The recent warmth has aided significantly in melting the snow from the ground, with snow depth at the Rockford airport dropping to 1" as of Thursday afternoon. But unfortunately, that snow melt will be the primary source of soil moisture over the next week or so, with very little in the way of precipitation chances on the horizon.
The primary chance for any rain we have will come along a cold front Sunday afternoon, but even that does not come with much abundant moisture. Any rain showers we see will be relatively spotty in nature, with a good chance that parts or most of the area see no measurable rain at all.
This is not just the case locally but also across much of the country as well. The Weather Prediction Center highlights this well, showing zero precipitation across nearly the entire Central and Southwestern parts of the country. We only have that slim chance Sunday, but otherwise remain dry into the middle of next week.
That isn't great news for the Stateline which has already seen several dry months dating back to last fall. As of Thursday afternoon, soil moisture was quite dry across a large part of the Midwest, with nearly all in the Stateline under the 10th percentile of the moisture we should have. The dry spots also correlate with the latest drought monitor released today. Some moisture will soak in from recent snowmelt, but we will not see much precipitation add to those totals in the near term.
No comments:
Post a Comment