If you're not a fan of the oppressive August heat, you're going to like the latest outlooks from the National Weather Service.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates the August outlooks have gone from above normal for temperatures and below normal for rainfall to below average temperatures and below average rainfall.

The heat has shifted to the Pacific Northwest and the east. Shimon indicates we may not get the excessive heat at all that we once anticipated this summer.

At the halfway point this month, Shimon explains while we're a few degrees above normal at this point, it wouldn't take much to drop to an average temperature for the month and if we get several cool nights, we could end up cooler than normal.

Shimon notes if the dry trend lasts through the fall months, which is the trend for the time being, that could bring back drought concerns heading into the winter.