Is the drought over

hoping4septimus

I'm sick of all this rain.... (but I don't want to go 100 days without rain either)

kelly72206

I'm sick of the rain too.  Too much wiping dirty paws.

fishtail

I hear you, Kelly!  That and coaxing them to go out in the rain to pee. 

hoping4septimus

you girls want my 3 year old? He loves playing in the rain so he comes in with muddy paws but he also wants to pee outside in the bushes.... even in the rain

Dawn05

I'm going stir crazy with all the rain. And our backyard is turning into a huge mudpit. Not fun for the two or four legged members of the family!

kelly72206

I will keep my dogs.  Thank you for the offer.

RockysLove

 A friend once commented that it would be nice if our back yard was flat instead of slightly sloped.  Now Mickey has no mud pits to worry about because the raid all runs to the bottom of the property.  I'm happy!  We still have some paw prints to worry about though and she thinks I'm nuts when I suggest peeing out there in the rain.

kimminick

I want it to stop raining because I have 2 photography sessions tomorrow and they are both outside.  Its suppose to be cloudy and no rain, which is great.  Too much sun can be bad.  But I'm with you - I want to see the sun.  It will make me in a better mood.

amykevin

I am not tired of the rain at all! It is badly needed...and yes....we are up on rainfall for the year, but we are still in a drought. Having horses I really love seeing the rain. Last year was very miserable & incredibly expensive! Not sure if anyone cares, but I am pasting a drought statement that I get below... HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1100 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE DROUGHT CONDITIONS STILL PRESENT IN MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... THE LATEST U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWS VARYING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...HOWEVER RECENT RAINFALL HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS AND THE REST OF THE STATE. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JUNE 2007 THERE IS NO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CLASSIFICATION IN THE STATE...THE WORST CATEGORY...BUT EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS STILL COVER ALMOST 20 PERCENT OF THE STATE. BELOW ARE SOME PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN INCHES FOR THE WINTER SEASON...DECEMBER 2007 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2008...AND THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...THE PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS...6 MONTHS...9 MONTHS...AND 12 MONTHS: COUNTY % OF NORMAL LOCATION PRECIP DEP 3 MO 6 MO 9 MO 12 MO --------------------------------------------------------------------- BEDFORD SHELBYVILLE 10.41 -4.27 71% 68% 75% N/A CANNON WOODBURY 9.94 -5.19 66% 69% 71% 64% CHEATHAM KINGSTON SPRINGS 12.23 -1.22 91% 86% 72% 66% COFFEE TULLAHOMA 10.93 -5.41 67% 58% 60% 60% CUMBERLAND CROSSVILLE AIRPORT 10.88 -3.76 74% 83% 75% 73% DAVIDSON NASHVILLE INTL AIRPORT 11.12 -1.09 91% 104% 86% 78% OLD HICKORY DAM 11.81 -1.05 92% 103% N/A N/A DE KALB SMITHVILLE 9.14 -5.74 61% 64% 62% N/A DICKSON DICKSON 14.08 -0.09 99% 102% 88% 79% FENTRESS ALLARDT 10.72 -3.22 77% 87% 92% 86% JAMESTOWN 11.62 -4.13 72% 73% 76% 72% GILES PULASKI 11.39 -4.13 73% 69% 68% 63% HICKMAN CENTERVILLE 13.98 -0.11 99% 107% N/A N/A JACKSON GAINESBORO 13.37 -1.45 90% 85% 82% 76% LAWRENCE LAWRENCEBURG 12.11 -4.23 74% 72% 68% 61% MAURY COLUMBIA 11.09 -3.38 77% 84% 75% N/A MONTGOMERY CLARKSVILLE 16.40 +2.95 122% 129% 102% 89% OVERTON LIVINGSTON 10.67 -2.75 80% 80% 78% N/A PERRY LINDEN 11.91 -3.38 78% 94% 79% N/A PUTNAM COOKEVILLE 9.86 -5.63 64% 66% 65% 63% MONTEREY 11.65 -4.98 70% 74% N/A N/A RUTHERFORD MURFREESBORO 10.96 -2.82 80% 855 80% 74% SMITH CARTHAGE 7.20 -6.94 51% 63% 57% N/A STEWART DOVER 15.52 +1.67 112% 125% N/A N/A SUMNER BETHPAGE 12.87 -1.09 92% 91% 82% N/A PORTLAND 12.42 -1.01 92% 90% 76% N/A WARREN MC MINNVILLE 8.16 -5.78 59% 61% 64% 61% WAYNE WAYNESBORO 13.47 -2.34 85% 93% 89% 73% WHITE SPARTA 9.41 -5.88 62% 67% 63% 62% WILLIAMSON FRANKLIN 13.07 -0.98 93% 101% 87% 78% WILSON LEBANON 10.07 -3.96 72% 78% 65% 67% ...DROUGHT DEFINITIONS... ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS MEAN GROWTH OF CROPS...PLANTS...OR PASTURES MAY BE SLOWED...AND THE FIRE RISK MAY BE ELEVATED. MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS MEAN CROPS...PLANTS...OR PASTURES MAY HAVE SOME DAMAGE...THE FIRE RISK CONTINUES TO BE ELEVATED...WATER LEVELS IN AREA RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS ARE BELOW NORMAL...AND WATER SHORTAGES AND RESTRICTIONS MAY DEVELOP. A SEVERE DROUGHT MEANS AGRICULTURAL LOSSES MAY OCCUR...THE FIRE RISK IS VERY HIGH...AND WATER SHORTAGES ARE COMMON AND RESTRICTIONS MAY BE IMPOSED. A SIGN OF EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL LOSSES...EXTREME FIRE DANGER...AND WIDESPREAD WATER SHORTAGES AND RESTRICTIONS ARE COMMON. IN AN EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT...WATER SHORTAGES AND RESTRICTIONS ARE WIDESPREAD AND THERE ARE MAJOR AGRICULTURAL LOSSES. THE DROUGHT CATEGORIES IN DEGRADING ORDER ARE ABNORMALLY DRY... MODERATE...SEVERE...EXTREME AND EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT. ...OUTLOOK... THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW...OR NORMAL PRECIPITATION CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN APRIL. THE 90 DAY OUTLOOK FOR APRIL...MAY...AND JUNE INDICATES AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW...OR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE.