The rest of June could be warm.

That's what Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates the outlooks are showing. With the above-normal temperature signal are equal chances of above or below-normal precipitation.

Shimon explains we need the rain. He says soil moisture conditions are tanking quickly.

The problem, according to Shimon, is becoming if we don't get more rain is that drought begets drought. So if we don't start to build up some soil moisture, things could get really dry really fast.

The summer outlooks are being impacted by the ongoing drought. Shimon indicates some of the shifting in the outlooks could also be impacted by El Nino starting to set up in the Pacific. We'll have more on that later this week on Regional Radio.