The heat of the summer appears to have set in this week and there's more to come as the summer rolls along.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates the July outlooks keep the above normal temperatures and another month of above normal precipitation.

According to Shimon, looking through the remainder of the summer, things will dry out in August and September.

Shimon also indicates, the soil moisture at the four and eight-inch levels appears in good condition thanks to rains from earlier this month, but deeper than that, he is concerned, and a dry outlook for the dog days of summer is not great.

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