Dear WeatherCat lovers of Spring,
It has been a drought-breaking wet season here in California, but alas the normal pattern of wet and dry seasons remains. Very dramatically the temperatures are going up and the ground is drying rapidly. We usually get a little rain in May, but whatever we do get won't be able to wet the ground sufficiently. From now on, the ground will continue to dry until the first serious rains of next autumn.
As the ground dries, the plants will soon start running out of moisture. One of the first that will run out are the California Poppies. Even with their deep roots, they don't last very long in the heat. So displays like this will soon be gone:
Other flowering plants will also stop blooming in short order like this Wisteria:
With the warming temperatures and off-shore winds, Spring will soon vanish from California leaving the arid Summer conditions.
I put my dust cap back on the top the rain gauge collector cone. No reason to allow the rain gauge to get dusty and nothing else. While at least we have sufficient water to water, that means I have to start watering. Since I never have enough time, this is another chore that don't look forward to.
Oh well, . . . . Edouard