A wet trend for the remainder of the summer could help us break an ongoing drought in Illinois.
Recent rains have been immensely helpful but it's not been nearly enough however, Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates we are trending above average for rainfall for the rest of July.
According to Shimon, the above-normal precipitation trend is going to hang around for the next few months.
The trend for the next few months has Shimon optimistic we'll improve the drought conditions. He indicates this is quite the change from outlooks earlier in the spring and summer that were calling for a widespread dry summer. The change, he notes, is largely due to the rapid setting up of El Nino in the Pacific.
Below-normal temperatures for the back end of July indicates to Shimon we could be in store for more storms in that time frame.
