Local ponds are brimming after Tropical Storm Elsa’s brief kiss on July 9, but analysis of the data indicates that the drought continues to plague much of Maine.
Above you see a local Fragrant (Scented) Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) apparently unaffected by the conditions. However, below you’ll see that nearby Common Cattails (Typha latifolia) have been slow to put out new growth:
“It rained and drained for the most part,” according National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Kimble in Gray, Maine, as quoted in the Portland Press Herald. Rainfall this year is still about five inches below normal in total, notwithstanding Elsa’s exuberance. (Brooklin, Maine)