Rainfall Running Short

A little rain fell Monday evening and overnight, but it wasn't much.  Where the rain did come down, less than a tenth of an inch was recorded.  The heaviest rainfall remained over southern Iowa, Missouri and central Illinois.


June and July were very rainy months for northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, and the month of August has been quite the opposite.  Officially in Rockford we've recorded only 0.61 inches of rain.  Normally we should be a little over three inches this far into the month, putting us close to a three inch deficit.  And with high pressure remaining the persistent weather feature this week, there is little opportunity for rain to fall straight through to the weekend.

There is a weak upper level disturbance (mini-low) that works south out of Canada Wednesday and Thursday.  Unfortunately this doesn't have a great deal of moisture with it, likely leaving our skies mostly cloudy., rather than rainy.


Early next week could bring a few a showers, but a lot of the forecast depends on what will happen over the Gulf of Mexico with a potential tropical system that may develop later this week.