As producers begin to think about the upcoming planting season, the ground may need to thaw before any potential spring moisture can make an impact.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates that the ground is so frozen that any moisture that we may get would just become runoff.

Precipitation outlooks are showing a trend towards normal for February, which Shimon says is about two inches.

Shimon reminds, while we've had around 10 to 12 inches of snow in total this winter in central Illinois, melting snow isn't going to equal that in moisture going into the ground. 

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