Still Need Rain

Although we picked up around .75" of rain around the area Sunday night, we still remain in an abnormally dry area on the U.S. Drought Monitor.  Since March 1st, we have 3.24" of rain.  The average rainfall we should see should be at 4.67" at this point of April.  That is a deficit of nearly 1.5", adding to a deficit of over 2.0" from the beginning of January with the low amount of snow we received this year.

More rain is expected later this week, as a few upper level disturbances will roll through the Midwest starting Wednesday night, and continue into Thursday, Friday and early Saturday.  Most recent model runs only put up to 0.5" at best around much of the area, and long range models keep us dry for much of next week, only adding to the drought concerns.