Rainfall has been difficult to come by these past few weeks with accumulated departures since the first of May running in the 1-3 inch range for most of the state. The featured chart presents an IEM computed analysis of precipitation departure since the first of May. Some locations to our southwest and southeast are certainly in worse shape than we are currently. The immediate term forecast does not hold much hope for widespread and heavy rainfall.

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