DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS ILLINOIS AND COULD SOON BECOME A PROBLEM.
WITH PRECIPITATION WELL BELOW NORMAL…IT’S BEEN A VERY DRY JUNE SO FAR SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL. HE NOTES CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS RECEIVED ALMOST NO RAIN AT ALL IN RECENT WEEKS.
ANGEL SAYS THIS COULD QUICKLY BECOME A CONCERN.
ANGEL SAYS THIS RAPID DRYING CAN LEAD TO A “FLASH DROUGHT” BECAUSE CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. HE SAYS WE AREN’T THERE YET BUT WILL BE IF ILLINOIS DOESN’T SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN SOON.
