shaggy
Old Mossy Horns
Coastal areas looking good for showers and storms today. Corn around these parts is starting to get that wilted look to some fields. Some look okay others are in worse shape
Fall/Second Fall 2022 Weather Thread
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agsnchunt
Old Mossy Horns
past few weeks on the drive down the corn has been looking pretty and growing fast.
Y’all getting some turd floaters tonight.
shaggy
Old Mossy Horns
Yeah it was looking really good here till the last 2 or 3 days when we hit upper 90s
downeastnc
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NCST8GUY
Frozen H20 Guy
When's the last time y'all had any rain? Ain't rained at my house since May 23!!!
Welcome to my last summer. It lasted all summer.
We are getting plenty at our farm so far this year. Looks like it is about to get dry though.
bwfarms
Old Mossy Horns
I’ve been telling the rain to hold off. It has my permission to resume now.
10 seconds ago - a good one
then a few hours ago,,, and a 1/2 hour before that
but that should be the last one for today,,,
timber
Twelve Pointer
All the talk about the rain from the tv weather guessers last few days turned out to be nothing. Zero rain yesterday and last night. Starting to be a pattern here. Dry as it is here and if the pattern continues a little off shore disturbance to blow some rain in would be nice.
Homebrewale
Old Mossy Horns
We got about 0.5" of rain.
I've posted this link before. Use the CoCoRahs map to see how much rain fell in locations around the state. Looking at yesterday, there was some heavy rain about Duplin. Several reports over 2".
https://maps.cocorahs.org/
I've posted this link before. Use the CoCoRahs map to see how much rain fell in locations around the state. Looking at yesterday, there was some heavy rain about Duplin. Several reports over 2".
https://maps.cocorahs.org/
bwfarms
Old Mossy Horns
Called wife said I was on the way home. She says, “thought you would wait the storm out at the farm”. I jokingly said what storm, it was sprinkling. I clear the trees and look west and teased her that it sure looks dark over there. Then text comes in from Dad that power was out. I pulled over on the south side of the old family store to talk to him and WHAM the rain was seemingly baseball sized drops with strong wind. I go back to a relative’s place to manually connect her house generator, fault somewhere. I couldn’t see houses or the barn by the road. Visibility at best was fifty yards. I was soaked and several lightening strikes within 500 yards. The after affects dimmed the lights for nearly a minute before returning to normal.
It was a good Ol toad strangler and much appreciated. Rain gauge said an inch but I believe it was more like two.
Zach's Grandpa
Old Mossy Horns
Caswell is getting dry, none here at the house in over two weeks.
downeastnc
Old Mossy Horns
This is nasty....
Though this is interesting, models trying to show a MCS/derecho hitting central and eastern NC next week....need the rain but these tend to carry a lot of wind too...the low even tries to go qusi tropical offshore
Though this is interesting, models trying to show a MCS/derecho hitting central and eastern NC next week....need the rain but these tend to carry a lot of wind too...the low even tries to go qusi tropical offshore
firedawg60
Twelve Pointer
Wanchese
Twelve Pointer
That shows nothing around here yesterday but it rained as hard as it could for over an hour yesterday. Hard enough the ditches were overflowing into the road.
Off by a day,,,,,
shaggy
Old Mossy Horns
Local pond near me held its own the last few weeks only dropping a few inches. It hasn't rained in a week or two and it has rapidly dropped over a foot all of a sudden.
@bwfarms some of the local corn is about 3 feet tall but the lower leaves are looking brown and scorched. How long does it take when that starts before they lose their crop? Dome of the corn is looking pitiful
@bwfarms some of the local corn is about 3 feet tall but the lower leaves are looking brown and scorched. How long does it take when that starts before they lose their crop? Dome of the corn is looking pitiful
bwfarms
Old Mossy Horns
I’ll take a general stab. Typically lower leaves yellowing is a potassium deficiency but as you describe drought like conditions that tells me a nitrogen deficiency. There may be ample nitrogen in the soil but corn routes nitrogen up the stalk. Without rain corn is unable to move nitrogen from it’s roots to continue growing so it pulls it starting with the lower leaves.
Odds are if it starts tasseling the corn yield will be very poor and might as well become silage.
bwfarms
Old Mossy Horns
Too many factors to give a specific timeline of crop failure. If it goes two more weeks without rain the odds double of complete crop failure. Maybe this chart will help.
crops.extension.iastate.edu
Influence of Drought on Corn and Soybean | Integrated Crop Management
Water is extremely important for crop production. When water becomes limiting to the plant it is important to understand how plants use water. We often hear the term evapotranspiration (ET) in relation to plant water demand. ET is a combination of soil water evaporation (E) and water used by the...
crops.extension.iastate.edu
shaggy
Old Mossy Horns
Sometimes drought helps worsen itself by starving an area of moisture return. Less ground moisture to evaporate and juice up the atmosphere for afternoon storms and stuff. I have a feeling we are seeing this process slowly starting. Is it a coincidence this rain minimum overlaps the severe drought region? This is for the next 16 days and if all we get is a quarter inch of rain it's gonna get bad for the farmers.Too many factors to give a specific timeline of crop failure. If it goes two more weeks without rain the odds double of complete crop failure. Maybe this chart will help.
Influence of Drought on Corn and Soybean | Integrated Crop Management
Water is extremely important for crop production. When water becomes limiting to the plant it is important to understand how plants use water. We often hear the term evapotranspiration (ET) in relation to plant water demand. ET is a combination of soil water evaporation (E) and water used by the...
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Last time I bought a new motorcycle it rained almost daily. Maybe I need to take one for the farmers.
bwfarms
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Getting rain most every day here,,,
downeastnc
Old Mossy Horns
GFS tends to over due big heat like this by a good 5-6 degrees but still pushing 100 Tue/Wed for most of the state
bwfarms
Old Mossy Horns
First pic a west facing end row? Evaporation will explain that part in sand.
Second pic tells me potassium deficiency and let’s face it, that nutrient is very expensive this year so may have not put much or any out. Overall the corn in second pic looks normal.
shaggy
Old Mossy Horns
North facing end row in the first pic huge open field full sun several hundred acres. Second pic is in a more shaded smaller field maybe only 2 or 3 acres.
Homebrewale
Old Mossy Horns
Maybe you don't have any volunteers making reports in your area.
Hunterreed
Twelve Pointer
Clouds are starting to get a little taller today I hope they make some rain. Its real dry,not even much dew at night. Having to water some part of the garden every night to keep plants progressing 
shaggy
Old Mossy Horns
Sadly the tassling process has started for these farmers in my area. Some tassels popping up now and the corn looks very poor.
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