With all the rain we have been getting, why do you suppose the Missouri River levels are still very low? Has it just been soaking into the ground? Catching up from last year? Letting out a lot a Pierre?
With all the rain we have been getting, why do you suppose the Missouri River levels are still very low? Has it just been soaking into the ground? Catching up from last year? Letting out a lot a Pierre?
Yes, a lot of moisture to soak in to a dry earth is one reason. Another is there are a lot of dry dams to fill up. And the main reason you will see very little effect with all the rain is that they keep letting it out- at Pierre. Until they slow down releases, it won't matter much. I always say it not how much rain we get, but how much rain the downstream states get. When they start flooding they'll stem the flows.
Bismarck is finally getting measurable rain. I was all smiles driving to work this morning. The bubble is true as most systems pass by and adjust to the east. The western half are still on the dry side for subsoil moisure.