Sorry for the missing Monday blog… we had some internet issues here at the station yesterday!

 

I hope you had a nice 4th of July holiday!  We got a lot of dry weather in over the weekend… unfortunately, the rain came ON the 4th of July.  So it wasn’t the best situation for cookouts/fireworks.  Thankfully the rain was light enough in the evening that most firework displays got underway without a hitch.  Just a little damp!  I’ve heard people talking about a lot of cool fireworks… from those that actually formed letters (in Troy)… to those that formed shapes (think Space Invaders).  Overall, an awesome display in many communities this year!

 

Some of us from Channel 2 went down to the Cityfolk Festival at Riverscape over the weekend.  I posted some pictures at the end of this blog!

 

A weak cold front will be passing through today:

 

 

 

 

That front will come with the chance of a few isolated showers really at any time, but most locations will stay dry.  HOWEVER… we are in a Northwest flow aloft.  

Whenever we are in a Northwest flow… we have to watch for areas of rain that develop TO our Northwest.  These could ride into our area, if they hold together.  Overnight, the models are forecasting an area of rain to move JUST to our west, across Indiana.  We’ll have to watch it… see the forecast path below:

 

 

So rain is not out of the question this week… but most of the week does look dry.  We need the rain.  July has been dry so far… we’ve only received .04″ of rain this month, and that puts us almost 3/4 of an inch below average already.  Our next chance of a good soaker won’t come until the weekend… so we’ll need to water water water!

 

July has also been a cool month so far… 6.5 degrees below average!  But I am expecting a big warm-up as we head towards week’s end.  Temperatures will be pushing 90 degrees by Friday… it could be our first 90-degree day of the month!

 

Now for those Cityfolk pics…

 

 

 

 

 

Have a good one!

Jamie