Recap of July

Recap for July 2009....
Most of this discussion is for Barron County only...Drought conditions and forecast will be for my entire forecast area...July was way below normal in the temp dept...No surprise there,as this summer temps have been way below normal...We had set some cold record highs in July...There was 7 thunderstorm days in July.Days that had thunderstorms are as follows...July 4 ,9,10,21,24,25,and 30...Last year in July we had 7 thunderstorm days...So a tie...For the most part July was a very dry month....The 21,24,25,and the 30 did bring in some very much needed rainfall to the area...Still not enough to break the severe drought we are in but sure did help out....Lets talk about the severe drought conditions...The NIDID is still forecasting the drought to be ongoing through October with some improvement..So with any luck we will move from a severe drought to a Mod drought by time we reach October...So what does August hold for us.....We shall find out soon enough...However lets check out the temps forecast from 08/01 through 08/03...Upper level ridging still hold on strong out West,while troughing through out the Eastern parts of the Country...This has been the case for most of this summer thus far...So what does this mean for Barron County,and the rest of my FA....Colder than normal temps are forecasted...As far as rainfall goes....This time frame will bring us a chance at showers today Sat 08/01...Nothing to get hype about though..Sunday we see another shot at showers and thunderstorms as a another cold front works into the area by afternoon...Lest look through the time frame from Aug 4 through Aug 8...
First out of the gates will be the temps.....Looks like the below normal temps will prevail...However still will see more of chance to see near normal temps..So going to run with slightly to near normal temps through this frame...This is the avg through this period...As we may very well see some days with above normal temps...Overall the forecast is calling for slightly to near normal temps...Second on the line is the rainfall dept...Looks like we will have normal to slightly above rainfall through this period...One can only hope......