August brought Rockford its second major flood in less than a year, but September has been anything but wet. At the Chicago/Rockford Int'l Airport only 0.63" of rainfall has fallen this month. That gives us a monthly deficit of more than an inch and a half!
Things may change Jerry's help. Who's Jerry you ask? The Gulf of Mexico may give birth to Tropical Storm Jerry on Thursday. If this storm heads west toward the Louisiana coast by this weekend, tropical moisture will be transported northward into the Middle Mississippi River Valley...and Northern Illinois. Did you catch the word "if" though? We still have to wait for this thing to develop. Once it does so, our computer models will pick up on it...and let us know it's affect on our weather.
Right now, we wait and see. What's certain: This hurricane season has seen some storms strengthen very rapidly. Let's hope Jerry doesn't do any more harm to New Orleans and the state of Louisiana.
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Come on Jerry! Bring us some rain, but spare New Orleans please~~
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