hey weather watchers. great lakes drought. [View all]

[mopinko]

so, not much is being said about the drought here in the great lakes. but it's kicking my butt.
last year i got all of 6" of rain. this year i've gotten maybe 3". my starts are getting baked.

i've noticed a pattern, which may be an old pattern i just never noticed-
i am close to the southern tip of lake michigan, on the ne corner of chicago.

in the last few years i have watched storm after storm hit the lake air mass, split apart and slide south. i end up w zip, while western burbs get drenched.
seems to take a very large storm to hold together to cross the lake. i notice that w michigan is also in a drought. lake effect storms seem rare.

i cop that this could be perception bias. i didnt care much til i started this farm 9 yrs ago.

any thoughts?