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#1: Ada    To: Horse (#0)

Some say that drought is the natural condition of the Southwest.

Ada posted on 2020-08-29 13:00:19   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Dakmar    To: Horse, Ada, Esso (#0)

Northeast Indiana just got a little dribble drop of rain after 45 days of under 1". I had white mushrooms/toadstools popping up in Indianapolis from nothing overnight to 8" just a week ago.

Dakmar posted on 2020-08-29 13:35:56   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Horse    To: Ada (#1)

Midwest and Southwest normally are dry. Midwest has had floods. Southwest is drier than normal. During a Grand SOlar Minimum we get more floods in some area (like China) and more droughts (like the Southwest.) Our magnetism at the earth's poles is reduced allowing the jet stream to wander about.

Horse posted on 2020-08-29 15:36:57   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Dakmar    To: Horse, Esso (#3)

I moved to Indianapolis from about 50 miles north where I grew up, the difference is startling. Indy never has snow lasting all winter, it melts after usually two or three weeks. In Kokomo, where I grew up, it would snow right after Thanksgiving and the snow would be there until March or April.

Indianapolis is at the extreme N/E point of the sub-tropical warm current zone coming up from the Carribean.

I've lived here for 30 years, I only remember one time we got dumped on by lake effect (Lake Michigan) snowstorm. Kokomo used to get hammered every winter (14"-20").

Dakmar posted on 2020-08-29 15:55:53   Reply   Private Reply