne county had very heavy rain and flooding from over 2 inches of rain while the airport only saw 0.09 of an inch.
"Rain? What rain??"
"Great, just what we need, more rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"rain...... great!!!!!!!!!!! when are we going to have a week without any rain:)"
and via email here is part of what we have seen, "I don't know if you are aware of this, but areas in the SE portion of Rochester are having a "mini-drought". Pittsford and Mendon have had slightly more than 0.5 inches of rain in July so far, and Brighton is only slightly wetter."
There are chances for more rain today and tomorrow as a stationary front sags across the region. Tuesday it will be mostly south of the area but it will begin to lift north overnight and Wednesday as a warm front. We will also have a few weak disturbances ride along this boundary and those could help to spark more scattered showers and storms. Unfortunately for those who need rain it has been very tough to figure out timing and where most of the rain will fall.
For those who have seen a lot of rain and ask when we will finally be dry keep in mind that for the month, so far, the airport is 0.4" below average and there are many communities really needing rain.
Rain? Where? Not at my house. I'd just be happy for some clouds. When will this heat end? I'm so tired of it.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are still my favorite weather people, but lately you forecasts have been all over the map. Last night I watched Scott on Fox at 10 (Tuesday night-July 20)He stated up and down that today was going to be 90% dry. Now here we are in a Flood Advisory. Funny thing though, after I watched Fox, I turned to the weather channel, and their forecast was the total opposite of Scotts. I said to myself,the Weather channel is wrong, because Scotts forecast is the most accurate in Rochester. I guess that's not true any longer.
ReplyDeleteI did say we had a shot at storms today. Most of the day was dry for a lot of the area. We don't just forecast for your house. I suppose if it didn't storm today someone would write "where were the storms today?" Forecasters can't win!
ReplyDeleteScott,
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't take such criticism personal. You can't please everybody. There were locations today that received virtually NO rain. And other locations that got flooded. Just remember, it's the nature of your field that puts you in line for this type of criticism...NOT the nature of how good of a meteorologist you are.
And to the dude who wants to put down the Mets on this blog....As Scott said, they don't forecast for your house. Because it rains or doesn't rain EXACTLY where you live, doesn't mean that, by default, the same thing happens everywhere. As Bill O'Reilly would say...WISE UP, PIN HEAD!