Weather....

[Hamloc]

Yes the good lord giveth and the good lord taketh away. We received our first measurable rain since July 3 last night. About 8 tenths at my house. A bit of hail with the first storm but not much. My neighbor 3 miles west and 1 south got 1.5 inches of rain but also got 25 minutes of hail. He figures his barley across the road is 75%. So I need to go crop checking. My pastures were turning brown so the rain will help.

[farmaholic]

We are at 40 days without rain since the blessing we received June 14th. I cant imagine what it would look like here without it...but I bet some can. No need to call a Wahmbulance....just stating facts.

[farmaholic]

LOL.... when I look at the current forecast for the next seven days, I think to myself there is little to no chance of "disappointment". I guess there is always a positive way of looking at things, as warped as this theory is! Just think, if they were forecasting rain or a chance of rain and it didn't materialize how disappointed I would be.... this way....

I always used to say August was a good harvest month... typically dry. September can be a cooler drizzly month. Sure would be nice to get this smaller crop in the bin in as best quality as possible. Marketing good grain is easier than marketing poor grain.

Take care folks, harvest is on our doorstep. Remember to be safe.

[danny W1M]

We are very quickly getting to the point where, we won't be looking for rain. In our area, I'd say that point will arrive in 7-10 days. Considering nothing is forecast for the next 7 days, the window of opportunity is very narrow. Other years one might say that a rain may help the later crop(while effecting quality of the early),,,,not this year. The late stuff is ruined already, nothing helping it.

[macdon02]

Danny my weather guru is focusing on same event coming from Siberia. I'm using AFC, who are you using? I'll add that AFC says the rains in the SW US will be moving east in august getting rains into the bean belt. Biggest concern is that Siberia cold front getting us possibly in august but no later then the full moon on Sept 6.

[danny W1M]

That would definitely be something to keep an eye on. If the bubble breaks down and the desert rains that are currently coming up into the states from Mexico move into the Midwest, would be timely for the beans growing there. The counter clockwise motion from the upper level low over the midwest, would bring the flow straight out of the artic down on to the prairies.

Get your swather ready, may not want to wait for straight cutting canola this year.

[farmaholic]

Heat warnings are being issued without taking the "humidex" into account....

Bwahahahhaaa ahaha haa haa ha..... What humidity? Kinda dry here in the Sahara Slum of the Ghetto.

I'm not sure of the mathematical relation, or how much hotter it feels at different humidity levels but if it were 32 to 34 degrees over the next couple of days and humidity was 60% compared to the low thirties or high twenties, I bet it would feel miserably hot.

[farmaholic]

Seems like there's "always" rain showers between Sktoon and Fort QuAppelle on the radar.....rain lane? Are you guys at all dryish? I suppose there is always some peolpe that get missed in the rainy areas.

Nothing here for about 45 days. Yikes. Tillage equipment and sprayer nurse tank will be going to the field with the harvest equipment.

[seldomseen]

We spent the weekend in Regina and it was hot about 32c but felt nice with the low humidity. Drove back to the northern swamp and the humidity was crazy 82% and a temp of about 28c. That felt sick!