The warmth has been in full supply this month, but we surely have been lacking in the rainfall department. During the month of June we were actually at a surplus of over an inch, 1.33" to be exact. Now in July we've almost fallen to 2" below our monthly average. While today should remain dry, our next chance for rain will come tomorrow and into the first part of the weekend. Lets hope this one will do it for us!
What are you thinking in terms of precip totals tomorrow? If you get a big downpour you could easily double your monthly rain total in a day! That's kind of cool.
ReplyDeleteIf the rain were to stay shut-off through next week you could end up with one of the drier July's on record....
Rank Amount Year
1 0.75 2001
2 0.79 1991
3 1.14 1981
4 1.30 1975
5 1.32 1967
(Data for Rockford Airport - Period of Record 01/01/1951-07/20/2010)
I'm thinking 0.25" or less tomorrow morning. Most of our forecast models are keeping the heaviest complex of storms to our northwest. If, however, these storms track further to the east, we could indeed see an inch of rain or more. --TS
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