It is dry - in fact dangerously dry.

That is the message from Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln who indicates the remnants of Hurricane Francine are unlikely to impact us and any moisture we get this weekend will be very short-lived and likely unimpactful.

Shimon indicates with how dry it has been for about three weeks and how dry it is going to stay, a field fire isn't out of the question as the harvest begins in Illinois.

Shimon indicates burn bans are already in place in some places in southern Illinois and would not be surprised if those expand as more and more areas realize how dry it is. He also implores farmers to be careful in the fields.