A dry stretch in Illinois has conditions extremely volatile.

Over the weekend, Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln told Regional Radio the dry weather is creating prime conditions for field fires as the harvest gets going. Unfortunately, the short-term outlooks are not offering much in the way of getting some moisture into the area.

Shimon reminds we are in hurricane season. So a tropical storm coming through the Gulf of Mexico could produce some much-needed precipitation in Illinois.

It has become dangerously dry in Illinois. Shimon says we're way below average for rainfall to start September.

The air will warm up this week and September is expected to be above-normal for temperatures. We'll have more with Shimon this week on Regional Radio.