LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WHIFF...

Monday was another warm day around the Midwest continuing our latest string of above normal temperatures. It was also another dry day, something we've seen too much of in many parts of my area going all the way back to spring. My northern counties did get close to getting some rain last night but it remained generally NW of a line from near Waterloo to Madison. See the rainfall analysis below ending at 9am Monday.

Here's a larger perspective showing the entire Midwest.

Below you can see what's been measured over the past week.

Many parts of the Midwest including my area have seen less that 10 percent of the 7 day mean.

Going back a month, the departures are more like 25-50 percent.

September has really gotten off to a really poor start as far as rainfall goes. This graphic shows only 1 day in September with rain falling at the Quad City Municipal Airport and that was a mere .09". It's extremely dry around my place on the north edge of the Quad Cities where we missed out on some heavy rains that fell on the south side of town in late August. It was all I could do to pound a stake in the ground!

It looks like most of us will whiff on the next rain chance Tuesday as a weak front passes during the morning and early afternoon, a poor time of day with limited instability. Some showers and storms may be ongoing around daybreak near the front up around HWY 20. However, if those exist, they are expected to quickly fizzle in the early morning and dissipate. By the time storms re-fire in the late afternoon or evening, the front is projected to be well south of my area and any new rains are likely to be in Missouri or central Illinois. There is a slight chance a couple could catch the far south but trends are not encouraging. The animation below depicts the evolution of the rain and its movement Monday night into Tuesday evening.

You can see the black hole that is my area show up on the precipitation forecasts through Tuesday night.

The GFS

The EURO

The 3K NAM