Drought conditions in Illinois are re-emerging as July ended being below average for precipitation.

Unfortunately, while we likely will see some rains in August and September, the chances of those rains being impactful to the point of breaking the drought is questionable. Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln has an update on the outlooks for August.

Getting into the fall, Shimon says the three-month outlook shows equal chances of above or below-normal temperatures and rainfall.

According to Shimon, when you're at a deficit in moisture, you need a solid indication that above-normal precipitation is coming your way and right now there isn't that signal for quite some time.

Getting into the winter outlooks, there's still very little indication that above-normal precipitation could be on the way. You have to look into the spring to find an above-normal signal, and even that outlook is still very preliminary.