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Where's the rain??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 10:38 am
by Rusty Spinner
This seems like one of those years where the only relief from the drought will be a hurricane or tropical depression running up the eastern seaboard and dumping flooding rains like Irene some 14 years ago. Many of our trout streams and rivers are seeing historic low flows as we enter the spawning season soon......
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 1:10 pm
by 46er
Had a good chance, then even they turned away. Big high stacked up.
https://www.windy.com/?rain,41.186,-79. ... e,p:cities
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:15 am
by Rusty Spinner
Historic low flows right now for nearly 100% of all NJ streams and rivers. Musky down to 54 cfs. I think the lower 70s are exceptionally low for most summers. We have up to an inch headed our way later tonight into tomorrow. Let's hope they are wrong and we get 2" instead. We need to start somewhere.
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:23 pm
by 46er
I'm afraid It has been so dry the ground will just soak it up, very little will find it way into streams & rivers.
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2025 8:37 am
by 46er
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2025 9:47 am
by Rusty Spinner
Good news, but only up to an inch of rain for inland areas where the trout are. And we only got 1/2" the other day here in the SBR headwaters which is very near the Musconetcong headwaters. We need a few 3" events in a relatively short amount of time or ludicrous snow which we no longer see.
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 4:18 pm
by 46er
There is a hell of a lot water down here, just salty
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:06 pm
by Rusty Spinner
46er wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 4:18 pm
There is a hell of a lot water down here, just salty
Yikes! Up this way, we got a whopping 0.45"
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 2:34 pm
by 46er
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 10:29 am
by Rusty Spinner
Fingers crossed that we get at least 2.5" of rain tomorrow into early Friday. It's a start, but we so desperately need more and a lot more!
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:47 am
by Drossi
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 10:29 am
Fingers crossed that we get at least 2.5" of rain tomorrow into early Friday. It's a start, but we so desperately need more and a lot more!
How did the SBR watershed fare? I'm skeptical of the USGS gauges with the govt shutdown.
Re: Where's the rain??
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 10:14 am
by Rusty Spinner
Drossi wrote: ↑Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:47 am
Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 10:29 am
Fingers crossed that we get at least 2.5" of rain tomorrow into early Friday. It's a start, but we so desperately need more and a lot more!
How did the SBR watershed fare? I'm skeptical of the USGS gauges with the govt shutdown.
We got 1.68" of rain was all in the headwaters. Flows jumped to nearly 190 cfs but back down and falling fast. The SBR was a mere trickle up here for the last few months. I am working on a permit for a farm in Middle Valley and you didn't even notice the water flowing downstream. The river looked more like a long, narrow pond. Worst in our lifetimes. Two poor years for trout spawning back to back, but the rains will fall again eventually.
