NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — We are more than halfway through October and that means Tennessee is entering its secondary tornado season.
Tennessee’s primary tornado season occurs during the spring and peaks in April. The secondary tornado season is in the fall and peaks in November.
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Yeah, I don't think we have to worry about that, at least not for the time being. Other than 2 days of rain from Helene, this is the longest (3 months?) dry spell I've seen since moving here and it's not supposed to change in the foreseeable future.
Even though we got about 6"of rain from Helene, it's been so dry it was immediately sucked up by the ground. It hasn't rained a drop since then.
Droughts here in Tennessee are quickly noticeable, compared to California. The grass dies, then if it lasts long enough, various trees start browning out. In my area, the ground has a lot of rock/chert, so on the hills, the trees are shallow rooted and stress early. Lowlands are all rich soil, farming around here.
ReplyDeleteLot's of drought to go around. Somebody mucking with the weather?
ReplyDeletehttps://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
Got a little touch of drought there, eh? South Texas says, Hold my cerveza.
ReplyDeleteRemember, I came from the San Joaquin Valley in California where it doesn't rain one drop from April to November. We didn't even get clouds during that period, just a hot relenting sun.
DeleteIn 2020, Vegas went 240 days with no rain. And temperatures over 100° for most of the time. It's a desert, south Texas has the Gulf to go swimmin' in. South Tejas ain't shit for drought.
DeleteHell, when I was a kid, even in a drought you could swim in the Frio...
yep - this one is as bad as summer/fall of 1988 in Tennessee
ReplyDeleteI was working for the main survey company expanding the airport and it was miserable.