Next rain chances... and Barry flooding

Are we really needing rain? That's likely still a touchy subject for some as we are still cleaning up after a rough spring full of flooding and damaging storms. But emails and tweets are coming in from some asking for rain. So I'll try to address when that next chance might be.

Barry's latest track is looking like this throughout the weekend:

The trouble here won't necessarily be the winds with the storm, it's the heavy rains that will fall right along the Mississippi River. Just look at the side by side comparison from near St Louis. One image is from June of 2018, while the other was taken as recently as May. Water levels are still very high. (you can click on any image to make it larger)

 June 2018

May 2019

If you ARE hoping for rain, the tough part of this forecast is that Barry will trap much of the Gulf of Mexico moisture south and east of the area. So it's going to be next to impossible to get anything to develop here. We also don't have any strong fronts coming to the area, which would be the best way to develop some storms in July. I can only find two nights next week where we might have a few spotty storm chances (it would be a long shot at best). One chance would come Monday night or early Tuesday, and then again Wednesday night. We shall see.

If you are on the other side and hope it stays dry awhile longer, you'll be happy to see the forecast for the next 10 days. Temperatures at the end of the week will likely be right around 100 across the Plains. It's going to be HOT!!

Have a nice weekend.